Coming from a pretty small city in Sweden, Luleå, family means everything to Aleks Blixtstrom. His whole extended family lived in houses on the same street, so as a child all until he moved to the United States he was constantly around his family. He did everything with them. He was raised by his parents and all of their siblings, and always played with the other children. They were always extremely supportive in Aleks's hockey playing. When he had to leave the city he had always called home to chase his dreams in the United States, leaving his family was the hardest thing he ever had to do.

When he got the call that they were having a reunion, he instantly started making plans to travel home and see them again. After a long flight there, the reunion was everything Aleks hoped it would be. He saw all of the people he had grown up with. They talked, played games, and had a massive dinner.