Friday June 12
Tonight we celebrated the life of my cousin Brandon Hanson. I had the honor of reading part of his eulogy with Mitch Sorenson (another cousin of Brandon's from his mom's side. There was a wonderful turn out of family and friends at his memorial. It was nice to catch up but we all wish it was under different circumstances.
Saturday June 13
After a night of tears, my aunt and uncle thought it would be best to actually celebrate Brandon's life. We all gathered at the park in Creston. We had a huge pot luck. We also got out the bags and started a bags "tournament." Well kinda, Tyler and Tori dominated!
Before we did anything we got balloons and we each wrote a note to Brandon. And then as a group we released the balloons. It was one of the most moving things I had seen in a while.
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| As you can see above it was pretty cool!!! |
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Here is a video of all of us releasing the balloons! (I hope you are all able to view it, sorry if you can't, I am not real tech savvy)
Below is just some pictures of the day and the fun we had. We also decided we are going to try to make this a yearly event in memory of Brandon. And actually set up a bags tournament and then maybe even on Friday do a golf outing! I do hope we follow through with this as it is a great time to get together with family we do not always get to see.
Here are some more pictures of the wonderful day.
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| This is Emelia, Brandon's daughter. |
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| My cousins! (Cameron (Tracy's daughter), Tracy and KC) |
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| Cheers to Brandon! |
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| Mom and Jaycee |
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| Brandon surprised us with a rainbow and KC was posing for us! |
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| Tori and KC |
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| Uncle Kim, KC, Aunt Maxine, Tracy |
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