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12-22-04
Merry Christmas to all who read this and for those of you who don’t celebrate Christmas, Happy Holidays! We have had a busy November and December. Since my last post, we have managed to have a fantastic Thanksgiving at our home with the entire Evans bunch. Lots of good food and great company. Thanks for all of the help everyone!
The weekend after Thanksgiving, we had a graduation party for Wade who finished his degree at the U of O. He is now in the process of job hunting……Good luck Wade! His family as well as ours and friends were there and we had a great time. His mom and grandma fried probably 20 or 30 pounds of chicken…I would say that is love, Wade, love!!!!
Dave, myself, Kyla and Emma went to a tree farm the next day to get our Christmas trees. Poor Jed was cramming for his finals and working on his papers. He was so glad to have three weeks of “guilt free TV” as he put it. Kelli left on the 15th to fly to Scotland and England for two weeks. Lucky girl! She was visiting friends over the holidays.
We were lucky enough to have our newest addition to the family. My niece, Kamisha, had her beautiful little girl on November 21st. She is so sweet....can't wait for Kyla and Jed to have this new little one. December brings more birthdays...Happy birthday to Wade, Jordy, Sean and Eric Everyone have a relaxing holiday and treasure your love ones every moment.
Wade enjoying his graduation party with his grandma
Demi, the little daughter of one of Jill's friends...so cute! Jill, Kelli, Molly and Eric goofing around at Thanksgiving Emma visiting Santa
Emmy thinks she found the right tree. Taaaa Daaaa! This is the tree for the Nagels
See what too much studying has done to Jed!
11-11-04
Kyla and Jed went to San Francisco for Kyla's MRI. However, she did not have a scan because of some very exciting news. She and Jed and going to be parents again! We are all thrilled and excited and at least, I, am a little nervous for her. So they decided not to do a scan since this is her first trimester. She will have a scan in three months. The doctor appointment went well and she feels good.
Aside from that fun news, since last month we have had a lot going on. Brian is enjoying Spain and has made a visit to France. He has been sending us some pictures of his surroundings. He leaves today for Greece to take a TEFL Course (Teaching English as a Foriegn Language) in Crete. He will be there for a month and is excited but a little nervous.
We spent halloween, which is also Dave's birthday and his parents anniversary, at Kyla and Jed's house. I fixed dinner and we celebrated in between trick or treaters. But we did get to see Emmy and her friends Alex and Lilly all dressed up. They looked very cute. Later Jason and SaMara brought their three children over to see Dave's parents before driving back to Portland.
There were many October birthdays for family....Happy birthday to Max, Lisa, Marisa, Brian, Braedyn and Dave and Happy Anniversary to Max and Delpha and Dave and Laura. November brings many others.....Happy birthday to Tristin, Celina, Carrie, Patti, Tony, Jacob, Brett and Charo and Happy Anniversary to Loretta and Ralph and Tony and Karen. Whew! Our families are just getting too big. Speaking of birthdays, my niece, Kamisha is due to have her first baby, a girl, this month. So we will be adding another November birthday to the list. I gave her a baby shower last weekend and she looks so darn cute. We are all very happy for both Kamisha and Jeremy and can't wait to see the baby. Kristi and Addie Mae came all the way from Baker and spent the night with us. We had Emma for two nights while Kyla and Jed were gone so she spent an extra night with Addie Mae after the shower. They had a great time playing and feeding the chickens.
Emmy and Gram make halloween cookies
Emma and Alex all ready to trick or treat It takes a lot of hot air for Dave to blow his one candle.
Dave and his girls
Kamisha and her mom, Barb at the baby shower Some of the Fuzi women after the shower
Emmy and Addie Mae ready for bed
10-8-04
Since I have been so lax in updating this my first comment will be yes, in August Kyla had another scan which was clear. I am sorry for not keeping up on this but with Jill's wedding and other things all summer I never took the time to sit down. I will try to be better about that because we know how important it is to keep everyone informed in Kyla's progress. She is feeling very well and is working part time and working on their home.
I will try to remember what has been happening for the past several months. Over the summer Wade had his bachelor party which was a trip to the Water Park in Seattle. They all had a lot of fun even if it was a few months early. Everyone pitched in and gave him a new surf board for his gift. We had a huge load of bark dust delivered and blown in around the back of the house and in the blueberry patch and garden. Dave put up my deer fence and we planted a garden which we got to enjoy all summer. We tore the old deck off the back of the house and one of Brian's friends, Todd, helped Dave and Brian build the new deck. It turned out fantastic but was barely finished two days before Jill's wedding. Dave also built me a grape arbor for Mothers Day and we planted two different kinds of grapes.
