The Advent of Aric Armell the Younger

This is hardly a real blog post. I merely wanted to announce to the world that our dear friends, the Armells, have had their l ittle boy, who has been named for his dad. Let me quickly state the vital statistics while I still remember them: 9 lbs., 12 ozs. Head circumference: 15". Length: 22". This is a healthy and good-looking little Lamanite!

Akira stayed with us from about 4:50 a.m. until we went to see the little guy at around 8. She slept among us, dogs and all, as though she were still at home in her own bed.

Much to our joy, the Armells have begun to ask questions about the Gospel and the scriptures. You might mention us in your prayers, so we can do and say everything the right way.

Now we look forward to Mary's performance in a few days and to Heather's back in Atlanta pretty soon, too.

With any luck, you'll be able to blow these pictures up to be a lot bigger. Sometimes the pictures I attach to a post do that very well. Sometimes they don't do it at all. It's all a huge mystery to me. Anyway, if you can get these to expand, you'll be able to read the little captions which our newly updated Kodak programs allows us to put right on the photograph. It just occurred to me how terribly quaint that last sentence will seem in a generation or two.