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FAMILY CAMP 2010 - NOTICE #2

Dear Family Campers,

This is your 2nd letter for the big 10 YEAR event.

MYHREN FAMILY CAMP 2010 will be held

Friday July 2nd All day & night
Saturday July 3rd All day & night
Sunday July 4th All day & night
Monday July 5th Till noon

AT CAMP MAKUALA ~ TILLAMOOK

GREAT NEWS! This year one of our younglings is taking on the prestigious job of Talent Show Host. No more tooth-hurty jokes from Uncle D. Jay. Last year Michael and Amy took on the Scavenger Hunt and the Myhren Olympics and this year there's a surprise Talent Show Host. It's a proven fact: The younger generation is carrying on the tradition!!

This is our 10th year of FAMILY CAMP at Camp Makuala. One of our family members has suggested T-Shirts to commemorate the event. If you have any funds to help with this project, call D. Jay @ 503-842-8589 right away.

We've seen family members with injury and illness this past year. Won't you try really hard to stop by and join us this summer? Let's celebrate what a diverse and wonderful family we are!

Remember some of our Family Camp highlights:
Questions for Quackers, Talent Show, Red Light Green Light, the bat,
Flag Ceremony, Neatest Bunk Award, Myhren Olympics, Scavenger Hunt,
Campfires every night and Delicious Food.

Come for an hour or the entire time.

There is plenty of room to pitch a tent, park a trailer or roll out a sleeping bag in a bunk house.
The camp has showers, a full-service kitchen and beautiful scenery.

On the 4th of July we'll have a Myhren Family Reunion Potluck at 12:00 Noon.
Bring a favorite dish or two and we'll have a fine feast together.

Our Annual Talent Show will follow immediately after the Potluck.
Bring your best song or act and entertain us all. We all love a good show!

Camp Makuala - Tillamook, OR. - camp phone #503-842-9665
11.2 miles up Trask River Road. Take a right, cross the bridge, take another right
then continue down the road through the forest to camp.

Check out our family website at www.myhrenfamily.blogspot.com
We hope to see you all at camp!! Love, D. Jay and Jerilee ~ henderson01@embarqmail.com

FAMILY CAMP 2010 -- NOTICE #1

PLAN NOW TO ATTEND OUR 1OTH ANNIVERSARY FAMILY CAMP

This flyer was mailed out last month. If you didn't get one . . . and you're a Myhren . . . let us know and we'll get your address on the mailing list.

2010 FAMILY CAMP

TILLAMOOK, OREGON ~ NOTICE #1

Think back to the last time you and your family came to Family Camp 4th of July.

Remember how you got lost and had to drive forever to find the place?

But remember how nice it was to visit with some of the people there?

Well get out the lutefisk Knute cuz we got our big

10 year bash coming up this July!

Camping ~ Singing ~ Talent Show

10 YEARS ~ SAME PLACE

In ten years our family has sent some of our greatest members on to Heaven.

There aren't too many of us really great ones left, but there are some!

Please plan your vacation to Family Camp for the 4th of July, 2010.

Are you too old to stop by for a hot dog? Well wake up and smell the coffee!

All kinds of things have happened in our family in the last 10 years.

Who knows what will happen in the next 10.

Come and let the kids have some great fun and make memories that will last forever.

REMEMBER * * * 4 DAYS OF CAMPING AND VISITING FUN.

CAMPFIRES ~ HOT DOGS ~ GAMES ~ EVENTS

COST TO YOU . . . NOTHING . . .

(WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED . . . JUST SHOW UP)

10 YEARS

Love, Uncle D. Jay and other family sponsors

henderson01@embarqmail.com www.myhrenfamily.blogspot.com

The Coakley's Fire

Jim & Jorjie Coakley experienced a great tragedy in their lives recently...a house fire. Fortunately, no one was home, but EVERYTHING is gone. Here's an email from sister Chris Derbyshire. (Both women are daughters of Esther Myhren Derbyshire...their other sister is Patty Curry.)

By now you've heard the news about Jim & Jorjie's house. I thought you might put something on the Blog about it. They lost EVERYTHING including all the pictures from our childhood from Mom & Dad's house. My project for the upcoming year is to try to assemble as many replacements as possible and would appreciate any help from relatives. I have the capability to reproduce copies and will gladly pay to reimburse postage.

Since the fire, they have cleared off the site of the house; and while they can't rebuild on the existing foundation for safety reasons, they left it standing. Loggers are coming today to remove all the burned trees Jim & Jorjie bought a 5th-wheel RV which is parked on the driveway pad. They will move into it once they get water & sewage and electrical hook-ups Whether or not they'll rebuild is still a question. They are running into all kinds of code issues. They are currently living in a house in town provided by one of Jim's co-workers so they've been running back and forth between there and their place.


