May 29, 2010

Tell about the closest friend you had during your childhood.

I had two close friends, one boy and one girl. You have heard a lot about both of them throughout these stories. The boy, Don Hansen and the girl, Marie Behrmann, your mother. I spent lot of time with Don hunting rabbits and doing scouting. Then I spent a lot of time with Marie as I had a chance to at church functions and school activities. I really didn't have a lot of free time since I had chores and work to do on the farm for a good share of each day when I wasn't in school. Don likes Marie as well so we spent a lot of time as a trio also much to Marie's dismay but she put up with him.

May 28, 2010

Did you play a musical instrument?

I played two instruments. The Alto Saxaphone and the Trumpet. Dad played the Sax for a lot of years in a dance band with his brother and sister. They played throughout a lot of the basin. Anyway I played dad's old Sax from 7th grade until 9th at which time I shifted to the trumpet for two years and back to the Saxaphone for my last two years. We played at the basketball games (Duchesne didn't have football) and then had special bands such as a dance band that we played with in competition and then played for the drama plays. It was really a lot of fun.

May 27, 2010

Share a special memory of Memorial Day.

I have a jumbled memory that is probably a composite of several trips to Holden. However I do remember going to see Uncle Mark and Uncle Hart that had fought in the Koren war. One of them had lost his legs and the other had also received many wounds that I do not remember what they were. Anyway we went to Holden where my father had spent the first four years of his life and where his parents were buried. While there tough I remember listening to Uncle Mark's stories and how fun he was to listen to that day. I also met some of my other relatives that knew their names but had never seen. It was a special experience.