FROM EMERYS

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Happy Holidays to all -

Love, Shane, Erin, Ayden and Cade

Hi, everyone!
This is Bryce and Maira Day.
I just started a blog.
Check it out!
www.mycatfetches.blogspot.com
Anna is almost 4 and we are very happy.
We're thinking about expanding our family, but not sure.
We are hoping there is a boy for us in the future.
I'm taking my bachelor's in Human Development and Family Studies,
aiming for a Master's in Psychology. And Bryce is still a Lease Banker.
I still do photography if anybody is interested.
Kisses and see you all later.

There's a new NEMOEAST in Town...

Hello everyone, it's ELMO (Evan & Lauren Moore...inspired by NEMO). We are now in Virginia after Evan graduated from BYU-Idaho. We are in Annandale and enjoying being "adults" and being married.  On a side note, please send money, we are poor. Evan got a job in the PR department of a communications firm in Tysons Corner, VA. Lauren has had multiple job offers from many spas...we are just waiting for the right one. Feel free to visit us in good 'ol Virginia.

Digital Photo Overload

Hi Nemos!

I love reading your blogs, and loved the video clips of Uncle Eddie and Aunt Joyce that Ellen took.

Someday I will post some stories and pictures from our summer in Alaska, someday.......I am still trying to sort out the thousands (yikes!) of pictures I took.  Sometimes film sounds like a good idea...fewer pictures than digital and you get them to hold right away.  The editing process is going on in between catching up on the house and spending time with our family.

We are well, enjoying the beautiful fall weather that southern California has (like 80 degrees here in the mountains), Mike is working for three weeks as a substitute principal, and I am helping with a Relief Society Super Saturday.

Love to all for now,

Sue

Where are all the Nemos

I like reading about the Nemos who do blog but wonder where all the other nemos are. I think that you all should post something about your life!

Visit to Eddie & Joyce

I do weddings too, equally as poorly.

Totally Adorable Kid Moment!

This morning starts the days where Jordon is the only kid home in the mornings. He decided he wanted to make Jello. I thought, why not? We are nothing if not totally and completely random in this family. He had the packet in his hand and was waving it in my face. I told him it has to stay in the fridge for a while so he needed to be patient. So he looked at me for a minute and then put the packet of jello IN THE FRIDGE, and closed the door. I had tears i was trying not to laugh out loud as he would have been devestated. I love SOME of the things they do sometimes. :)

Uh, hi. My name is Lynn

Hello family! I feel so special that my own mother had to invite me to join the family blogfest. I must admit i have never blogged in my life but i vow, in my copious amounts of free time, to become at least a faithful reader of the blog. Okay, i'll wrap up my year so far:
In January i moved into an apartment and bought a white dodge durango 4x4 that seats 8. The kids have lovingly named it Bruce in honor of the great white shark in Finding Nemo. (Sorry Uncle Bruce.) February, went 4 wheeling through all of the yucky snow we got and turned the heat upto 80 to stave off the single digit temps. March was march. April, same. May, ditto. June saw kids home during the summer. Every summer i feel like i have to learn how to be a mom again as i actually get to see my kids for more than 4 hours a day. July my divorce was finalized and Jeremy married someone 4 days later. Lets just leave that hornets nest alone for now shall we? Moving on, i turned 30 in August and i must say that 30 has never looked better. :) Its September now and the kids are back in school. Zach is in 2nd grade, Jamie started Kindergarten and Jordon started preschool. Yikes and yeah! Wednesdays are my most dreaded day of the week as Jamie is out at 1030, jordon at 1130 and Zach at 130. I am going to paint my car a vivid shade of yellow and put a sign on top. That pretty much sums up my year to this point. Its good to see the pictures on here and read what people are up to.