Also, here's a link to the coverage by the Corvallis paper:
http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2009/06/05/news/top_story
3aaa00_housefire060509.txt

If any of you have family pictures that you think would help Chris reconstruct a scrapbook for the Coakleys, please let her know at c.derbyshire@comcast.net

FAMILY CAMP 2009

The 2009 Family Camp flyer has been mailed out. If you didn't get one, let us know.

We received an email from Ginny - she can't make it this year and says:

Thanks once again for the invite to the Family Camp. Unfortunately, I cannot make it again this year. There will be a National Elks Convention in Portland this year and since I am the Oregon Government Relations Chair, I have been recruited for a variety of tasks.

I would really like to go some year so keep me on your list and maybe I can make a cameo appearance some time.

Thanks for the invite and say Hi to everyone.

Ginny

We know we won't be seeing Ginny, but we hope to see many of you there.

Love, D. Jay and Jerilee

NORTH DAKOTA PICTURES

Bonnie & Art Makinster and D. Jay & Jerilee traveled via train to visit with Lars Borgen and family. We had a wonderful time!!

Please view the slideshow off to the left. If you see a picture you like and want it larger, just click on the picture and it should open up on your screen.

More pictures and thoughts of our trip later.

FAMILY CAMP 2008

Family Camp was great this year. We had some damp weather on the 4th of July, but otherwise the weather was glorious!

40 family and friends came through camp this year. An added feature this year was a collection taken to help maintain the Lom Cemetary in North Dakota. We have a small donation collected and some of our family members will be traveling to North Dakota soon to hand deliver the money to our relatives.


Here are some pictures of the fun we had:


Green Light, Red Light


We hope you can come next year. We really do have a great time~~

All ages ~~ one big happy family!

FAMILY CAMP LETTER 2008 #2

Dear Family & Friends * Hooray for all of us!

Eight years . . . same location

"Let's Eat" Family Camp 2008 dates:

Wed July 2^nd All day & night

Thurs July 3^rd All day & night

Fri July 4^th All day & night

Sat July 5^th Till noon

Pick any day and come for an hour . . . or the entire time.

There is plenty of room to pitch a tent, park a trailer or

roll out a sleeping bag in a bunk house.

The camp has showers, a full-service kitchen and beautiful scenery.

* Kids . . . you should be begging really hard to come

* Big Kids . . . we've got newlyweds, new babies and

engaged-to-be-married people, too

Who on this planet doesn't like hot dogs, beans and potato salad?

Bring your happy heart to camp and get ready for some of these annual highlights:

Talent Show * Myhren Olympics * Campfires * Red Light Green Light

Jewelry-Making * Swimming * Flag Ceremony * Neatest Bunk Award

Potluck * Questions for Crackers * Fire & Ice * Scavenger Hunt

On the 4th of July we'll have a Family Reunion Potluck at 12:00 Noon.

Bring a favorite dish or two and we'll have a fine feast together.

Our Annual Talent Show will follow immediately after the Potluck.

Bring your best song or act and entertain us all. We all love a good show!

Then...after the Annual Talent Show we'll be having a 4th of July Parade.

We had a Parade a few years ago and it was a hoot - so bring your noise makers and join the fun.

Camp Makuala - Tillamook, OR. - phone#503-842-9665

11.2 miles up Trask River Road - Take a right - Cross the bridge -

Take another right then continue down the road through the forest to camp

For those of you coming from the south, there's a detour due to bridge work and you need to drive through Tillamook and head East on 3rd Street to get to Trask River Road.

Donation Opportunity: We'll be passing the hat for the Lom Church in North Dakota to help them maintain our ancestral cemetery. Bring some pocket change or whatever you can.

Thank you for visiting our family website!

We hope to see you all at camp!! Love, D. Jay and Jerilee

Velkommen

This is the first post written for the Myhren Family website. This website was inspired by family members who attended our 2007 Family Camp. Our desire is to share pictures and information about Myhren family events. We encourage you, Myhren family members, to add posts to this website by contacting D. Jay and Jerilee at henderson01@embarqmail.com with your pictures and stories.

We, D. Jay and Jerilee, will do our best to accurately publish your information on this website so we may all enjoy family-related stories. Please send Myhren family information only so we can keep this site as a "family bulletin board". Let us know what's going on so we can keep the Myhren family circle unbroken.