We had a dress up birthday party for Jill in July and Barb, Rick, Dave and I went to Bandon to watch the fireworks. There was a Burt family reunion which Kelli attended with her grandparents in California and several day trips to the coast to finalize plans for the wedding. Brian and Charo went to Baker for the Miner's Jubilee with friends and we had our annual "sisters vacation" in Sun River. Jill had two wedding showers, one put on by the ladies at her church and one by Kelli and Kyla.
Brian graduated from college in August and there were lots of last minute details in for Jill's wedding and of course the big weekend (Labor Day weekend) in Newport. Her wedding was beautiful and the weather was perfect. We came home from that and had brothers David and Jay, sister Kristi and their families as well as mom come stay with us. Lots of people but very nice birthday present for me to have them there. Kyla and Jed brought a birthday cake and I think that was the first time I have had siblings and my mom sing happy birthday to me in years.....I don't even remember the last time. Made my birthday one of the best. Thanks everyone for a memorable weekend....not just for my birthday but for coming to Jill's wedding and spending time with us.
A week later we had a going away party for Charo and Brian who are now living in Spain. September seems to have gone by in a blur. College has begun again, work is becoming busier now and Dave and I are now alone in the house. No kids living at home.....first time ever. Kind of an adjustment but we get to see them all the time.
Last note.....Jill and Wade spent three weeks in Australia for their honeymoon and are now home. They had such a great time and have lots of video and pictures. Even the small gnome made it all the way and back.
Brian at his graduation with Kyla, Jill and Kelli
Wade on the way to his bacheolor party....note the ball and chain The bride and groom.....stunning!
Jill, the beautiful bride Jill with Kyla and Kelli Wade with his groomsmen
Brian and Charo with their friends at the going away party
5-7-04
Kyla's scan was clear today......two years this month! We are so blessed....and we found out some exciting news. The IL-13 treatment she was so blessed to receive is now being pushed through to a Phase I trial for first time brain tumor patients. It will be a while until it is up and running because of nature of protocols, but it is so exciting that perhaps radiation won't have to be used and newly diagnosed patients could be treated right away.
Kyla celebrated her 26th birthday last week with a family dinner. Brian and Charo gave her a pear tree to plant and GG and Grandad Max gave her a lilac bush as well as Jill giving her a gift certificate to buy what she likes in a garden store. She is loving spring time planting in her new yard. She also got a set of "Our Gang" DVD's from Kelli and a start on her collection of theTaste of Home annual cookbooks and money.
Kyla with her "Our Gang" DVD's
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Traveling Gnome
Kyla has a new date for her MRI on May 7th. As usual our prayers are for a continued clear scan. We have had a lot going on lately. Kelli celebrated her 19th birthday in March with a family party and ended up with two guitars. She was happy and decided to keep both. A few days later Dave and I celebrated our anniversary with a nice dinner out at Jake's. Then Jill was baptized in Wade's church the following Sunday. Charo's sister and two friends were here visiting from Spain and came for cake at Kelli's birthday. They spent most of their time on the go visiting Crater Lake, the Oregon Coast, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon before returning home. They treated Dave and I to a lovely dinner while they were here.
Kelli celebrates 19 years Jill and siblings following the baptism
Charo and her sister enjoying Crater Lake
Emma's "Finding Nemo" birthday cake Emma's birthday party
Easter eggs
Jill and I woke to find a little finch on our deck just sitting there. He seemed to be OK but he didn't fly away and when Jill picked him up he just sat in her hand. We put him in our gazebo and left the windows open so he could escape and he flew up to the rafters and so we knew he could fly. Later he was gone so we are assuming he flew away. The turkeys have been hanging out a lot this spring and we got some really great shots of the males with their tail feathers all fanned out. On Tuesday Barb and I visited Emma at the "Meet the Artist" event at the UO where the children in the preschool had their art exhibited. Emma was pretty proud.
Little finch Proud turkey
Emmy the artist
Our little rebel 11 chicks are doing fine and are now able to roost in the chicken house. They are really funny to watch. I forgot to mention that Brian and Charo as well as her sister and two friends played a game of hopscotch at the Oregon coast and that Kelli was trying to teach Kyla and Jed at her birthday party how to do the "catapillar". Here are the goofy pictures.
Chicks on a bar Brian in his hopscotch mode
Kyla and Jed have a learning curve
3-10-04
Kyla just found out she got the job she applied for in the the Linguistics department. It is a half time position and she is pretty happy. Congratulations to Kyla!!!! We knew you could do it.
