Bethany Miller

Oh What a Summer!

2009-10-14T19:31:00.004-05:00

My oh my! I haven't blogged in a whole year!

Where has the time gone? Lots has happened in a year...

Amelia ~ age 2

Anders ~ age 3

Little Miss Personality!!!

2008-10-22T23:20:00.009-05:00

Hello everyone! I am one year old Amelia and am growing up very fast. I love coming to play with my auntie Bethie at her house and do fun stuff like play in her room and get to have overnights with her. She is really glad to have a niece to play with and says I am the cutest thing since life's spread!
Here I am in my new floral jammies getting ready for bed at an overnight with auntie Bethie. We had lots of fun laughing together and playing. Although...I was getting a little tired so I had to give auntie Bethie some warning signs by letting her know it was really time for bed....hence my stern face. :-)

Before I went to bed I first had to figure out who in the world that other

person was staring back at me in the mirror.

Really auntie Bethie! How could there be two of me?!?! Life is so complex!

I mean really...when she moves I move! I don't get it?

Sweet Little William

2008-10-03T09:41:00.001-05:00

My little doodlebug!

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It's A Boy!

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I'm an auntie x3!!!

William Ronald Nyberg

born September 12th, weighing 8lbs 12oz and 20 1/4 in long!

More DC

2008-08-21T16:40:00.002-05:00

We obtained our tour of the captial through congressman Jim Ramstads office so we had to meet in his building for our tour to start. Just as we arrived at the congressman's door he walked up! We obtained a photo with him and met in his office for a few minutes along with the other family of four who were also there for a tour. It was funny because they also were from Plymouth! What a small world we live in! :-)Inside the dome of our country's capital! It was absolutly amazing! Words can't describe it!

This is my very favorite picture of the capital! I love the trees bordering it!!!
Inside of the Library of Congress - also an incredible place! Our forefathers had such vision for our nation! An absolute "must see" building to visit while in DC. And...any citizen can obtain a library card there...super cool!

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~Jefferson Memorial ~

This is one of my favorite angles of Jefferson at the memorial!~ White House ~

White House from the top of the Washington Monument.

I like this shot because it offers a fun perspective.

Washington DC

2008-08-21T16:22:00.003-05:00

In the National Portrait Gallary we took some fun photos with the different statutes. We had a ton of fun posing with certain "ladies" - heehee!

~ Arlington Cemetary ~

They have 25 burials a day! After we had walked around we visited the visitor center and talked with some staff there who said Arlington will be full by 2020. It was such a peaceful place. Everyone visiting was very respectful and quiet.

Baby fun!

2008-06-28T12:53:00.002-05:00

The last time we were at the cabin over memorial day we got some fun pics with the kids.

Anders having fun in a new shirt! heehee
Our sleepy worker
Amelia trying to eat her toes...yummy!

Snazzy baby girl! Bring my summer on....!

Playing in Auntie Beshie's room

2008-04-11T13:59:00.001-05:00

Oooo, Beshie's teddy bear!
Hmmmm...I wonder what I should get into now in Auntie Beshies's room?

Fun at the cabin

2008-04-11T13:44:00.004-05:00

Amelia is sitting up so well now. When we were at the cabin Anders pushed his truck towards her. I then looked at her and then looked at the truck and realized we had a perfect size load for the truck!!! Hee Hee!
Well...she maybe didn't quite fit, but she sure was cute!

Anders loves his tape measure! We had a broken one that he has now claimed. He pulls it out and says "one, two, three, nine!" Don't really know where he got the nine from?

He always skips from three to nine.

Deo Cantamus Concert

2008-04-11T13:25:00.004-05:00

Last Saturday I sang for the third time in the Deo Cantamus Choral.

The songs were really fun to sing this year.
The children's choir was also a part of the program. Three of my students sang in it. They really enjoyed getting to sing in it again. Although, Jesse I think liked the gym time during their practicesmore than he did anything else. When we were doing school a day before the concert I asked him if he was excited to sing in it again and what was he looking foreward to? He looked at me and said "Oh the games and playing in the gym is great! Miss Bethany, do you get gym time during your practices?" I smiled & said no. He then said "well, you should join my choir then! Because we get playtime!"

The two boys on the far right are Sam & Jesse. Nadia is directly under the left yellow banner with her head looking like she has sun beams framing her.

