I remember last Christmas, Len wanted to put lights up outside.  We kept adding more and more until we couldnt figure out how to plug them all in anymore!   It was so funny to watch him wait for it to get dark.  When it did, he ran outside like a little kid to look at the result of all his hard work.  I have to admit, it was beautiful.  It was more fun to watch his eyes and face light up when he saw all of the lights on in the dark.  He was like a little kid on Christmas morning looking at all of the packages under the tree for the first time!  This Christmas is going to be so incredibly hard without him.  But what better place for him to be at Christmas than in Heaven with Jesus. I know he is there decorating  the streets of Heaven. I will love you forever honey.  Merry Christmas. 

I've always thought I was lucky to have my dad in my life. My mother passed away when I was 10 yrs old, and he did everything he could to make sure his baby was taken care of. I do feel terrible that he didn't get to see my brothers and sisters grow up, along with his grandchildren and now his 2 great grandchildren. My dad has always been my best friend. We of course had our fights just like any parent and child does, but he never stayed mad at me long. He would always tell me he was sorry for getting upset and that he loved me. After that we would usually go for a drive or put a movie in and just eat popcorn. My dad was gone alot while he was truck driving, but I didn't care...he was my dad and I knew it wouldn't be long before i saw him again. When we decided to move from Idaho to Wyoming when I was 17 we were both so excited to be able to start the chapter of being with the rest of the kids and grandkids. We would go and have game nights at my sister Cindi's house every Sunday, on Saturdays we would go to Brenda's and drink coffee. She had to buy a coffee pot just for our dad because she didn't even drink coffee lol. Sid got to see dad alot because we just lived down the street from him, they would talk about all the crazy stuff Sid and him did in high school and compared them. Turns out, they are alot alike :) . When he got sick the first time I was about 8 months pregnant, I drove to Salt Lake and told him that he can't put me into premature labor since he is admitted to the hospital and wouldn't be able to go see my little girl. He apologized and said that he is sorry. I knew it wasn't his fault but I felt the need to make him smile anyways. Our dad was a simple man who didn't need much to make him happy. Us kids know that we made him happy, but we knew that Julie would make him happy in a way that we obviously couldn't. It was hard letting him leave us, but I'm so happy that he didn't die alone. I just wish we could have been there on time. Unfortunatly we were still about 40-50 miles away. Rest in peace daddy. we  all love you so much. Chloee talks about her papa all the time I wish we could have seen you this last summer. Two years was too long, and we will not have that chance in this life time to see you again. <3 <3 <3 <3 Amanda and Chloee