Time for another Weekly Westra Family History challenge ...
From Chris to all the grandkids ... Good morning, and happy Father’s Day! Today’s family history challenge is about your dad, of course. Come up with short answers to the 10 questions below, and send them to me. If you don't know the answers, ask your dad! You can see my examples below the questions, I did the challenge also. Jaiden won the speed award last time, who will win this time? Make sure and share your answers with your dad.
Questions about your Dad
- When I spend time with Dad, we like to?
- Dad is really good at?
- How am I like my Dad?
- How am I not like my Dad?
- I know my Dad loves me because?
- My Dad's favorite food is?
- At home, my Dad likes to?
- Something funny about my Dad is?
- My favorite memory with Dad is?
- What I love most about my Dad?
(as per usual, Chris started things off ...)
Chris's Answers about LaMar Westra
1. When I spend time with Dad, we like to work in the yard, and go on hikes and walks.
2. Dad is really good at incremental actions on large projects (like building a cave).
3. How am I like my Dad? We both like to hike, and to do yard work and rock work.
4. How am I not like my Dad? I'm more talkative than my Dad.
5. I know my Dad loves me because he's willing to teach me family history.
6. My Dad's favorite food is toasted zucchini bread with butter on it.
7. At home, my Dad likes to do family history and work in the yard, and nap.
8. Something funny about my Dad is he doesn't care if his clothes match.
9. My favorite memory with Dad is going on many beautiful hikes.
10. What I love most about my Dad is how he taught me to treat my wife.
(then came the grandkid submissions, reorganized into family sections)
Kadan
1. When I spend time with Dad, we like to? Talk about crypto, markets, money, entrepreneurship, lifestyle, etc.
2. Dad is really good at? Routine, delegation, collaboration, and service.
3. How am I like my Dad? I like technology, efficiency, research, and communication.
4. How am I not like my Dad? I'm not really into rocks haha
5. I know my Dad loves me because? He makes it a point to find ways to connect with me on a regular basis and interacts with me through those mediums. He tells me he misses me.
6. My Dad's favorite food is? Uh, pancakes?
7. At home, my Dad likes to?Work in the garden/yard, and do rockwork.
8. Something funny about my Dad is? He likes to have part-time personal assistants who are usually young kids.
9. My favorite memory with Dad is? Watching him build the house in Gunnison and going for a ride in the old Toyota pickup.
10. What I love most about my Dad? He's easy going and laid back, and when he can't be, he communicates his schedule so you know what to expect. He's trusting and inclusive.
Camden
1 I like to work outside with dad
2 dads good at finding rocks and using them as decoration.
3 I'm like my dad because I'm a hard worker.
4 I like to play video games sometimes
5 I know my dad loves me because wants me to succeed.
6 my dad eats a lot of interesting things but he likes fish
7 work outside!
8 something funny my dad does is collecting lots of rocks
9 one of my favorite memory's with my father is jumping on his little trampoline when I was sick
10 what I love most is how my father taught me to be a hard worker.
Cayson
1. When I spend time with Dad, we like to look for rocks.
2. Dad is really good at Growing plants.
3. How am I like my Dad, I like to be outside.
4. How am I not like my Dad, I am wazy wike wiky.
5. I know my Dad loves me because he says he loves me
6. My Dad's favorite food is crunchies
7. At home, my Dad likes to build with rocks
8. Something funny about my Dad is he sings weird songs.
9. My favorite memory with Dad is hiking with him
10. What I love most about my Dad that he loves me
The Jensen family ... wow, got answers from everyone! Wendy did a post on her blog with pictures, putting the kids in chronological order. Seriously ... I'm going to send you over there to read all the answers about Rick (and Ellen participated and featured her father too!) Questionnaire for Father's Day.
