Oh Come all Ye Faithful

Orchestrated By Derek and Conducted by Dad

DAWNIA'S COMING HOME!!
:D

Thanksgiving was certainly not complete without visiting those who have loved us and blessed us with life. We love our Family who have gone ahead of us.


We got to stay with Brian and Dana. We had a blast. Watching a movie with Brian is great because he turns up the volume just like I like it am Mom dosn't even make me turn it down. Thanks Dana & Brian we love you guys.

We had the greatest time ever visiting Danielle Steve Garrett, & Ethan in beautifull Huston. It was an amazing time and we loved being with playing with our Grandkids. We tell everyone that we went to Texas to trick or treat because the candy bars are bigger there. But we all know that no amount of Chocolate can compare to carving pumpkins with Garrett or seeing Ethan do magic tricks. Thanks Danielle and Steve for having us. It was awsome....

Thanksgiving in Utah

We all may be about 5 pounds heavier but boy did we sure have fun. We picked derek up in Rexburg and Dawnia in Logan. We stayed in salt lake and helped Dana in her classroom, it was so much fun. Met with family all week and got to spend some really good quality time with Dawnia and Derek. Here are a few pictures. We miss you all who we didnt get the opportunity to share it with. Hope your thanksgiving was just as great as ours.

Fishing Trip Yahoo

Wow, I had a great time fishing on the Grand Rhond River in SE Washington. It was sooo beautiful. I wished I could say that I caught a lot of fish but I didn't. I did become a professional guide however. I spend a couple of days of my trip taking others clients and guiding them. It was fun. I even got paid.

Here are a few pictures of the river.

Idaho Falls Temple

Derek Mom and I were able to stay in Idaho Falls. We were at the Red Lion Inn and had a great view of the Idaho Falls Temple. It was special having Derek with us, and spending some time with him on the trip.

Yellowstone

Wow, a side trip. Mom and I were able to drive thruough Yellowstone after dropping Derek off to go to school. We had a great time. Lots of driving, but we were able to enjoy seeing some of the seights.

Going Going and almost gone.

Here is just one more of our fantatic sunsets here on Camano Island. What a beautiful thing to see most every night now.

I Miss You All! ! ! !

Lets see here whats new with me, just working, i move into my new place soon.. couple weeks! Umm i miss you all alot but thats nothing new. Thanks for all you do, keep in touch!!!!
love you all

My new favorite picture

So I was just going through our pictures on the computer from last Christmas. And then I came across this amazing photograph where absolutely everyone looks just . . . . . . stunning! I couldn't resist posting it for all of you! =)

I'm not giving up...

So, I love that Dana challenged us all to post, and then none of us ever did. :) Sorry Dana...I haven't given up either! I was just seriously delayed on posting!

Here are a few funny pics. Just to give you all an idea of what you're in for next week!

This is what you get when you give your camera to your 5-year-old!

Hope all is well! We can't wait to see all you guys!

Given up?

So what's the deal? Has everyone given up on this blog or something?!! All in favor of keeping this blog open . . . POST SOMETHING!!

(I wouldn't really think about shutting it down- but it does get a bit sad when it doesn't change for a month)

=(

Dad's Birthday Party

I know it's way past dad's bday, but I couldn't just let these pictures go to waste . . .
Even though everyone preferred the brownies over the cake, at least the cake made the pictures!
Cute mom, watching her husband turn 53!! (the candles aren't an accurate representation of the years-- I just forgot to buy more!)

Dinner with Grandkids

Hello everyone. Mom and I took a picture having dinner with the money that Danielle and Steve sent us to go out for my birthday. Just wished that they could be with us so we took a picture and set up some chairs for Ethan and Garrett. It was great. Thanks Steve and Danielle.

Utah or bust

Well everyone, I guess we better keep posting new stuff or you all will just quit looking at our blog. As you all know mom had a great Mothers Day. It was all nice to hear from all our children. (Even Derek) We just returend from Utah where we spent some time with Dawnia, Dana & Brian. We had a really good time. Oh I guess I shoud include my mother and Debbies brothers in our vist as well. We really had a good visit with everyone. Infact we had so much fun we want to move there. I'll keep you posted on our progress . Here are some pictures for you to enjoy.

Happy Birthday Dad!!!

Happy Birthday! Hope your day was FANTASTIC!

Sorry all the pics are of Dad and me or Dad and my kids...that's all I had! :)

Happy Mother's Day!

One sad truth about mom's life is that even though all her 6 children are grown up and out of the house, she never quite got away from the cheesy school-made gifts for christmas, mother's days, etc. One day I will grow up and leave the elementary school lifestyle, but in the meantime, as burdened as she is, she still puts on a big smile and tells me that she LOVES her handpainted christmas tree ornament shaped like a wreath with a school picture of her 24-year old daughter in the center! Just like when I was a little girl! Well, today, I have to burden her one last time as I glory in what I think is the most accurate likeness I have ever drawn of Mom as I prepared my class yesterday to do their Mother's Portraits. So mom, here you go . . . Happy Mother's Day!

Video

Hey Everyone the picture below of the field is a video. click the play arrow.

Daffodil Heaven

Tip Toe thru the Tulips

Hello Everyone, Mom and I took our annual pilgramage up to Mt Vernon to tip toe thru the Tulips. We had a great time. Mom was on one of those wackey highs where she was just adorable as could bee. I took this picture with her in the Daffodils because she loves them.
Wished you all could have been there with us.

