The Park Family

I Love Winter

2010-02-17T15:08:00.004-07:00

I just love wintertime! I really do love all the things that make up winter, snow, cold, the smell, sledding, and the look of clean white everywhere. I love the slow pace of wintertime, things seems to slow down a little bit and it is not so crazy all of the time. Thus a Blog update. A few weeks ago Wayne and I went up to mom and dads to visit. I had bought a new camera with a great zoom lens and decided to take some pictures around the place. It was a lot of fun to just mess around for awhile. Of course Wayne and Charles were working hard checking off items on moms "to do" list. I tried to put them into a slide show but I can't seem to figure it out. If anyone would like to call me and give me some pointers that would be great. So I had to pick just a few pictures to show you. Unfortunately we haven't been snowed in this winter and I think it is winding down for the season but for those of you who live far away this will give you a taste of Idaho and those of you that live here I will give you a new look at the good side of winter. Hopefully you will all take the time to enjoy a good cup of cocoa and a great book. Slow down and enjoy life.

It's not dead yet!

2010-01-08T12:05:00.003-07:00

I seem to be the only one posting on this little blog, but maybe if we all put our family pictures out here, we could at least see what each other looks like.
All five of us Park kids, and our spouses, went to dinner at Mom and Dad's on the 19th of Dec. I hope maybe Eva or somebody got better pictures than I did, but this is the best one I had.
Our family was all together over the New Year weekend, so I dragged them all to get a picture taken. They turned out pretty nice. So here you go, the Landerman Family, January 2, 2010.

2009-10-31T19:26:00.007-06:00

A few months back we posted an invitation to a 90th birthday party for Aunt Wanda. Aunt Wanda is Grandpa Park's older sister. Because Mom and Dad couldn't go down for the party, because of Daddy's fall, Eva and I decided that we would go and "represent" our family.

While we were living in Utah as kids, we spent alot of time at Aunt Wanda's house. Kathy was my age, and Wendy was Eva's age, and our memories are playing at the school playground, near their house, and in their big back yard. It was nice to see cousins that we haven't seen in many years, and to see Uncle Nolan, Aunt Ruth, Aunt Nelda, and Aunt LaRee. Rhonda, Nancy, Danny, Ronald, LaDeen, Angela, and all of Aunt Wanda's family were there.

I thought I'd post a picture to prove that Eva and I didn't just go shopping, we actually went to the party. The line-up is as follows: Richard, Wendy, Deanna, Wanda, Kathy, Linda, Joyce, and Bob.

We spent the night at Jared and Mary's house in Smithfield, and they fed us and let us sleep there. We played with their kids, and enjoyed their hospitality. I was very impressed with the Halloween costumes that Mary made, they were totally cute.

Happy Anniversary

2009-07-28T10:23:00.004-06:00

The party was fun, the cake was yummy, and almost everyone was there. Now that's the way to throw a party. We love you Mom and Dad / Grandpa and Grandma, may you have many more years together.

A Recount

2009-07-18T21:49:00.002-06:00

Sorry about the count for the Wedding Anniversary it's still 60 years and counting but if everyone who could attend did. We would have over 158 people in attendance. Yes, I forgot to count all of the spouses (sorry Wayne). That number is really just to high for a family gathering but wouldn't it be great if we could pull it off. As a side note the menu is ham and rolls, homemade root beer, cake and homemade ice cream. It is pot luck for salads, chips, and relish trays so check with your respective parent for what you might bring. Also the 24th of July Parade in St. Anthony is at 10:00 that morning. So see the parade and come to the party!

60 Years and Counting

2009-07-17T13:03:00.005-06:00

July 22, 1949 Dad and Mom were married in the Idaho Falls Temple.
It's time to celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary.
Please join us at a family party Saturday July 25th at 1:00
at their home in Ashton.

If everyone in the family could be there we would have over125 people in attendance. We realize that everyone can't be there but if you can please come. What a great opportunity to let them know how much we love and appreciate all they have done for us over the last 60 years. If you are not able to attend and would like to send them congrats just comment on this blog. You could also send me an e-mail (eve@smithplanet.com) and I'll print them off and put them together for them. It will be great to see everyone and catchup on what is going on.
Families are great and much of who we are is because of where we came from.

The Year 1949

2009-07-09T19:40:00.002-06:00

A brief overview of events and happenings from the year, 1949. The year Grandpa & Grandma were married. http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1949.html

Aunt Wanda's Birthday

2009-05-25T11:50:00.002-06:00

We wanted everyone to know about Aunt Wanda's birthday party, in October.

