David Evans de Gaston

     Fifth of 11 children, David's birthday is June 12, 1976. David graduated April 26, 2001, with a Master's and a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering. David returned from a mission to Portugal in July, 1997. Pai (Dad) will always be grateful for the son and man David is, and the love that he gives his Dad.

     Melanie gave birth to their first child at about 1:30 AM, Friday, March 17, 2000.   Jonathan David de Gaston weighed in at 7lb 7oz and 19".   Their second, another boy, was born 9:44 PM (MDT), Tuesday, August 28, 2001!   Matthew Evans de Gaston was 6lb 9oz, and also 19".   It is interesting to note that combining the two middle names produces the father's given names, "David Evans"!
     Then on April 30, 2003, David called me and said that Rachel Marie entered the world at 10:06 PM MDT today, April 30, 2003. She was 19.5 inches long and weighed 5lb 11oz, and was full term. Melanie did well after about 10 hours of labor, shorter by two hours than her shortest previous labor. Rachel Marie has very thick black hair, the thickest that he has ever seen! Then the next baby was also a daughter, Hannah Marie. David wrote:      Hannah Irene de Gaston was born on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at 03:49 am in Melbourne, Florida. She weighs 6 pounds and 14 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. She has a little bit of light brown hair, and typical baby blue eyes. She has my detached earlobes...none of the kids have Melanie's attached lobes.      Well, tonight, Tuesday, August 1, 2006, I received another one of those calls! David told me over the telephone that he acted as physician's assistant and delivered Melanie of their 5th child, a girl baby at 10:41 PM, Central Daylight Savings Time. Her name is Elizabeth Anne de Gaston. She came into the world angry and fighting, weighing in at 6 pounds 12 ounces. Her length is 19 .5 inches. Her 1 and 5 minute APAGAR scores were 89, very good as almost all babies feet will become cyanotic. Melanie is doing well! David like a professional doctor immediately unburdened himself of the new baby, which promptly began to urinate in the nurse's hands.