Wednesday, July 23, 2008

An old blog I posted on my page...memorial day!

Dont be fooled by this 'little' woman(about 4 11')...we use to call her our little 'troll' cuz by the end of the day she'd have some major hair fly aways and looked just like one,...like my grandpa,..she is the most AMAZING woman I probably will EVER know. Mother of 18 children,...and not ONE stretch mark on her belly...she was sweet,..but one tough, devoted mother and grandma. Her daily routine for many many years consisted of waking up early in the morning,.read her scriptures,.off to the temple..back home for a snack..read again her scriptures,..back to the temple,... home for another snack...and again off to the temple...and back home for dinner....she went 3 to 4 times a day,..everyday...unless she was with one of her grandchildren (she has over 100) or with one of her great-grandchildren (she has over 200)....my dream is to be like her!
SALOTE(Charlotte) WOLFGRAMM 1915-2007 (Buried the same day as Gordon B. Hinckley)

Now this is thee most AMAZING man I EVER have known...just thinking of him alot lately and appropriate for memorial day! He served missions thru out his life in the most trying ways..,had the gift of miracles...his faith was tremendous, his love for everyone,.unconditional..., everytime I visited, he would say 'Are you happy?'.. and look me in the eye, squeeze my hand and just smile..he told me how to be happy thru his smile and embrace..and with every visit a different lecture so to say,.just thru his smile....I have totally felt the loss of this most inspirational, awe inspiring soul who has ever lived....one of the unknown heroes of our day! I see him in my dreams often:)
IOHANI OTTO WOLFGRAMM R.I.P. 1911-1997

Monday, July 21, 2008

Personal Thoughts...

Well I've been taking forever to post something cuz I've been waiting til I had some free time to look for and scan photo's that I have of grandma and grandpa....but I just haven't gotten to it.
So I figure it wouldn't hurt to mention my thoughts of them in the mean time..and post some pics of THINGS that remind me of them.....HATS always remind me of gramps

.....and these cute little trolls always remind me of gramma!

I'm actually very happy that this site is up cuz everytime I blog on my own page...I see THIS one..and it really helps keep them in mind on a DAILY basis.

I'm one of the cousins whose guilty of not really spending time with them when they were here with us....buttt...I can't tell you how much they MEANT to me..and STILL mean to me.

You would think the testimony I have of the gospel came from my parents...and in many ways,.yeah of course..but I can personally say that the STRONGEST feelings I have towards the gospel came from the teachings and testimonies of grandma and grandpa..I remember the feeling I got when I heard them speak,..especially the STRONG way in which grandpa spoke softened by the GENTLE and simpleness of the way grandma talked...it truly did wonders to my SOUL!!
Although I didn't see them all the time...I do have some personal one on one memories with them that I will cherish for the rest of my life!

And for all my cousins who visit this page..please know that I love each of you very much.
I'm not really a social person,..and I blame my parents for having us live so far away,..we didn't get the chance to really get to know everyone...but oh well...life I guess.

I hope to live MY life the way they would want me to live,..and hope I'll be where I KNOW they are at this time...

Kudos,
Jen (Jennifer Wolfgramm Tupuola > Maikeli and Vake)

Friday, July 18, 2008

Grandma's Online Guestbook is still up!

We wanted to let everyone know that they can still add their LOVE/comments to
Grandma's obituary "Guestbook" our wonderful cousin Anya extended it
and it will be maintained online until February 28, 2009 & after 1 year anyone can purchase a copy of the book for about $80.00, or we can extend longer--Anyone can enter their comments/pictures/etc. There are several already from Friends, but only a few from Family, it should be FULL!!

JUST CLICK HERE TO SEE THE OBITUARY

and CLICK HERE TO SEE THE GUESTBOOK

Monday, July 14, 2008

Support KJ and Malia Palauni

If you want to show your support for our talented family members
here is a posting of KJ and Malia's ( A Cassandra Utterance) upcoming show:
(KJ and Malia are Bill Brown's (Palauni's) kids.)

Here is his posting from Myspace:

Hey friends we have a big show coming up July 25th with the secret handshake I hope you can all make it out we will be playing three new songs and have three new members!!! If you can't make it to that show we have one the next day at blue star coffee shop and also one on August 8th at the Avalon.
Hope to see you all at one of the shows!!!

Let us know if you need a ticket.

Much love,

kiliona/ACU

For more concert info see their website:

http://www.myspace.com/acassandrautterance

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Remembering Our Soldiers

Our cousin Sale is currently serving our country in Iraq.
Please remember him and his family in your prayers and maybe we could
all help send him things he might need or send something nice to his kids.
Please ask uncle Walter and auntie Sepa or
Malina and Ella Wolfgramm to see what he might need.
Thank You Sale we love you, we are grateful for your sacrifice for all of us and we will keep you in our thoughts and prayers!

Patricia (Gerber) Samples also has a son in Iraq, I think it's DJ..I will edit this later when I have more info.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Congratulations to all 2008 Graduates!

Congratulations to all of our 2008 Graduates!!

MALINA & ELLA WOLFGRAMM- Mills College, Oakland, CA
MALINA w/ MASTERs in EDUCATION & Ella w/ MASTERs in BUSINESS & FINANCE
(Walter & Sepa Wolfgramm's daughter's)