Christmas lists, please!

OK...so the wonderful holiday of Thanksgiving is past. The turkey is gone, the fridge is almost bare again! Now we move into the Christmas season. Yeah!!

I would like lists posted on the blog for your Christmas wishes so we can begin our shopping expeditions. So let's go family!!

Have a great first week of Advent!

Love you all!

Mary

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

I just figured since I was the first to experience the holiday I might as well be the first to pass on the holiday greeting!

I hope this blog finds everyone healthy and happy and enjoying time with the family. Kelly and I are hoping that we will be able to catch most of you over Christmas while we are in Montana.

Still waiting to see Nate sporting his new colors! :)

God bless,
Matt

Griz colors are ALWAYS in style!!!!!

35-3 - oh say it isn't so, Nate!!! I'll have to hand it to you, those Cats put up a heck of a fight!! I just want to tell you, Nate, that maroon and silver suit you well!
We heard the cheering all the way in South Dakota from Washington stadium.
Too bad Notre Dame stunk up the place! Doug Perry was NOT a happy camper.
Anyway, all is fair in love and war and in-family! There is always next year Cat fans!
Love from Sioux Falls, SD!!

GRIZ

I just have to say.....Nate started it. There are plenty of young, adorable griz fans as well, not to mention an actualy griz football player as part of the family. So yeah....guess we will find out the better team once the griz win on saturday.

calendar?

Sorry to post on top of the lovely picture of Nate, but I was wondering if anyone is working on a 2009 Moore family calendar. Not that I'm volunteering, I would just like to buy one.

'nuff said ...

Ladies and Gentleman...

... and Griz fans: As you may or may not know the annual Cat-Griz game is coming up this Saturday in Missoula, Montana. I know some may get sick of the annual back and forth between cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews but the blog just wouldn't be the same without the yearly banter. Here are some interesting scenarios:

This cute and obviously smart youngin' Truman is bucking the trends within his family. While his mom and dad are Griz fans, Truman thought for himself and welcomed the Cats into his heart. I can only imagine the tension around the house come Saturday.

Another very cute kid also didn't care for Griz loyalties. While her aunts and uncles may be Griz fans, she could not help but seize the opportunity to wear Cats garb and cheer on the true Montana team.

In a more current situation, the newest addition to our family, Desiree Moore, owns a Bobcat shirt provided by an anonymous donor while her husband is a die hard Griz fan. That's a tough way to begin a marriage but I know they can pull through it.

So obviously, Go Cats! I can't wait to brag about an MSU victory on UM's home turf!

update

Hello all! Hope you are all well. We are settling in to Billings quite nicely. I love my new job, although feel a little adequate most days and try to find new places to hide, fearing someone is going to find me out and realize I'm not really supposed to be here. So far that hasn't happened so I guess I've found good hiding spots. I know some of you have wanted to see pictures of our house and wanted to let you all know I've updated Emma's blog with a tour of the new place. So check it out and remember our door's always open! Love ya all! (So does Emma!)

Happy Anniversary, Hannah & Jerry!

Wednesday marks the ninth anniversary of the Philpots' wedding, and what a grand nine years they have been! It was great to see the whole family in San Diego. We hope you guys have a wonderful day together!

Here are a couple shots ... one of the happy couple, and the other of a big dinner in Solana Beach.

THE BIG 3

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILL!!! You are the big 3 today little man! I hope you have a great time in the car with your gramma, your mom and your little bro!!! I cannot wait to see you in a few weeks! Love ya!

Love,

Aunt Jen

Can't help it

Okay...more wedding photos. I can't help it! It was such a great time - the whole week that we were there. I am bad at remembering to take photos, so all of mine are from about a 45 minute span of time - but it was a great 45 minutes. They are pre-wedding, getting ready with the girls pictures. Desirees bridal party was a bunch of great girls - including her fabulous sisters. My favorites are the ones of Desiree - what a beautiful bride!!

Some Fun Wedding/San Diego Pictures

On the bus on the way to the wedding.... trapped. Abe sweet talking the policeman after the after after party which included a pool. (Yes, those afters are correct.) This marks the second time this year (counting Crystal Lake up by Helena before the family picnic) that Abe has sweet talked law enforcement and persuaded them to leave and levy no fines.

Mike is gung-ho about the rehearsal dinner.

Carter and I shaking hands for good luck while going under the Coronado Bridge. Apparantly it's good luck to shake hands, hug or kiss the person next to you for good luck while traveling under the bridge. We chose the hand shake.




The wedding was amazing and these pictures are just some fun ones I found on the camera. The wedding was great and these pictures pale in comparison to the beautiful pictures of the bride and groom.

A few of my favorite wedding pics....

Moore Wedding PIctures

Alright, here are about a million wedding pictures from our official photographer. Just type in your email address, then when it asks for the password, type "moore".

Enjoy!

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone for all your gifts and notes and encouragement, and especially to everyone who made it down to San Diego for the wedding. Hope you all had fun. We're really excited to see any pictures anyone might have, so post them!

So far married life is pretty great. We're in the process of packing and moving, which is typically no fun, but is exciting because we're moving in together!

Mr & Ms Furmoore

Well, it was a week ago that we gathered for the exchange of vows. It was beautiful.
Here are the newlyweds a couple days after, just before embarking on a hot-air balloon trip over north San Diego County. I hope we'll see some photos from various parts of the wedding weekend. Hannah probably reigns as the camera champ. Congratulations to Abe and Desiree. Your happiness has enhanced ours.