Also, if you see areas for improvement, find mistakes (Uff Da) or have other ideas of interest please let us know.

Hoping to hear from you. D. Jay and Jerilee

PICTURES FROM JOE BORGEN

Joe sent these pictures via email. If you think you "connect" with any of the pictures that aren't labeled, send your information our way.

If you click on a picture it will become enlarged...except for the first 2 pictures. ??

Thank you, Joe!!

FAMILY HISTORY FROM JOE

Joe Borgen in North Dakota sent us an email describing some family history. He wrote:

Lom church in North Dakota , the first land for the property was donated by my grand father Lars Borgen, and at a later date my father and mother donated some more land for the cemetery.

Tom Myhren and Clara (Borgen) Myhren were my aunt & uncle, Clara was my father's sister. Clara's father was Lars Leo Borgen, my father was Leo Lars Borgen, Clara's mother was Sigrid Vole . They immigrated here around 1870 to1880.

The Myhren, Borgen's, & Mundhjield's came from the Lom Norway town. The aerie north and west of there is Boverdalin where the farms are. My wife and I are going to Norway the 28th of April, and I hope to find more info about the Borgen's and Vole's and possibly some about the Myhren families. If you have any info that may help me in my search for info about the families, please contact me.

Thanks, Joe Borgen

PEACE

Jana Rae recently sent this picture of Chuck. The picture says it all.

FAMILY CAMP DATES SET FOR 2008

We've got Camp Makuala reserved again for 2008!!

More visiting - more eating - more fun!!

Reserve July 2, 3, 4 & 5 for some good family time.

You should be receiving a letter in the mail by the end of March giving you more details.

Until then - keep in touch, dontcha know.

--D. Jay and Jerilee

SVEN, OLE and LENA

Here are some Norwegian yokes you might enyoy... Just click on the link below

http://www.llund.com/yokes.htm

Have a Merry Christmas, everyone!

A NOTE FROM GURI LARSEN - NORWAY

We received this postcard from Guri in July. I recently found it and thought you'd all like to read it yourselves. In the upper left hand corner she writes about the painting on the postcard... You've probably heard about him: Edvard Munch (1863-1944) He's a very well known painter.

Hello everybody! How nice it would be to be present at your 2007 FAMILY CAMP. If our private little plane was working, we would sure have joined in. But Harald takes care of the travelling in this fam - twice to Korea during the month of June!! And Hokon too actually - he'll be going to Vietnam next week, believe it or not. He'll do a lot of sightseeing, and also get to see where the Americans were. He'll first spend two days on his own, and then meet eleven others (all foreigners) and they'll travel as a group for one week. Fascinating! He made a similar (can't read...trip?) 2 years ago, when he was still a student. Now he's a scholarship holder at the University for 4 years! HELLO TO EVERYONE. ENJOY THE CAMP. Lots of Love from Guri

LOM CHURCH/CEMETERY MAINTENANCE FUND

Dear Family,
Chris Derbyshire recently received a letter from Bob Meyer, our second-cousin in North Dakota. In the course of the letter, he mentioned the upkeep of the Lom Church and Cemetery where Grandpa and Grandma Myhren, Aunts Aline & Olga and others are buried.

He didn't ask for help, but we and Chris believe its our generation's turn to step up and help with the upkeep of the routine maintenance. Chris noted that the Lom Church's annual budget for maintenance is $3-4,000 and their yearly revenues are less than $6,000.

At this point we're planning on taking up a donation at next year's family reunion (tentatively set for Camp Makuala) to be sent in the name of the Oregon Myhren Cousins, but if you are able to contribute anything to the Lom Church between now and then, please let us or Chris Derbyshire know. We can get Bob Meyer's address to you ASAP.

Here's wishing you all a beautiful Fall. Please let other family members know about this site so we can keep as many as possible in the loop. Thanks.

2007 FAMILY CAMP

Family Camp was held again this year at Camp Makuala in Tillamook, Oregon. Posted here are a few pictures from the week. To outline some of the highlights:

• We had flag ceremony every morning and evening









• We enjoyed a campfire that burned from dawn into the night (thanks to the Fire Master, Art Makinster)






• Swimming was enjoyed by the youth in the nearby Trask River









• The young at heart tried their hand at line walking ( a type of tightrope walking)






• We had a 4th of July Potluck





• The annual Talent Show as enjoyed by all

• New this year was the addition of the Myhren Olympics...a field day for our youngsters.

• We ate VERY WELL!!

These 3 sisters came the last few minutes of camp before we headed home. We're glad you made it!

Enjoy these pictures. If you have other Family Camp 2007 pictures to share, send them to us.