If you can't make it down to Salt Lake for the party, a card would probably be appreciated.

Wanda Wallin

8585 South 160 East

Sandy, UT 84070

Grandpa's Birthday!!!!!

2009-04-27T13:06:00.005-06:00

Grandma put the bowl on the floor and let the boys go for it! They were like little puppies!

The Cake!!!

Micah and Grandma Park fixing grandpa's birthday cake.

Grandpa Park & Berrik on his birthday!!!!

Family History Questions??

2009-04-15T11:30:00.002-06:00

Does anyone out there know how to use the "New Family Search"

I have several corrections that need to be made, and can't figure out how to do them.

If you do, please let me know. It's my understanding that this program is not available church wide yet, but it is available in the Chicago area, I'm just checking.

Christmas 2008

2009-01-13T14:36:00.004-07:00

One of the disadvantages of having a large family is that we tend to grow up and go our separate ways. We spend time with our own families and are lucky if we even get to see each other as siblings, at all during the holidays. If we are lucky we run into each other at the mall or place of employment (Sam's Club). This year we decided to get together and have dinner and visit. It was great, mom and dad were able to come in spite of the the weather. It was a great evening of catching up on each others families and discussing the gospel. Not the greatest picture but I think all of us have our eyes open for once. Thanks for the memory.

Family Ties

2008-12-09T10:16:00.003-07:00

As you may have noticed I have updated the Park Family Blog. I would really like to get as many of the family members as we can linked to this blog page. So if you are not listed please e-mail me with your blog and I will set up the link. It's just eva@smithplanet.com I know that some of you are private and that is great. You will still need to do the inviting if you want them to view your blog. It really has been fun to see pictures and do a little bit of catch up on everyone's family.

2008-12-08T21:44:00.005-07:00

Everyone hard at work.

This is the Sunset looking out the upstairs East window.

Here is the sunset reflecting back onto the Tetons.

This is a shot of the Tetons just before sunset.

Christmas in Ashton

2008-12-08T21:31:00.004-07:00

It really is time to update this family blog. We were up to Mom and Dad's on Saturday to help put up Christmas lights and decorate a little for Christmas. Mom is hosting a lunch group on Wed. the 10th with a group of women in the area they call themselves the "Remember When's". Daddy is having a hard time getting around with the cold weather and his bum knees, so it was a pleasure to help them out. Charles, Trena, Laura and her husband Ben helped Wayne and I get things up. Diane came over and was in charge of the tree. As the day progressed we were able to witness the most beautiful sunset I have seen in a very long time. It was reflecting back on to the Tetons in the West and made the entire valley glow. Thanks to Trena's great photography we were able to catch some great pictures. Every time we go up there I am so thankful that mom and dad have the opportunity to live in such a beautiful place.

Grandpa's Birthday Celebration

2008-04-22T15:12:00.002-06:00

Grandpa, Uncle Charles and Christopher

2008-04-19T17:17:00.000-06:00

Grandpa Park's birthday party

2008-04-19T17:15:00.000-06:00

Happy New Year

2008-01-09T19:39:00.000-07:00

Well, it must be time to update this blog page a little. I can't help but notice no one else has been able to post to this blog. I think this says quite a bit about our computer skills. Here are a few pictures of Dad and Mom's place taken at Thanksgiving time. Mom has some really good pictures so if I can ever get up there to teach her how to do this, you'll get a chance to see them. So my brother and sisters if you need further instructions give me a call or email me and lets see if we can't stay in touch a little more.

I really love the view from the front porch looking out to the Tetons. For those of you who have not seen the house completed, this is a pretty good shot of the house. And then one of my favorite pictures ever, dad on the teeter-totter with Kurtis. What a GREAT GRANDPA!!

2007-11-22T16:18:00.000-07:00

Hello Happy Thanksgiving

Diane

2007-11-22T16:16:00.001-07:00

This is our Family! All but Ben and Heather's Boy Berrik and Joshua and Tiffany's unborn baby boy due soon! We are so excited to have so many boys, after having so many girls. It's so much fun when we all get together.

Susan 1st blog

2007-10-10T22:03:00.000-06:00

Test of blogging for the first time

2007-10-10T21:24:00.000-06:00

Well this is my first attempt at blogging and I am going to try and get things set up so the Park Family can all post what is happening in their lives. This is a nice picture from Grandma and Grandpa Parks place looking towards the Tetons.