Snow Day with the Kneen's

2008-04-11T12:11:00.003-05:00

Last week when it snowed all day the kids & I made a giant snowman. It was heaps of fun and the kids were excited because Frosty was taller than me! My favorite thing about our snowman was Nadia's very creative rock bowtie. Much better than a scarf... :-)
So, how tall is our Frosty anyway? He measured in at 6 ft!
Sam putting Frosty's nose in place.

Easter ~

2008-03-23T21:18:00.003-05:00

Here we are - all four girls together! We always try to take a kids picture on Easter Sunday. It was really fun to get to see Amy and Eric since they went to Eric's side of the family for Easter dinner.

The kids looked so sweet today! Anders in his little Easter suit & Amelia in her pink smocked dress.

Hey! I want the green egg! :-O

My Favorite Niece!!!

2008-03-17T22:57:00.001-05:00

Peek-A-Boo! I see you!!!

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Christa visits!

2008-03-16T20:00:00.003-05:00

Today I had a fun surprise when Christa stopped by to say hello on her way back down to Owatonna. Dan and Christa ministered at a church in Rockford, Mn and drove right by my house! It was such a treat to get to see you and catch up a little Christa! Thanks for stopping by!!! Love you!

Hello Georgia...here we come!

2008-03-12T16:49:00.004-05:00

Two weeks ago the family and I attended a conference in a little town an hour from Atlanta. It was great getting to be in somewhat warmer weather. It was in the 50's and 60's and we were all in sandals and short sleeves while the Georgian's were in sweaters and coats - It was great!

What's that you said? I can't hear you....!

2008-03-12T16:37:00.001-05:00

My Little Bit of Sweetness...

2008-03-12T14:57:00.002-05:00

What more can I say than here are updated pictures of my little sweetness of a niece!!!

U.S. Figure Skating Championships

2008-03-12T13:49:00.002-05:00

This February the girls and I were able to get tickets the the U.S. Figure Skating Championships held in St. Paul. We had so much fun and got to see both women's and pairs for a great Saturday full of skating.
Jennie Gilmer and Madi Conrad came with us.
After the first hour in the nose bleed section we moved to the floor and had fabulous 10 rows from the rink seats! Those guys are SO incredibly strong! This is the couple that got engaged on the ice after their program!
Here they are in the "kiss and cry" area afterwards. She happily said yes! :-) It was really fun to see his proposal on ice.

WINTER FUN!

2008-03-12T11:28:00.004-05:00

Hello all! I am really posting, finally.....(hey Christa,

my blogging silence lastest only 3 months! - hence 7 ahem: great job on your new blog though:-)
This winter the girls and I got to grace the slopes of both Buck Hill and Welch Village. We had SO MUCH FUN! I really enjoyed getting to ski - especially since I hadn't downhill skiied in 10 years - ahhh! And to think I skiied all day on black diamonds?!?! :-0

Fun Pics with the girls

2007-12-01T22:21:00.001-06:00

This last weekend Katie, Mary and I shot some fun pictures while up North for the weekend. It was really cold out, but one would never know it from the pictures. Love you girls!

Anders!!!

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A sweet smile from the baby boy!

&

Anders patiently waiting for Thanksgiving dinner!

My Sweet Baby Girl!

2007-12-01T21:55:00.001-06:00

Sweet baby Amelia is growing so fast! She is already 51/2 months and as cute as ever!!!

My Wonderful School Kids!

2007-10-31T22:50:00.000-05:00

This fall I got a job working for a homeschool family as their full-time tutor/teacher for the five elementary aged children. I have been enjoying the teaching very much and love each of the kids and their unique personalities. This last week we had a "photo hour" and took some outside school pictures. I thought it would be fun for my readers to get to see who I work with every day!

Joe - age 12
"The Dreamer"

Sam - age 11
"Mr. Inquisitive"

Nadia - age 11
"The Little Lady"

Jesse - age 9
"My little class jester"

Willy - age 7
"My little buddy"

Fall Fun with the babies!!!

2007-10-31T21:47:00.000-05:00

Baby Amelia is now 4 months old and as precious as ever! She has been SO MUCH FUN! A few days ago Amy and I had some fun with the kids playing in the leaves with them.
Anders (17 months) is very protective of his little sister and has kisses only for her - smile.Anders and I had lots of fun playing in the leaves. I taught him how to kick them and make them fly. He really thought that was neat! His favorite word now is "bus" and any time a car drives by he says "vroom, vroom, bus, bus!!!" and gets very excited. It has been great watching his vocabulary increase.
~ My sweet sisters and I out for an autumn photo ~

I'm an auntie again!!!

