Two worlds collide

Thought I’d share with you all a fun collision from two of my former lives last night. One of guys I coached with at Chapel Hill…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

…now is on the staff at Tennessee State.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was fun to see a commrade from my days on the sidelines at CHHS now on the sidelines at the Marriott Center.

It’s (still) a girl!

Well, as you all heard, Evangeline Paiyumsi Freeman was born yesterday, November 5, at 2:50 pm at Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem. She was 7 lbs 2 oz, and was 18.5 inches long.
We first went to the hospital on Sunday morning. Amy woke me up around 3:30 am and let me know her contractions were 3-5 min apart, which was a sign that our doctor said could be an indicator of needing to go to the hospital. After arriving at the hospital we were told after about an hour that her contractions weren’t nearly strong enough and we could go home. So we did.
Yesterday morning Amy woke me up at 4 am and let me know that her water broke. We initially planned on having her labor at home in the warm tub for a bit before going to the hospital but that didn’t last too long due to her water being slightly discolored. We got to the hospital around 6:30 and got all checked in. By 12:30 she was at a seven and opted to take something to help take the edge off of her pain (even though it didn’t really have any effect) but still let her feel what was going on. By 2 she was good to push and 50 minutes later Evangeline was here (despite us not knowing her name yet).
All in all everyone has been good. I know some of you have seen pics on facebook, but I figured everyone would want to see!

For The Record

Just to clear up a little shenanigans that seem to be going on on a certain, not to be named social network… The Lawrence Welk Show is not my favorite show, nor is it currently, nor has ever been, on my small list of shows I actually like.

I will say though that I love telling the kids that it’s Becky’s favorite show (no worries, she does the same to me, not just to our children, but apparently on that social network as well). I do leave it on on purpose from time to time just to see how quickly it takes for her to come into the living room.

Now that we’ve got that straightened out, let’s get back to sports [Josh]!

Now I Need Counseling

So, if you haven’t already heard by talking to Mom or whatever, our bishopric got changed, and I was called to be Bishop Hall’s 2nd Counselor. No, it’s not April fools or anything.

Needless to say, it’s a pretty daunting task, but I’m excited for the opportunity to serve and improve, as President Monson talked about in last week’s Priesthood session. And we could definitely use the blessings that will come as we dedicate ourselves to this new calling.

So, I’d appreciate any prayers you could send our way, on my behalf, Andrea’s, and the members of our ward.

I love you all, and thank you for your good examples and your positive influence in helping me become someone the Lord can trust with this calling.

Cheers!

Um, yeah…so we had a baby…

She’s here. Born on a Saturday, like all our other kids. Born on a football rivalry game day where the good guys lose, like her brother Elijah. (Though technically, since we live in the future, they didn’t actually lose until the next day. It was tied at half when we stopped watching.) 6 lbs. 7 oz. 19 inches. Final verdict on the name is Coralie Xiuqin. Still not EXACTLY sure where “Coralie” came from (the girls have been vague on the actual source), but Xiuqin was Grandma Judy’s given name. (“Judy” wasn’t all the rage in the 20’s in Chinese baby name circles as it is now–or isn’t.)

If you want to see pictures, look at Chris and Leah’s pictures of Oliver. She kind of looks like that. But different. And she’s a girl.

***UPDATE***
Laurie has posted some pics on the facebook.

***UPDATED UPDATE***
She posted stuff on her blog too.

Family Reunion 2014?

So, we’re putting it out there and would like to hear thoughts from everyone on a family reunion in the next couple of years. Maybe summer of 2014? We suggest letting only a couple or three siblings plan each reunion to keep from having too many cooks in the kitchen (till the actual reunion at least). Maybe we could create planning-groups by region? For example, Jere and Justin’s families can plan a reunion in their neck of the woods one time and then say, Melissa, Will and Chris the next; then Cass and Josh’s family can plan one together, and Steve, Matt and Ti another (assuming they’ll still be neighbors when that time comes around). It’s just an idea, peeps. This would let us share our regions with the family and keep travel costs down at least once every few reunions for those close(r) to home that year.

Mom has suggested we gather in DC for the first one since America Sings will be celebrating their 25th.  She thought it would be neat for the grand kids to participate. Sounds like a great idea, but only if they’ll be performing in the summer since most of our kids will have different schedules/obligations in the spring. (Coming from CA with a tribe of our own we might need another year to budget for that trip!)  Could we make it work though??

Does anyone have any thoughts and feelings about planning and/or a location for the first one? Any “rules” we should institute? Like length of reunion or reasonable cost limits? (We’re obviously talking to you dear in-laws since we Freemans are kinda new at this.)

Do Mom and Dad want to start us off?? Just sayin’. . .y’know. . .since you’re super great at planning trips for super large parties, and since you kinda started this super family way back when, and ’cause we think you’re super great and want you to want to attend the first one.  Actually, we think Mom and Dad should always be involved in the planning, somehow, so maybe we just decide who will head up this first one and then counsel with Mom and Dad.

It doesn’t really matter. Let’s hear what everyone’s thinking and let’s get this party started!