Cooper
1. When I spend time with my dad, we like to… do pinewood derbies.
2. Dad is really good at… making food.
3. How am I like my dad? We both like to rewatch certain videos over and over.
4. How am I not like my dad? I really like playing board games, while he doesn’t.
5. I know my dad loves me because… he buys and provides stuff for us often.
6. My dad’s favorite food is… any type of meat he has smoked.
7. At home, my dad likes to… cook food using his smoker
8. Something funny about my dad is… how he throws a football at the beach.
9. My favorite memory with my dad is… our vacation at Orcas Island.
10. What I love most about my dad is… that he provides for us.
Adria
1. When I spend time with my dad we like to mountain bike or play soccer
2. My Dad is really good at making pies 🥧
3. I’m like my dad because we both enjoy art and designing things
4. I’m not like my dad because he is much more logical than I am
5. I know my Dad loves me when he talks through decisions with me and helps me make good choices
6. Sushiiiiii ️and bananas
7. At home my dad likes to walk in the yard and hang out with us kids
8. Something funny about my dad is that he doesn’t like teams that wear the color purple
9. My favorite memory with my dad is playing soccer with him in the backyard
10. What I love most about my dad is that he his so patient and loving to all of us even if we are having a hard time
Rella
1. When I spend time with my Dad we like to play on the guitar/bass
2. Dad is really good at taking care of a garden
3. My Dad and I both like to listen to groovy music
4. I like to read more than my dad
5. I know my Dad loves me because he spends lots of time with me
6. My Dad likes pizza and sushi
7. At home my Dad likes to practice guitar
8. Something funny about my Dad is he drives super fast when we don’t expect it
9. My favorite memory with my Dad is when we went out to eat together.
10. What I love most about my Dad is how he treats others
Ani
1. When I spend time with Dad, we like to? Play softball together and to watch a star wars or marvel movies.
2. Dad is really good at? At building and taking care of us.
3. How am I like my Dad? We both like sports, like action movies , and Chinese food.
4. How am not like my dad? We have different eye colors and circus peanuts and I don’t.
5. I know my Dad loves me because? He works so hard for me and my family everyday and would do everything to make me happy.
6. My Dad's favorite food is? Donuts
7. At home, my Dad likes to? Play games with us and talk about are days while we eat dinner.
8. Something funny about my Dad is? He makes lots of jokes and does funny things when he play’s with me and the girls.
9. My favorite memory with Dad is? It is a video of me and dad when I was a baby and he pretended to sneeze but it made baby me laugh so hard.
10. What I love most about my Dad. He loves me and would always put family first.
Layla
1. When I spend time with Dad, we like to? Snuggle. Cuddle. Hug. And eat Pho:
2. Dad is really good at? Ummm…working and fixing things.
3. How am I like my Dad? I’m creative and make things and he makes stuff out of wood.
4. How am I not like my Dad? I don’t really like donuts. Too much sugar. They make my tummy hurt.
5. I know my Dad loves me because? Because he kisses me!
6. My Dad's favorite food is? Burritos! Tacos! Donuts!
7. At home, my Dad likes to? Work and build things.
8. Something funny about my Dad is? He’s bald.
9. My favorite memory with Dad is? Running together and going on dates together.
10. What I love most about my Dad. He’s the best!
Noelle
1. When I spend time with Dad, we like to? Play at the park!
2. Dad is really good at: working.
3. How am I like my Dad? We both have blue eyes. :)
4. How am I not like my Dad? He works really hard and all day.
5. I know my Dad loves me because? He takes care of me.
6. My Dad's favorite food is? DONUTS!
7. At home, my Dad likes to? Do projects.
8. Something funny about my Dad is? He made a joke at Church and instead of instead of saying “light” he said “shower” and all the primary kids laughed.
9. My favorite memory with Dad is? Going on birthday dates together!
10. What I love most about my Dad. He sings me songs when I go to bed!
Derek went ahead and wrote up his answers too ..
1. When I spend time with Dad, we like to? Play tennis. I remember inviting Dad to play and then driving around to find an open court and then begging for slurpees afterwards.
2. Dad is really good at? Digging. Family History. Kind of the same thing actually. :)
3. How am I like my Dad? We are both hard workers who love sports.
4. How am I not like my Dad? He’s thin. :)
5. I know my Dad loves me because? He always came to my games - even the away tennis matches and soccer games.
6. My Dad's favorite food is? Lasagna - the next day.
7. At home, my Dad likes to? Work in the yard and play with his grandkids.
8. Something funny about my Dad is? He can wear two button-down collared shirts at one time. I’ve never seen anyone else do that.
9. My favorite memory with Dad is? Him picking up trash while pushing me in the stroller. Wheelbarrow rides around the backyard. Teaching me to ride a bike.
10. What I love most about my Dad. He loves my Mom and puts her needs and wants first.
... and then Dad/LaMar wrote up about HIS dad (get to know Grandpa Westra by reading about him - Joseph Ate's biography.)
1. When I spend time with Dad, we like to? We would spend most Saturdays fishing. I remember especially Fish Lake, and the Uintahs.
2. Dad is really good at? He made lots of friends, he was a good Purchasing agent for the Granite School District.
3. How am I like my Dad? We both loved our wives, and our families.
4. How am I not like my Dad? My dad was overweight, and I am not.
5. I know my Dad loves me because? He would spend lots of time with me. We would go out at night and catch nightcrawlers for my business.
6. My Dad's favorite food is? Roast beef.
7. At home, my Dad likes to? Play basketball with me.
8. Something funny about my Dad is? He would always stick out his tongue when he was playing basketball.
9. My favorite memory with Dad is? Fishing on the far side of Fish Lake, wading out and casting for rainbow trout.
10. What I love most about my Dad? How he loved and cared for my mother, and our family.
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