2007-06-24T15:26:00.000-05:00

AMELIA JOANNE NYBERG
Born June 19th, 2007 @ 7:58 pm

9.3lb & 21in. long

I have a niece!!!

The proud grandparents of a granddaughter!!!

Great Grandpa & Grandma Miller with the happy big brother Anders!
~ Daddy, Eric and little Amelia ~

Fun In Indiana!!! ~ June 1-5

2007-06-13T21:22:00.000-05:00

Last week Mary and I got to travel with Christa and her sister Charise, down to Indiana to visit their grandparents and other relatives. It was a fun few days and lots of great "sister time!" Here is a cute Sunday afternoon photo shoot in a park after church.
Fun on the swing at Aunt Julie's house!
The night before we left we took the Schofield's cousin bowling. I almost got a 'turkey' (three strikes in a row!) on the last frame! Now that never happens!!!

Caitlin's High School Graduation - May 12, 2007!!!

2007-06-11T10:46:00.000-05:00

Caitlin graduated from M.A.C.H.E. (MN Association of Christian Home Educators) on May 12th along with 87 other students. The day was beautiful and Katie

was very excited to graduate! We were all disappointed though, that Daniel had to work and was flying in NY that weekend. :-(

Grandpa & Grandma Miller with Katie!

Graduation family photo!

"Daddy's 4 girls!" all dressed in matching black & white! Caitlin, Mary and I sang a trio for the commencement and all decided that we should at least coordinate our attire. :-) It was lots of fun!!! Especially since Amy joined us in also matching. Congratulations Katie-Tadie! I love you and am so proud of you!!!

Graduation - I'm done!!!

2007-06-11T09:55:00.000-05:00

I finally graduated on May 5th from Pillsbury Bible College in Owatonna, MN! Graduation went well and I had the opportunity (along with 5 others) to give a brief testimony at commencement of how Pillsbury influenced my life. I am amazed at the goodness of the Lord in helping me really make it through and graduate. I am grateful for the many opportunities and experiences that I had at Pillsbury. I learned so much both in and out of the classroom and made many lifelong friends! I now have a double major in Bible and elementary education and look forward to using all that I learned in the future.

Here is Pillsbury College's 2007 graduating class marching across campus to commencement.

I was one of the last four people at the end of the line.

My best friend from my college days ~ Christa Schofield.

I love you Christa, and thank you for all of the amazing and special college memories that you have given me! I wouldn't trade them for anything!

I really graduated!!!

Me and little Anders! I love you buddy!

Here is a picture of my friend and former boss, Dean of Women, Mrs. Judy Champion. Thanks for all that you taught me Mrs. C! I appreciate you and your testimony to the many girls at Pillsbury. Your work had not gone unnoticed. Thank you!!!

And last but not least, my wonderful family! THANK YOU my sweet family, for your influence and investment in my life! You mean the world to me and I love you all very much!

Student Teaching

2007-04-01T19:49:00.000-05:00

Hello All! Student teaching has been going well and I am learning a lot. I was able to obtain some pictures from the school that were taken during our week of assessment testing. I am enjoying my time at Fourth Baptist Christian School and like my supervising teacher. The more I am in the classroom however, the more I realize how much I still have to learn.
I will be starting my sixth week tomorrow. It has been fun to get to know the kids and their individual personalities. They are all very sweet children!

Senior Portraits!!!

2007-02-14T21:52:00.000-06:00

Hello family and friends! This last week I was able to get some fun senior pictures taken with my friend Christa. I leave school in only two days! Wow my six weeks of block classes have flown by! I am excited to begin student teaching next Tuesday. I will have 22 1st graders. It should be heaps of fun! I will try to keep this updated with my
teaching experiences.

The Last of Joyful Praise!

2006-12-21T12:50:00.000-06:00

My quartet 'Joyful Praise' sang in our last performances on December 8-9 at Pillsbury's Christmas concert. It was bittersweet. We had a blast traveling and singing together, yet I am glad to be out of the van - ahem. I have many fun memories from the whole experience and am grateful for the opportunity to have ministered in that capacity. I am also blessed to have gotten to travel for a whole summer with my best friend Christa (thanks girl, for the great memories)!

My Family!

2006-09-15T23:59:00.000-05:00

My beautiful sisters growing up way too fast!

