Email, Email, Email

Okay -

Rachel and I are trying to put together something for the family reunion that I think everyone needs to participate in. No, not think, but HAVE TO participate in. I sent out an email to each of my sibling's email addresses that I have (no spouses, except for Brooke), asking for them to read the email and please respond if you are in or out on this one. I also posted something on the family website, asking for everyone to check all their email addy's for a message from Rachel and I. To this point in time, I only received 3 responses back, all wanting to participate. I even went as far as to make a second posting on the family website, asking for everyone to please email Rachel or I ASAP to tell me if they are in or out on this project Rachel and I are trying to undertake. Well, still nobody new has responded. It's really starting to tick me off at this point. If I can't get everyone to participate, it's fine, and Rachel and I will go on with this project without anyone. Just frustrating, since I see that people have visited the family site, and still haven't sent a simple mail out. Oh, well ... I need to stop obsessing about this for now. Got enough stress to carry me over.

On a lighter note, the Redskins beat down the Lions today at FedEx Field. Rachel and I were having some new ward members over to "try them out" and see if they could fill our vacant friends position that needed to be filled once the Hassells abandoned us. John and Kim Wright (sp?) are a trip! They came over between conference sessions for dinner and to hang out for the second session. Our dear friends, Liz and Ed Ott had a special day today, as it was the baptism of their son, Sam. Liz told Rachel about it yesterday, and invited us to come. They were doing a simple family and friends thing, and didn't want it to be a big deal. So, I took Zachary with me, since he is between Katie and Same in age, and they usually end up playing together once the Otts and us get together. He was a little annoyed, since he wanted to sit and watch football. It was an honor to have the Otts invite us. They only had family there besides me, so it felt good that I was able to go. There was a chance that I was going to have to go on a sev 1, but the page never happened, so I dodged that bullet. We came home after the picnic, and socializing to watch the end of the Skins game. I walked in and John said "Hey, the Skins are getting creamed, it's 24-3." I am never surprised at how the Skins can sometimes disappoint me, so "Oh, well" was my resigned reply. Well, Allison then told me that wasn't true and the Skins were winning by that score. I saw the Carlos Rogers interception run back for a TD, so that was sweet. Then we flipped back to conference, and when the choir sang, we checked on the Chargers game. That was sad, too. Both my Skins and my Chargers won, so a man has to be happy with that, huh?

More later, I have to let some anger die down a little before my typing starts.