Jed spent Saturday and Sunday putting in new gutters on their rental with a friend, Scott. Kyla spent the time running errands and cleaning up the yard a bit and then came out to eat dinner with us. Jed came a little later. You should have seen Emmy's face when she saw the new black chick. Her eyes were absolutely huge and she was so excited. This particular chick would hop on Jed's arm and run up to his neck. Here are some pictures of that chick and Jed. Emmy named her "Peck" Peck "pecked" Jed's neck EEEWWW, Peck pooed on Jed's neck
The gnome appeared in my car in the drivers seat this morning all buckled in with a note attached saying "I wanna go for a drive with you, baby". Made me laugh. That Jill! I hate that gnome...it is sooo ugly. But Dave won't allow me to get rid of it because it was a gift his aunt had painted for him years ago. The gnome has appeared in many places, but my favorite was the time I, naked, opened our shower door and there he was gazing up at me. Scared the 6:00 a.m. wits out of me. He has kind of a leer on his face.....slimy is all I can say! He is now in Jill's back pack in the back seat of her car waiting for her to figure it out when she gets out to go to class tonight. Apparently Jill tried to sleep with him last night....that will teach her for not making her bed. She couldn't tell the difference if there was a lump or just bunched up blankets. Obviously she eventually figured it out. But we are telling Wade about her cheating ways.
Kyla and Emmy at the Aquarium on the Coast
3-1-04
Kyla, Jed and Emma spent Saturday at the coast visiting the aquarium. Sunday evening they came to visit and have dinner with us and got to see the new baby chicks that Dave brought home. They are very cute I have to admit but they are living in a large cardboard box with a heat lamp, food and water in my utility room for now. We have to let them be here until they are big enough to go out to the chicken house because those hair brain hens we already have are not willing to take them as their own. So between kicking up cedar chips in their water and food and pooping everywhere in the box, we are kept pretty busy right now. But they are cute! THE THREE....... FACES OF....... EVE..........er EMMA
One thing Dave always liked to do was buy those huge cookies that were decorated for each of the kids on their birthdays etc. The place that used to make them closed long ago so we decided to make them for Valentines Day. We delivered them to the kids on Saturday and then Dave took me to dinner at the Electric Station and gave me some very beautiful roses. Monday Jill, Wade, Wade's mom, Liz and I went to the coast to look for a person to make their wedding cake and order the flowers. Something must have been in the air on the coast because the day was not very productive. One lady was called away to a funeral so we had to meet with her catering partner, who did not do cakes. So we didn't get a huge amount of information from her. The second person never even showed up or called to let us know. We found out later on our way home that he was called away for an emergency. But with an appointment set up you would think these people would let us know before driving to the coast. We did meet with a nice English lady but she doesn't think she has the skill to do what Wade and Jill want. The flower store was closed so we struck out there also. However, we had a very nice lunch and toured a lovely Bed and Breakfast. I think Jill and Wade are going to go with Sweet Life Bakery in Eugene to make the cake even though it is a little more expensive to deliver because there seems to be few people on the coast that can do this. Thursday evening after we arrived home, Jill said there was a bird flying around in the house. Well the bird turned out to be a bat. After chasing the poor thing with Dave's fishing net and catching it three different times, Dave and Wade finally released it outside. We are having two of our chimneys repaired and there is tarp over both of them so I guess the bat was in one of them and could only come in the house. Poor Emmy had the stomach flu all weekend. Friday she had a nasty fall at preschool and hit her chin. It swelled up and turned black and blue so she looks pretty pitiful. End of our week! The large cookies Emma's cookies Dave and Wade, the Bat Busters
Kyla and Jed returned from San Francisco last weekend and her scan was clear again. Now she only has to go every three months instead of two. She was very excited about that and so are we. Emmy spent the night while they were away and we picked them up from the airport and then had dinner at Marie Calendars. Last Saturday Emma and her friend Alex, painted hand prints on her new bedroom walls. It turned out very cute.
This morning Jill and I saw the most beautiful pink sunrise....just in time for Valentines day. Emmy and Alex the Painting Pros February Sunrise
2004! Time is spinning past us. January has been a very busy month. We had a snow storm which is not too common around this area. Emma and Grandad had fun building a snowman and playing in the snow. Kyla and Jed bought a house back in the Thurston area which is where they went to school. The house is bigger than their first and they moved in this month. They are very busy painting and unpacking and have a lot to do to make it like they want, but they are very happy to be back in the area. The other house is now a rental. Grandad and Emma Snow 2004 |
New Chicks and a Trip to the Coast
2-13-04