Baby Anders just keeps getting cuter & cuter!

2006-09-15T23:07:00.000-05:00

Sweet Baby Anders is growing so fast! He is already 41/2 months old. He has brought only joy and happiness to the Miller/Nyberg clan. Anders has the sweetest disposition and the most kissable cheeks ever! He still has a head full of soft baby hair. I think that he has the most blond hair I have ever seen on a baby. Amy has already had to trim it because it was getting too long (or should I say she had daddy cut it...?)

Auntie Mary loves sweet Anders!

Anders and Uncle Daniel!

Anders looks a lot like his mamma!

Back at School!

2006-09-15T21:09:00.000-05:00

I am back at Pillsbury College again. I have finally accomplished getting to my senior year. Praise the Lord! I am once again a Floor Leader for a second year in a row. After living on second floor for three years, I have moved up in the world and now live on 4th floor with a great group of 22 other girls.

Here are the 5 other Floor Leaders that I will
be working with this year. From left to right they
are Melissa Groschel, Christa Schofield, Candace
Kovach, Amy Fiztsimmons, and Carissa Callahan.
We had a fun two-day Floor Leader retreat at a
camp in Iowa before school started. We have a great
group of F.L.'s this year and I am excited to get to
work with them.

Baby Anders

2006-07-05T10:11:00.000-05:00

I realized that I don't have any photos of my sweet nephew Anders Nyberg on my blog! So here are a few pictures of the cutest baby ever!!!
Great-Grandpa Miller!

One day old!

Three proud Aunties

Nana & Grandpa Miller

Philladelphia & Boston...

2006-07-05T09:09:00.000-05:00

Well here is another update of my summer travels...while on the east coast we had the opportunity to go to Philly and see the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. Four of us had never been to Philly, so we really enjoyed seeing everything. There is so much history there! A few days later we were in Boston for the afternoon and got to tour the ship 'The Constitution." It is the oldest war vessel afloat in America, built around 1797.

'Independence Hall' where the Declaration of Independence was signed. It was so amazing to be inside and be in the same room where history was made.

First time at the Liberty Bell

On the train heading out of downtown Philadelphia

The deck of the "Constitution"

Charity & Christa meet their sailor aboard the Constitution...!

Just an update...

2006-07-01T08:48:00.000-05:00

Sorry I haven't added any new pics as of late. We haven't been in homes that offered the internet. We are still on tour in the east coast and will begin heading west on Monday, July 3. I am out of time, but hope to add some fun pictures of our time here in the east as soon as I am able. Check back soon...

Emmaus Baptist Church Patriotic Concert...

2006-06-17T13:02:00.000-05:00

After having been on the road for two weeks "Joyful Praise" came back to MN to sing in New Ulm and attend a wedding. It just so happened that we were in MN the same day as my church's Patriotic concert held at Bethel University campus. The Bevis' graciously allowed us to go to the 3 pm concert before we headed out for New York that same night. It was a beautiful concert and we were thrilled to get to go. Grandpa and Grandma Miller at the concert

Ministering in the Churches...

2006-06-17T12:46:00.000-05:00

Here are some photos of children that we got to know at Heritage Baptist church in Endicott, New York.
Sarah

Christa

Here are more pictures of "Joyful Praise" singing on Mankato's channel 12 TV program "I Believe in Miracles". I can't post more than 5 pictures under one heading at a time or I would have put these with the other TV pics.

New York City...

2006-06-17T11:52:00.000-05:00

Yesterday we drove to Manhatten and spent most of the day seeing the sites in New York City. We didn't have time to go to the Statue of Liberty though, so Mr. Bevis dropped us off for a few minutes at a park that has a pretty good view of it. Getting to be in New York City was such an amazing experience. I have never seen so many people on one street corner, or for that matter on the sidewalk in my life! There were thousands of people, and the traffic was horrendous. Mr. Bevis drove us by Times Square, Madison Square Gardens, The Plaza Hotel, and through Central Park. We stopped at Ground Zero and got out to see the memorials. I think the best part of the day was getting to go to the top of the Empire State Building though. The view was incredible! Again we were thanking the Lord for a beautiful sunny day so we could see a long ways. The last time Christa got to go to the top two years ago, it was a little foggy and one couldn't see very far out.

At the top of the Empire State Building overlooking New York City!

Niagara Falls...