Gooday mates from the land down under

I am finally home and finding the time to share a little about our trip to Australia the end of July. We flew over on the Wednesday prior to the Pope arriving for World Youth Day in Sydney. What a poor decision that was to try and non-rev when the "World" was filling up all the flights. Amazingly we only had a one day set back in LA as we tried to leave on a Tuesday night and didn't get out so we went to the Museum of Tolerance in Santa Monica and then visited Mark in Huntington Beach Wednesday day. We were traveling with our friends, Lewis and Sheila Waddoups who've lived in Melbourne and lucked into getting Business class so we had good meals and almost fully reclining seats for the 13+ hour travel to Sydney and then got breakfast to fill the 1 hour jump to Melbourne. (because of the time zones, we lost one complete day during travel and arrived Friday morning) We stayed with Sheila's brother and were chauffered to the beautiful coast one day, home through a gorgeous rainforest with a side hike to a waterfall through the huge forest of gum trees and ferns. The 3rd day was Sunday and we attended the ward the Waddoups had belonged to which was fun for them to revisit some old friends. Afterwards, Sheila's sister-in-law hosted a big family pot luck dinner and we got to meet all of her sibs and many neices, nephews and cousins. On the 4th day we drove to the Murray River in a town established by their gold rush where we had lunch on a paddle steamer. My one wish was realized that day when we saw two different 'mobs' of wild Kangaroos and were able to stop and snap some pictures. They roam in the open countryside like deer in Utah. Taking the train to the city the 5th day was easy and we really enjoyed seeing as much of it as we could from top to bottom-skyscrapers, shops, Yarra River walk,& Victoria Market for souvenirs. It is a beautiful, modern and clean city. On the 5th day we took the train and bus system completely across town from her brothers suburb to the Melbourne Temple. It was a small one but 'lovely' (a very commonly used adjective to describe everything that is, well, lovely!) Having to transfer in town, we stopped on our way back to enjoy seeing Melbourne harbor and beach where the ship Sheila's family emmigrated on arrived. We walked around the more artsy part of the city where their performing arts centers were and beautiful gardens. Each night upon arriving back at her brothers, we all enjoyed toast and hot chocolate Aussie style-made with milk and lighter, not a heavy cocoa like we make. One evening her sisters family invited us over for a wonderful dinner with roasted leg of Lamb and all the trimmings afterwhich we watched Aussie football-or as they say: footy. No helmets or pads, fast paced & exciting with some kicking and some dribbling of a stubby version of a football. Michael was hooked! The next morning(Thursday) we flew to Sydney, caught the train then a taxi out to the suburb where the Temple was and walking in pouring rain to the patrons apartment ( a former motel bought by the church for temple visitors to use), much farther down the street than Sheila had remembered from a previous visit years ago! They were large kitchette rooms and we had the place to ourselves for the next 2 days while we explored durinig the day and attended the Temple in the evenings, enjoying one night being asked to do sealings. A nice shopping center was across the street so we were able to buy food from food vendors and a grocery store. Friday was our day to sight see in Sydney and it was rainy and overcast all day but we still explored enjoying covered speed ferry rides (included in the price of our train ticket to town) unde the Harbor Bridge next to the famous Opera House through the channels out to Manly Beach, a popular summer surfing destination. Yes there were groups climbing over the Harbor Bridge even in the rain and we were amazed. (Apparently that is a must-do in Sydney that we all decided was a not-do for us but I got good pix). We took a different ferry back to a town close to the Temple area instead of the train which was cool. Sydney reminded me alot of Seattle with the waterways, ferries, hilly landscape and weather. Saturday was depart for home day but apparently tons of the Youth-Day folks stayed an extra week to tour also and the flights were oversold. Since the sun was out in full force we headed back to town, finding a nice outdoor vendor plaza and fun places to eat staying to see the city at night, and the opera house up close. I would've LOVED to have seen the Modern Dance Performance that night after viewing a video clip on an electronic billboard-but the cost and the company I was with prohibited the whole idea. sigh. We arrived back at the airport around 11p deciding earlier to sleep it out there that night. In a designated area by baggage claim, we claimed two divided benches that seated 4 putting one in front of us to prop our legs on and all tried to sleep, surrounded by alot of others, including WYD kids (yup they were still around to our frustration). Trying ended at 5am when we were allowed back into the arrival area and claimed some comfy overstuffed chairs in the Starbucks eating area. Crowds arrived by 7 so we hung until 2:30p when we again weren't about to get on either flight to the states (only 2 a day on United Airlines which was our only choice). By this time we had made friends with 2 other couples, one LDS from Perth and one engaged young couple from Mexico City for the WYD who had been sleeping there for 5 days, were out of money and she was sick with a fever and sore throat. We decided to get a hotel and paid for the young couple to join us. We all took naps, and met for a very nice dinner where Michael tried Kangaroo which was delicious and alot like tender beef. Monday was our lucky day (3rd times the charm) and we got the last two seats in 1st class and all the others got into Business class so we were again fed well, treated well and slept well. We arrived in LA with just enough time to get out bags, get through customs and boogey to the St. George flight arrivng home around 4:30pm tired and confused as to what day it was because we gained a whole day back through the time zones, crazy huh! ( It was still Monday!) I was only hoome 4 days when Michael and I went to his 40th HS reunion in Provo and I flew out the next day to PA to spend the week with Emily for her birthday and play with the twins. After flying back home to SLC Saturday the 9th, I stayed to babysit Jaycee for Brian a couple of days and then came home Monday night with Maira and Anna along so that we could fly to LA the next day to get Anna a passport and Bryce a Brazilian visa for their vacation to Rio the last of August.
I stayed an extra day with Mark, chilling at the beach reading a good book all day and drove to St. George Wedneday night with him as he was coming to the premier of a movie he helped produce here 6 years ago called 'The Fly Boys'. It was a red carpet affair and so fun. Carrie, Dallin and I all got to attend with him, have our pix taken with the actors and feel like celebs. (we all wore shades, hee hee, but hey it was 102 degrees!)
What a fabulous show-the scenery was spectacular, actors well cast and story enthralling from start to finish with shots even from our neighborhood fields! If you get a chance to see it in your towns, DOOOO! He hopes it will get to spread to many cities across the US as it was an independent film that won tons of awards at multiple film festivals recently.

