Adam and I had dinner on Sunday with his Grandpa Hock and his cousin Michael and his wife MeiLani. We've done this pretty regularly since we got married and I really love it. Grandpa's so funny and will entertain us with great stories about his life in the war or on the railroad. My favorite is the story he repeats almost every time (don't your love how grandparents do that?) about how he met his wife (she passed away a few years ago). I love listening to him talk about how she needed an escort for a wedding she was a bridesmaid at so she asked him to go, "but don't come if you don't want to!" A woman with some spunk. I can't wait to meet her. Grandpa has told us before, "I was completely satisfied with my marriage. I really was lucky." Isn't that the best? It's what I want to say at the end of my life and what I hope Adam will feel too (reminds me of that Ben Folds song "The Luckiest"). All in all it was a great night. And we're excited for Michael and Lani who are going to have their first baby any time in the next few weeks!
Side note...I love that song....little secret...Justin and I have a song from when we were dating and then another one from after we fell in love....and "The Luckiest" is our song.
ReplyDeleteI'm so jealous that you guys get to go have dinner with Grandpa all the time. His stories are pretty great! It's kind of funny that he always tells the one about meeting Grandma because she would NEVER let him tell stories at all. But he usually did anyway.
ReplyDeleteI'm sad that you haven't met her. But I'm pretty sure you'll like her, and she really would have liked you.
Ah family, the thing I miss most about living in Utah. You have a talent for making me nostalgic with your posts! It's a good thing you included the post about pollution to give me perspective...
Ahh... Grandpa! He is my favorite! I was so disappointed that I couldn't make it! I just kept thinking all night... I wish I was with Grandpa! We are going to have to call and sent up another time that we can hang out with the coolest man in the whole world!
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