Granny's Last Great Adventure

BON VOYAGE, ma petite mère.

For those of my friends and family who may have not yet heard.

My dad has been waiting at the dock for just over 30 years for my mom to catch her ship back home to him.
February 10th at about 5:15 PM we bade her farewell as she boarded that ship.
At long last she is home, reunited with the love of her life.

Bon voyage, ma petite mère.
You will surely be missed, just as we have missed dad but we rejoice in your journey and anticipate the the time we will all be reunited.

Funeral services for LaRee Jessop Elmer Shurtliff will be held at 10 AM, Monday, February 16 at the Marriott-Slaterville LDS chapel, 250 N 1500 W, Marriott-Slaterville, UT (There will be a viewing from 8:30~9:30) There will also be a viewing from 6:00~8:00, Sunday, February 15 at Myers Mortuary, 845 South, Washington Blvd. Ogden, UT.

 

Happy Fathers Day

One of my fondest memories of my father is when my brother and I would crawl up on his lap and he would read to us.

It was a very good year

I was the last one he harvested from the cabbage patch

Some of the iconic TV dads of the time 

 Jim Anderson (Robert Young) 'Father Knows Best'

 

 Ward Cleaver (Hugh Beaumount) 'Leave It To Beaver'

 Ward has a teaching moment with Beaver and Wally

Steven Douglas (Fred MacMurray) 'My Three Sons'

 Boys want to grow up to be strong like dad

 

Dads lead us...

and teach us...

and read us bedtime stories...again and again and again

Dad is there right from the start

He is a fun ride

He helps us live our dreams

Dads hand is warm and strong

 Dad is a role model

When we are too tired dad becomes our legs...

...sometimes at his own peril

Dad sometimes teaches us how defend ourselves

Bruce Lee instructs son Brandon Lee

Dean Cain

Dad took me to church

They are their Daddy's girls

We will remember dad's kisses until our dying day

David Becham

It doesn't really matter what dad does for a living, blue collar worker or movie star...he's just dad to us

Matt Bommer with his sons Kit, Walker and Henry

Colin Farrell and son Henry

Russell Crowe

The Vigeland Sculpture Park (Oslo, Norway) has over 80 acres of landscaping with 212 bronze and granite sculptures created by Gustav Vigeland. All of them naked except one, the one that Vigeland made depicting himself. Below are a few of them featuring fathers and their children.

Back in the USA, is the National Monument for the Boy Scouts of America

Hank and Bobby Hill, a contemporary TV Father and Son team.
'Some day Bobby you'll realize just how much love it takes to crush a little boy's dreams.' -- Hank Hill

In the film 'Chimpanzee' is found...

 an Ironic Father and Son Story

Read more HERE

Military dads are tough...

yet gentle.
 They always have time for their daughters no matter how tough they are.

Hugh 'Wolverine' Jackman and daughter

Robert 'Iron Man' Downey Jr. and son

Dad takes us to festivals and lets us get all messy

Mark 'The Hulk' Ruffalo and daughter

Dad plays with us and doesn't care if he looks silly

Dad's arm around the neck can be comforting at any age

Dads sometimes relive their youth when they see the strength, vigor and beauty of their sons as they grow into manhood

Dad's shoulders are broad enough to carry us even into later life...

...but as time takes its toll, it is our honor and duty to lend a hand when he no longer is strong enough to do the things we always remember him for, or when his faculties begin to diminish.

There is wisdom in Shakespeare's writings