Anyway, from the Beautiful rugged shores of the Melbourne, to New Jersey's Atlantic Point Pleasant with the twins one week to the Pacific white sand in Huntington, I think I am using my hard earned flight benefits quite nicely, don't you?!!! xoxo Sandy

Hello from Emerys

Hello from the Emerys. Here is a recent picture of us at the beach. We got to go camp at Camp Pendleton with the Chalon and her family. The second pic is of mine and Chalon's kids.

This coming weekend Wade will be visiting and all the sibs will get together. It will be fun!!! I know my mom and dad are jealous. When I get a chance I will try to pass on some of their Alaska photos. I should probably just tell her to upload on the blog.

Other than the normal fun summer things, we are doing good. We are still wrapped up in some issues with the adoption, but are trying to move on while making sure the kids get what they need.

Love to everyone!!! The Emerys

Cousins' Reunion June 2008

On June 21st there was a fun get together with Mom, Lorraine, Lenard and Mike, and some of us cousins. We met at Pat's neighborhood clubhouse which was nicely air conditioned on a very hot day. Sandy, Sue and Mike were in town, so they went with Ellen and Mom to represent the Moore side.

We spent some time getting to know Dianna's new husband Ben and looking at wedding photos. We took a tour of Pat's townhouse and met her furry friends.

Each of us gave a recap of our recent life, and we decided to make the 3rd Saturday in June every year the date for an annual Cousins' Reunion. Mark your calendars.

Nemo Family Forever

Hello Nemos. I suppose I ought to post something since I got this going. It's fun to check in and see what everyone is doing. Here are some photos from our temple sealing on June 20th in the Ogden Temple. Love Ellen

Look at Me!!

This is the first time I have EVER posted on a blog..I feel cool! I love you Ellen and hope everyone will keep in touch often and share lots of pictures! Which reminds me that I haven't emptied my camera since being in Ogden and need to send Ellen her pictures from the temple! Sorry sis, I'll do it, now. Big news from the Day house..Michael and I are headed to Melbourne, Australia Tuesday with my friend Sheila and her husband Lewis. All her sibs still live there and have planned some great adventures for us. We will go from the ocean to the mountains and lots in between, spending our last two days in Sidney, attending the Temple and seeing the city. We will be back on the 26th. We lose a day going and gain one coming home which is crazy huh..we'll need it to recover I'm sure! I have LOVED reading Sue's daily e-mails with pix but won't be able to share our travels until returning home. Other fun news to share is that Dallin has been on swim team and is a great competitor, winning ribbons at every meet. He just turned 11 July 8th and chose to celebrate taking friends camping at a wonderful campground called Oak Grove, which is up the sounthern side of Pine Mountain accessed through the town of Silver Reef. I didn't know about it last year for the reunion-apparently it was once the church's girls camp and still really a nice place to Tent Camp (no cabins) with nice biffys and tapped water. It was cool compared to our 110 temp at home and only one other camper was there so the boys (5 of them) had toooo much fun. Carrie and I slept in the back of Michael's truck and enjoyed the stars. Now Dallin gets to go on his first 11 year old scout overnight this Friday-Saturday, the tail end of the whole week long camp for the boy scouts in the stake with a fireside and testimony meeting Friday night with the Stake President. Love to you all!! Sandy

Hi Nemos

I think this is great that we are finally getting a blog for the Nemos. They are easy to use and fun too! I love to read blogs and am a little addicted so one more will be great. Life is good on the Brown front. Ali and Ashling are in swimming lessons, Cameron has a new position at work that is a lot more fun for him (a lot more meetings too....) and I am pregnant with #3. You might ask why that is all I am up to and for some reason that is all I am capable of doing at once... incubating a baby. Besides that we are taking care of Mike and Sue's house while they are in Alaska for the summer and watching their dogs. Fun stuff....

We went on a family vacation to Mammoth, California and stayed in a condo over the 4th of July weekend. It was a lot of fun. While there we met a big family that always come to Mammoth for their family reunion and stays in this condo. They seemed to have a lot of fun. We certainly loved our visit and we think we should have the Nemo reunion there next year. There is shopping, outdoors stuff, plenty of places for reunion day, fishing, swimming, boating, art galleries and tons of great specialty restaurants. It is about three hours from the Reno airport so that could cause a little problem but I think it could be workable. The condos we were at had a huge area for guests to use and it would be big enough for reunion day and I don't think we would have to pay to use it.

Our family has our own blog at verticalhorizontality.blogspot.com

Hope you guys have a good day!
Melissa

First Post?

Hey everybody! I guess I'm the first to post something here. It's nice to be able to keep in touch. Our family has a blog at http://azjohnson.blogspot.com. Feel free to visit anytime.