Lunch with Dad

In the summertime I got to ride by myself on the bus to Salt Lake City and stop at Dad’s office building, get a visitor badge, go up the elevator, and visit Dad in his office. Then we would go to lunch. He took me to a nice restaurant with tablecloths.
--Marilyn

Career Day

Dad built a plywood box, painted it red, put switches on the inside, Christmas lights on the outside, wired them together so the lights would simulate how a computer worked and then brought it into my classroom to demonstrate for Career Day. I remember watching him build the box, and I remember him coming to the class talking about computers. I thought it was great and I was very proud of what he did. There used to be the old data punched cards used to feed into big computers, and he’d bring home tons of the used computer data cards and we made up dozens of games with them.
--Marilyn

Historical Markers

During family trips Dad would pull over at every single historical marker. He pulled in and Mom read the sign or the memorial or whatever. We would all just sit in the car and listen while she read. When she finished, Dad would pull out to the main road and we would continue on until the next historical marker.
--Marilyn

Football

Dad coached my brothers in football. I remember going to practice with him when Brian and Matthew were in Pee Wee football and Dad was the coach. I would be allowed to use Dad’s 8mm camera and take game film for him. I remember watching football games with him on Sundays. I remember going with him to football games at the high school when my brothers were on the high school team, and talking with Dad about the game. I love to talk to Dad about the game of football, and I have a lot of great memories about football and Dad.
--Marilyn

Tomatoes and Zucchini

I remember my dad cooking tomatoes and zucchini in the summertime. It was his special treat. He picked the ripe tomatoes and zucchini that he grew himself in the back yard, and he would chop them up and fry them up with spices. He’d mush the tomatoes up so they would get really soft as they cooked, and slice zucchini into the pan. Or, he would make plates of tomatoes for us, and later Mom would can them, too.
--Marilyn

Yellowstone

Some of my favorite memories from childhood are family vacations. Mom and Dad always made sure that we went on vacation every year, because they felt that it helped us grow closer as a family. One of Dad's favorite places to go on vacation was to Yellowstone. I remember we would take our trailer and go camping. We would go see the gysers and the stink pots (as we called them). We would hike to the waterfalls. I thought that Dad knew everything; because whenever we asked a question, he always knew the answers. Dad loved the beauty of nature. As the family got older our trips to Yellowstone diminished because Dad was not as mobile--Dave often quipped that Lisa and I "were spoiled because we didn't have to go to Yellowstone every year for family vacation." Despite Dad's lack of mobility he still enjoyed going to Yellowstone when we did go--he loved to drive through Yellowstone.

--Michelle

Football with Grandpa

A few years ago Grandpa decided that he would take all the boys to a Utah Blaze game. Grandpa made the night really special by treating me to my favorite restaurant -- Crown Burger. I had a great time with Grandpa, my dad, and all my boy cousins. We yelled really loud and I think our cheering helped the Blaze to win. Happy birthday Grandpa, I love you.
--Jared