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Saw these pictures and thought they looked so similar I had to share!

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We had some portraits taken at the temple. Check them out here.

Here is some more info on Melinda's homecoming.

Here are the streams (sorry they were broken up in mulitiples...but I have included a brief description of what is in each one)

Part 1 - On the road discussions before we get there
Part 2 - First sighting and hugs!
Part 3 - More hugs and interviews start.
Part 4 - Discussion in the car on the way home.
Part 4 - Discussion in the car on the way home.
Part 5 - More car discussion & first Lithuanian.
Part 6 - Poll questions flight story begins.
Part 7 - More on the flight and Sister Gubler.
Part 8 - Finish story arrive home.
Part 9 - First view of the sign and family picture.
Part 10 - Final clip of stream and good bye's

Here is Melinda's Mission Report in Sacrament mtg.

As many of you know, Sese Melinda Free has just returned from Lithuania. We hope you enjoyed the live broadcasting video from our Dad...it is so cool to be able to watch it live! We figured that another video wouldn't hurt. I am pretty sure that my Dad will post Sese's talk as well.

It has been such a joy to be with Melinda! Hope you feel that joy from this video!

-Mike Free

P.S. This film was shot on my mom's camera by Adam and Mom. I just post the videos.

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We are so excited to have our whole family together for the first time in over two years!

The first to arrive is Becca. She lands in Phoenix Sky Harbor at 9am on Friday the 18th. I will be going to pick her up. I am going to test out ustream.tv to stream live audio and video from my iPhone to the web so you can all watch.

So go to http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lovebeingadad at 9am tomorrow morning and you should see a live video feed of Becca in the airport. You can go there early and see some clips I took at the Mountain View Holiday Dinners and Andrew's band concert.

Then at 10pm the main event. Melinda is to arrive at 10pm. So be sure to check out the site. The third and last leg of her flight will be coming from Chicago, American Airlines Aa1733 (if you want to check if they are on time).

Here is a video of our family on iChat. We were choosing names for Christmas, but had to spice it up a bit. Enjoy!

Thanks to so many that put us up and helped us in so many ways. Grandma and Grandpa Free, John and Jen Free, Ric and Jodie Jamison. Thanks!

Here are some photos of the trip:

We spent a great week with the Frees hiking, swimming at the Panaca Pond, geocaching, riding four-wheelers, picnicking at Yankee Meadows, riding bikes, eating from the garden, attending the St. George Temple, shooting Grandpa's new pistol, chopping a bow from just the right kind of stick, and plain ol' hanging around.

In case you don't have Facebook, here is a link to some pictures from our week with Grandpa and Grandma back in July.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=113740&id=652162857&l=ed87243590

Mike sent me his quick animation for a class. It is a bag of flour trying to jump across a Danish Bakery...this has danger, action, and heart. Two enthusiastic thumbs up!

Hello, this is Mike Free. I don't know if ya'll remember me, or not. I was the one that made those one cookies...you know, the ones with MILK chocolate...not the fake-o semi-sweet chocolate.
Anyways, I was just writing a short email to Sese Fry and wanted to show her a photo. I also wanted to see if I still remembered how to post things on the blog. So, I hope you enjoy this photo and entry. The photo was taken by Jopes' phone.
I've just got to say, that I have such an awesome nephew!

Last November during our Thanksgiving dinner in the backyard we saw several of these Peach Faced Love Bird Parrots high up in a neighbors tree. We kind of forgot about them.

Now that our sunflowers are ready to eat we found some in our back yard. The first of the movie shows one I was able to get. The last part shows 7 of them at once. However it was shot through my office window that needs cleaning! Sorry. But it was just amazing.

We think that a couple of these escaped and they have been propagating in our nice weather. So here they are enjoying the lovely hot August weather!

Mike reported to the High Council at 6am, then to the ward in Sacrament at 11 and to the teacher's quorum at 1. Many people were there and we all enjoyed his words. Here is an audio recording we made for those of you that couldn't be here.

Michael Reports Audio (14.5MB) (be patient, it takes a while to download...but then it runs.)

Here are some images that Joseph took during our quick outing at Brian Head. It was sooo nice! Click Here.

Here is a rough video. I haven't had time to edit the nice video Josh took.

Our stake sponsored an outstanding Aaronic Priesthood encampment last week. Nate, McKay and I got to go from our family and Joe, Daniel, Josh, and Andrew also went. Each ward was asked to provide a short entertainment. Our ward decided to learn a Maori Haka. Nate ended up being the leader, McKay is on the far left.