Couldn't resist

Hey, Here is a picture of Dawnia & Derek, My heart just melted and thought you all would enjoy this picicture

Happy B-day Elder Sudweeks!

Hey! I know Derek checks this every once in a while, so I thought I'd post some fun pictures to celebrate!

Happy Birthday Derek!

We love you!

Ping Pong Champ !!!!!!!

Ping Pong Champ
Hello everyone. Well, I asked Dawnia to tell us about her ping pong successes but she felt it was a bit self serving and refused to write anything. So here I am telling you all and especially giving Dallan and Deven advance notice that their little sister may in fact whoop em in a game next time. Dawnia had a Ping Pong class at college where she has been learning the fine Art of the game of Ping pong. She was successful in beating everyone in the class. They held a tournament in which Dawnia won the whole thing. She must have been awesome. The guy she beat was extremely upset with the loss and told Dawnia that they were still friends but that he was very ticked off that she had beat him. She is to be awarded a prize on Monday, I'm hoping it is a full ride scholarship. In asking Dawnia how she was able to beat him she said she played to his weaker backhand side keeping the ball low to the net and just playing the angles. She said that occasionally she would serve him up a nice juicy forehand ball with a wicked undercut, which worked quite well in getting him to slam it into the net. Well, done Dawnia !!!I wished I had a picture to post with this but I don't. Maybe we can ask Dawnia to post one for us.Love ya all. Lets all work on our ping pong game so we can be ready for Dawnia next Christmas.Dad

Hello From Down South

Hey! Just thought I'd put some pics of the kids from this weekend!

Hope everyone is doing well and that you all had a great Easter!

Love you all!

Here's Garrett finding eggs in our backyard before we went to church! I have to say, that he is the best little egg-hunter ever! This kid can find eggs no matter what...and he's quick too! He totally outran his friends when we had another egg hunt after our Easter dinner!

Ethan getting in on the egg-hunt action...he found is one egg and didn't want to let it go!

Here's Ethan with his new bouncy ball that the Easter Bunny brought him!

Here's me playing on my Intramural team.. just trying to keep ya all updated :)
and sorry bout the other picture thats kind of embarrysing just posting a pic of me on here.. anyways bye!

HI!

Wow i figured it out... how to post something on here.. anyways thought i'd say hi i guess. and i love you all...(more so Danielle right now cause she just bought me a ticket to come see here.. so if anyone else wants to knock her off the top you can pay for me to come visit!) haha just kidding! anyways have a good life everyone! id post a picture but i aint gonna push it lol... ( and no dad "lol" does not mean lots of love.) haha ok miss you all. bye
DAWNIA


oh what do ya know i figured it out... man this college thing really is making me smarter ;)

Happy Anniversary!

Hey Mom & Dad!

Just wanted to wish you guys a happy anniversary! Hope you got to go do something fun to celebrate! We sure love you guys!

Happy Birthday Dana!!!

Happy #25 Dana!!!

Hope your day is fantastic!

We LOVE you!!!

(seriously, isn't this the cutest picture ever?!?!?)

Fun Times!!!

While some thought that we were dead on the side of the road...we were all at a Rockets game with Dawnia! Sorry again about forgetting our phones and/or not being able to hear them!

We're having a blast having Dawnia here...hopefully she feels the same way! She'll probably be glad to get back to the peace and quiet of her normal life after this week! :)

Back Safe N Sound

Hello Everyone, I'm back safe and sound. For anyone who didn't know I went to Calif on a qucik business trip and then to Phoenix where I stayed with Deven for a couple days. Had a great time with Deven. He is doing very will. We played B-ball from which I am still stiff and sore, but what do you expect from a 45 year old. While catching up on my office work a couple pic flashed across my screen that I thought you all would enjoy.

Love ya all

Dad

Derek's Pictures

I'm sure we all got these pics...but I thought I'd post them on here anyway. This is Areal, Derek & Elder Tagg, and the Mandarin-speaking missionaries (I'm assuming!)

Derek looks sooooo happy and so grown up! I love it!

I'm starting to wish I had some childhood pictures to post on here too! Actually, I'm starting to wish I had a scanner so if I had some, I could post them! But since I don't have either, I thought I would update you on life in the Nye household and show you our recent pictures. =)

Last week, we went to the Jazz game (one of Brian's friends invited us) and we sat on the 10th row! It was a lot of fun, even though we were losing the whole game. But in the 4th quarter the Jazz pulled ahead and won the game! It was very exciting!!

The next night (Brian's birthday), our washer broke and leaked through the 2 floors beneath us. They say all the water got trapped between the sub-flooring or something, so it's actually still leaking on our neighbors (5 days later). The fault is believed to be with RC Willey's, though, for installing it wrong. In the meantime, our washer is being checked over and over by their people and our stackable dryer is patiently waiting in our kitchen. Here is a pic of our present layout:

Baking and eating is a pretty interesting experience! It's great motivation to keep working out though- I have to suck in when I slide around it!

Right now, it's a little lonely- Brian's out of town again. But he'll be back Wed night, so at least the end is in sight. I hope all of you are having a good week! Love you all!

-Dana & Brian