Written by Val & Kevin on Apr. 25, 2018

Happy 28th birthday today to Greg! Hope you had a good day! I know your mom & dad we're going to be in Denver & take you out for supper! Have a good one!

Written by Those who are Weary of Winter on Apr. 14, 2018

LOL over Bonnie's e-mail about our spring flowers in Mpls! No warmth here to support flowers. We've had cold weather (direct from ND). Today we've gotten at least a foot of snow and had blizzard conditions. More is coming overnight. NO SPRING on the horizon yet. And it sounds like more snow on Weds. And they're predicting lower temps than normal for the next 6 weeks! Aack! Am coming to ND for Mother's Day -- to warm up!

On a brighter note, we had lovely birthdays -- thanks to all for the birthday greetings! We were in Duluth last weekend for a Norwegian meeting which was fun. Love to all!, Barb & Pete

P.S. I'm with Cindy about the website -- let's keep it going. I so appreciate everyone posting as we're not on facebook either. If not for the website, we wouldn't know much about what's going on in the family. The website is a great way to keep in touch!

Written by Bonnie F on Apr. 8, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BARB AND PETE! Hope you have a wonderful two days of celebrating getting older and wiser! HA
Seriously, hope the sun shines and the spring flowers are out for you. Send them to ND, we need it! ENJOY! Love and best wishes, Bonnie F

Written by Val & Kevin on Apr. 8, 2018

Written by Cindy on Apr. 8, 2018

I'm going to be early and wish Barb and Pete very HAPPY BIRTHDAY on Monday and Tuesday, guess that's the way to do it, how could you ever forget each others special day?! Hope you plan a special night(or two) out for dinner. Always like to think about when we were kids and the special times we all were able to spend together on those many special holidays, birthdays, etc. Those are precious memories that will stay with me forever! Maybe that's why I always love birthdays because they were always made to seem like "our" special day.
Are the plans for the big weddings coming together? Are Uncle Bob and Aunt Ardella making plans to go to Texas? Any thoughts from Val and Bonnie about going? I really want to go to one or both weddings but am trying to figure out just how that may happen, still several months to get those details worked out.
Miss you all!

Written by Grandma Bonnie on Apr. 6, 2018

Just an update about grandson Nick J, as I type this he is flying over the Atlantic Ocean to England where he and other interns of the company where he works will spend a week in the countryside retreat of this company, enjoying the outdoors, and I suppose learning more about what the company does. We talked to him last night and he sounded really excited about the trip, a first across the ocean for him and also a first to visit a foreign country other than Canada. Have a great flight Nick ! Love, Grandma Bonnie

Written by Grandma Bonnie on Apr. 6, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERICA! It was great talking to you this a.m.,but knew we should be short as you were getting ready for another day of work. Hope you took the time to have some cake or other great treats for your birthday, also hoping you will get to do your plans with your co-workers for tomorrow night You are our special and only grand daughter, we miss not being able to celebrate with you in person. Love, Grandma Bonnie

Written by Cindy on Apr. 6, 2018

Happy Birtday, Erica! Hope you aren't working too hard and that you go up and celebrate your big day! Much ❤️ love, Cindy and Ron

Written by Val on Apr. 5, 2018

Written by Bonnie F. on Mar. 31, 2018

Hi all HHF'S and HAPPY EASTER! hOPE YOU ARE HAVING A NICE DAY EVEN THOUGH THE WEATHER HERE IN ND IS COLD AND SNOWY1 I sang with the Solid Oak gospel group this a.m. We sang "Then Came the Morning" with some special effects. Quite nice I thought. Our church was packed lots o f beautiful Easter lilies and decorations and lots of little girls in spring dresses and little boys in suits! I myself wore a dress - first time in probably ten years, I thought I looked pretty good, might as well compliment myself HA. We were actually invited out to my bosses farm for Easter dinner, but because of all of our bovine friends and the fact they are in unfenced area right now, we couldn't make it. I made a nice ham and a pineapple pie and we had hot cross buns, so guess it was okay. I do appreciate being invited though. Maybe some other time. Now we just finished feeding all the bovines and are hoping for some peaceful time to rest and eat more. Waiting to hear from the traverlers that they are Vegas bound, they are 2 hours behind. Heard from Shelley, she is in the country at here house, temp is 60 degrees in West Virginia. Sure would like to hear how some of the rest of you spent EAster. Love to all , Bonnie F.

Written by Cindy on Mar. 28, 2018

WOW! The "Elvis Weekend" looks like it was fabulous! I really like "fun" things like that and its so much fun to make "true fans" this happy, you are truly a good daughter, Val to have the patience to go with the ladies-I'm sure you had a good time too but know you did it mainly to make your Mom happy, BTW did you have a purse too?) These are the things you both will remember forever. I still think about my trip with the sisters(Bonnie & Audrey) to Vegas. Would like to think up something we could all do and enjoy together again!
Things here are as always-nothing too exciting but always something going on. Went to Denver last weekend, Greg and Ron went to an Avalanche (hockey) game while Jenny and I went shopping at the BIG Park Meadow Mall, so busy, lots of families out enjoying all the Easter activities. Wish I had a grandchild to take to see the "creepy" Easter Bunny as Jen called him-LOL! Had to be back to usher at church Sunday but did go down on Friday night so we could all go to dinner together. Ended up going back on Monday-Greg called and his Highlander was "shaking" when he was driving at higher speeds on I-25, was in the middle of a big project at work and couldn't take off so I said we weren't doing anything and would come down and help, ended up "hanging out" with Jen while they took care of the vehicle-needed an alignment(potholes all over)Greg says it helped thank goodness. Is so nice to be able to do things like this on a whim now that we aren't working, would hate if the kids ever moved too far away!
I am planning to send some $ to Shelley, I would hate if we quit having the family website-I don't do Facebook(and I'm SO glad I don't)and love to be able to stay in touch with all of you-I may not send as many notes(figure you don't want to hear the gruesome details of my boring life-ha) but I love hearing about all of what you all are up to.
Hope Val and Kevin have a wonderful time over Easter with Erica and your niece. Happy Easter to the rest of you s well. I am helping with communion at the early service so I may go back to bed after that lol!

Written by Val on Mar. 27, 2018

Written by Shelley on Mar. 26, 2018

Hello! We are still an old fashioned website... not on Facebook - so, we have an annual subscription. It cost $115 to re-subscribed which I just did.
I'd like to challenge HHFers who have never donated toward the site to do so! You can either send me a contribution via post, or via paypal to my email address at shellme09. Thank you for your support and keep posting!

Written by Barb & Pete on Mar. 24, 2018

We're hoping that the Elvis crew is maintaining some kind of control in Medora tonight. Know they're probably "all shook up" and swooning wildly. Hopefully no "jail house" rock is occurring. We're awaiting the report on the big weekend and some fun pics!

Love, Barb & Pete

Written by Barb & Pete on Mar. 19, 2018