Merry Christmas 2010 and Happy New Year 2011. We wish the best to our friends and family both near and far. We've had a great year and I hope to use this unique blog to let you know about it. I know the word "Blog" doesn't sound uplifting - too much like "Blah", which is close to "Bah" as in "Humbug". I hope the added spice of a few pictures and a little humor bring some good cheer from our lives into yours. Feel free to post comments or just let us know how you're doing. (If you click on the images, you can get a bigger version.)The slideshow at right was used at Gabe and Britt's wedding in October.
Merry Christmas to all
Michael
FreyHein Christmas 2010
Christmas Greetings from our family to your's
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Our Family
Andrew
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Both Andrew and Gaby are working on their PhD's in Biology and enjoying the intense good life of being graduate students. A couple of more years to go for both before we can call them "Doctor". To learn more about Andrew and Gaby's work see their websites: Andrew Hein , Gabriela Blohm
Gabriel
Gabe is gainfully employed at Pacific BioScience, a startup biotech company in Menlo Park, CA - south of SF Bay. Gabe does computer modeling of some process for their patented rapid DNA sequencing machine. Here's a recent article on an application of their machine to decode the genome of the Hatian Cholera Pathogen.
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Luke
Son #3, Luke graduated this month with a degree in English Literature from Auburn. He is gathering energy before heading out in some direction (yet unknown) to discover something exotic and exciting in the world. Luke is a prolific reader and writer and a born comedian. He is also fluent in Mandarin. So we think he may become a late night talk show host for Beijing Television.
Here is a picture of Luke on the Great Wall. It's a little dated, taken on the first of three of his extended study tours of China. I think it was the most exciting time in his life - full of adventure, search and discovery. We know there's much more to come.
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Savannah
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Like her Mom, Sas is a fantastic cook. Today she's whipping up breakfast cinnamon roles and squash casserole for breakfast and dinner on Christmas day. Savannah turns 21 in a couple of weeks. She says she wants to go snow sledding in NC for her birthday.
Kitty
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Kitty, who has never liked football, converted to a New Orleans Saints fan last year - something about pulling for our home town team. She can now cheer at the television with the best of us as she watches hero Drew Breese do his magic at quarterback. Of course, you must have heard that the Saints won their first superbowl last year. And I'm convinced Kitty's support was the tipping point in their success! It was a real pick-me-up for their many loyal followers, many still recovering from the blow delivered to New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina over 5 years ago. GEAUX SAINTS!
Michael
This past year Michael worked with his students casting two major service-learning projects of pervious concrete. Major research and publication projects completed were 1) measuring effects of pervious concrete on improving the quality of stormwater runoff, and 2) effective methods of restoring clogged pervious concrete. You can read more about Michael's work on his website.
A great source of enjoyment this year has been watching and cheering the Auburn Tigers football team (13-0) all the way to the National Championship game, the first in 53 years at Auburn. For you football fans interested in their amazing season select Auburn Football.
WAR EAGLE!
Happy New Year 2011
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Here's hoping that 2011 is a great year for you and your family and friends. As they say in Alabama "We've been Blessed". While I'm not always sure I deserve these blessings, I am truly grateful for our caring family and friends and for our good health and fortune. Although we don't always keep in great touch, you can be sure that your love and friendship is counted among our blessings. Our 2011 New Year's resolution, which seems to carry-over every year, is to keep in better touch. Please help us do this.
"...may your days be Merry and Bright..."
Michael & Kitty
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