2006-06-17T11:21:00.000-05:00

This last week we had the opportunity to go to Niagara Falls and spend 2 wonderful hours (0n the Canadian side) seeing the glorious magnificence of God's creation. The last time I was at the falls was when I was 14, so I really enjoyed having the chance to see it again now that I am older.
The Lord was so good to give us the most time possible to see the Falls without wasting too much time standing in lines. We only had two hours to wander around and we all wanted to make the most of it. When we first got to the Falls, Christa, Charity and I decided we really wanted tickets to go down behind the Falls. The line was extremely long for the tickets, so we decided to wait and do our siteseeing from the top first. When we finally went to get the tickets to go behind the Falls, there was no line whatsoever! We walked right up and had no wait. The Lord was so good!!!

At the top of the Falls in Canada

Charity, Christa, and myself, behind Niagara Falls

In the tunnels behind the Falls

Mt. Evans & all its Glory!

2006-06-10T23:02:00.000-05:00

On Wednesday we drove 14 miles up Mt. Evans (elevation 14,000+ Feet) to the top and climbed around the rocks and cliffs. It was a blast and the scenery so very breathtaking. We were told the temp was around 14 degrees at the top. It was chilly, but certainly did not feel that cold. When we were getting ready to leave it started snowing, which was kind of fun getting to see it snow in June!

This photo was taken at Lake Echo on the drive up to Mt. Evans. Like our polo shirts - at least people will know who we all are by our names on the shirts!

Christa "falling" off the top of Mt. Evans! (Not to worry, she was standing on a ledge...)

Sarah and Charity standing in front of the snow drift that we took atvantage of for our snowball fight...we also "built" a snowman, hence the little balls of snow at Charity's feet - giggle.

A fabulous view from the top!

One last weekend at home...

2006-06-10T21:54:00.000-05:00

Last weekend,(June 3rd), Joyful Praise sang at my church, Emmaus Baptist. The whole group stayed at my home for the weekend. We had Friday off so we were able to go home a day early and spend extra quality time with the family and baby Anders. I had a wonderful 2 1/2 days with my precious family before I head out for seven more weeks of tour.

Baby Anders 2nd visit to see Great-Grandma Pfleider!

Amy drove down to Lakeville to pick me and the other four girls up. On the way home we stopped and had a visit with grandma. The quartet sang a few songs for grandma and the other residents while we were visiting. It was a blessing to see grandma one last time before I leave for the summer. She really loved holding Anders!!!

At home with my favorite younger sisters...

Really love you girls!!!

Mary & Christa having fun in the kitchen...

Charity & I after arriving home from Elise's wedding on Saturday.

The singing group (minus Christa) on the bridge outside of church.

On Tour in Colorado!!!

2006-06-10T17:52:00.000-05:00

This last week our group "Joyful Praise" has been singing at a conference in Golden, CO. During the afternoons the Bevis' took us sightseeing to several different sites.The pictures following show some of the neat places that we got to see:

Air Force Academy Chapel

Front of the Protestant Chapel

We got an amazing hour long tour of the whole inside of the Protestant chapel. The tour also included seeing the Catholic and Jewish chapels located on other floors. One of the cool places that the tour guide let us go up and see was up into the organ loft to get a closer look at the 4,000 + pipes that it has (The organ loft is normally off-limits to visitors, but the tour guide made an exception for us after he found out we were a singing group on summer tour and the fact that Holly took organ lessons last semester. :-)

Birds-eye view from the organ loft of the Protestant Chapel

Focus on the Family

Here we are outside of Focus on the Family's Headquarters. We were able to get a tour of the facility, and check out "Whit's End" (which is every child's dream playland).

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Joyful Praise News This is in Mankato, Mn. We sang on Pastor
Michael's TV program "I Believe in Miracles"
on channel 12.

Here is a picture of the entire "Joyful Praise" group at a church in southern WI. From left to right it is me, pianist Holly Moline, Charity Schofield, Mrs. Bevis, Mr. Bevis, Sarah Fish, and Christa Schofield.
In the last week and a half we been singing in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Missouri. We will be at my church on June 4 and then leave for Denver, Colorado on Monday the 5th. We have already had the opportunity to be in some really neat churches with some precious people. I am looking forward to the rest of tour.

2006-05-28T23:47:00.000-05:00

Hello Friends and family! I now have a blog so

I can post pictures from my summer tour.

Keep checking it for updates and such.

I love and miss you all!

"Joyful Praise" surprise birthday party!