Category: Family

Family news, announcements, etc.

Happy Birthday!

Just wanted to post a quick Happy Birthday to Jon Gries, the guy who plays “Uncle Rico” on Napolean Dynamite. He’s most famous for trying to throw a football over a mountain. He failed. This was after traveling back in time and playing Broots from The Pretender Series.
And then there’s Venus Williams. She’s black. And she plays tennis. She also thinks she has a sense of fashion. I’ve heard many disagree.
And most importantly, there’s musician Barry Manilow. Whoopdedoo.
See Chris, don’t you gots some good company?
Happy Birthday Chris!

Bacon!

There are few things that ALL of us like to eat, bacon is one of those things. Saturday morning… breakfast. After I had to make up a second batch of bacon.

Jere: “I can’t believe you guys like bacon so much.”

Becky: “Who doesn’t like bacon?!”

Nick: “Vegetarians.”

Ashlee: Busy laughing.

Then a couple of minutes later there was this awesome idea…

Nick: “We should dip bacon in bacon sauce!”

That kid’s a genius!

Danish Baptisms

OK all, we need your help.  We were reading a story in The Friend where a guy was talking about how the pipes froze/broke before his baptsm, so the water was freezing, but it made him think about the pioneers breaking the ice to be baptized, etc. 

So anyway, I remembered somebody (Melissa?  Will & Trish?) was able to get an account from Grandma Freeman about the circumstances around her parents baptism.  I went looking on my computer for it, but I couldn’t find it.  Does anyone have a copy of that?

Hooping and Hollering

So as some of you have heard, and even less of you have seen, I decided to learn how to hoop dance this last Feb. and March as part of a group that was to exhibit the hoop dance prior to the actual competition. It was all fun and games and stuff and I even got to see cousin Al in the drum circle in front of where I was dancing. We each made 8 hoops and paid for our costumes and such and learned a routine from the head lady of powwow who is also in Living Legends.
Anyways, the full post and the video can be read and seen on my blog. Enjoy!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

And something about Blarney.

So, way back on my birthday, Andrea gave me a basketball hoop and backboard, and she customly painted the backboard herself. It’s like the patron saint backboard of this site. It’s awesome! See? See?

My wife is so great.

Also, here is a picture gallery with photos of Steve Nash, in Fathead form. On our wall. If you don’t know what a Fathead is, it’s a hugely large wall decal. Anyway, they were doing a promotion with our radio station, and there were free Fatheads to be had, so I got one. Check it!

Happy Homeownership to Melissa!

We wanted to congratulate Melissa on putting down some California roots! For those of you who may not know, she recently purchased a new home and moved in on Saturday, 3/14. Way to go Liss! (Now we’ll always have a place to stay should we wish to visit Legoland, Seaworld, etc.) Hahaha:) All kidding aside, we’re excited to see the new digs and want to know if we’re invited to the housewarming party? Congratulations, Liss!