Kesiah turns 6!

So the Philpots are rounding out the busy first quarter of birthdays with Kesiah's sixth!! Kesiah is currently in coach pitch softball which is pretty fun as it is her first year. She is also nearing the completion of her dance class and Kindergarten! Kesiah has been a bundle of fun since the day she was born. She has always had a natural determination, which as a parent can be kind of frustrating when her will is pitted against yours, but to see it at work in the world is pretty phenomenal. When she first found out they had to write their numbers from one to one hundred to get into the "100 Club" in Kindergarten this year, she came home and started practicing so that the first time she tried at school, she made it! It's a blessing to get to share in her life.
So pictures:


First we have her "cousin" birthday party she shared with her Philpot cousin Lila. There are fourteen kids under the age of 11 on Jerry's side (most living in Utah) so cousin parties abound! She got called up during the magic show and although it is a poor picture, when he removed the board she was levatating! Pretty cool.


Then ironically, Opa J. (Or Grampa John) sent her a magic trick set for her birthday which the whole family has been loving - the tricks are great. Here is her masterpiece performance with the jewel-in-the-box!



Here she is with her five little friends for her "Friend" birthday party. She is the one in orange. (I know, don't get me started, we go overboard for birthdays!) It had a bear theme and I am posting the bear cake I made because I mean, seriously, that is pretty good right?





Her birthday gift was a bike her size and she is just cruisin' now that she has wheels!

Happy Day, Dinger!

Just want to give a shout out to Jim W. on his birthday. I know that he celebrated in Billings with his family so it was a special day. He also got to share his day with Isaac as he was baptized today! Congratulations to Isaac, too. I am sorry that I don't have a picture of you, Jim, but know that our thoughts are with you on this day! Special memory of Jim - the Moore family reunion and Jim is the auctioneer. Meg wanted him to stop so that she could call Ryan to see if she could spend over $50 for something. He carried on about "there is no stopping an auction". He was his usual fun self. Love ya, Jim!

The Icebreaker Breaks!

Here we are at the beginning of the Icebreaker Race today in Great Falls. If you look closely in the front section of the crowd, you might find Jim. He ran a very nice 22-minute 3-mile. The rest of us are way in the back, but you can see us -- Connie, Jan, Marc, Cheryl Bauer, Ann and I. I bowed out after half a mile because my back was hurting, but the rest soldiered on. All in all, we had a good time and a nice visit.

You can see the sunny weather, but it was temporary. The day carried rain, snow, sleet, and hail at various times -- none of them, fortunately, during the 3-mile race.



If you're still looking for us in the back of the crowd, give it up. I was kidding.

Happy Birthday Johnny!!

So I am posting a picture of John with all his siblings because it's a great picture and because he never seems to like all the attention on himself. One of my favorite memories of John (as sharing something about family members on their birthdays is a new trend I am trying to set)is that on my sixteenth birthday he told me that the sky was the limit. My request was to go sleigh riding. So up into the Montana Mountains we went to this tucked away fanatastic cabin where I indeed got a honest to goodness old fashioned horse pulled sleigh ride. It was awesome. I think of John and I think of thick black sharpie markers and the political cartoons he would draw on his old chipped desk in Boulder. The list could go on but I am leaving it to ya'll to continue it.
Happy Birthday, John.
Much Love, Hannah

The Docs Visit The Chi

Hey, this picture is a couple weeks old now, but thought I'd put up a quick post showing Jake and Mary Beth's visit to Chicago. We had an awesome time with them. We had nice dinners, a nice walk around Chicago, and Jake and I even invented the cocktail of the year for our ladies, which they enjoyed immensely. Come back soon, guys.

Baptismal Gown?

Hello Fellow Family Members:

I have a quick favor to all the parents out there. Mom and Dad went through their storage shed this past weekend and were looking for the baptismal gown that Mike was baptized in (and apparently none of the rest of us because we were too old), but she could not find it. She thought that maybe she lent it to someone else to use at a baptism.

Does anyone have it?

Thanks! Meghan

Spring Break Utah!

Just thought I'd post some pictures of our recent doings.
First we have our Spring Break Scoliosis Snowman. Yes, after Carter removed his life-affirming wedge, the poor guy toppled to his doom. And we thought it was funny to say he had scoliosis because Mikayla was recently diagnosed with scoliosis. (Does that make me a bad mom? Mikayla is the one that actually came up with it.) We'll see in six months how severe hers is or if it is progressing but right now we are just hoping for the best.
We also spent a night at a fancy hotel in Downtown Salt Lake for our Spring Break outing. Had a blast swimming and cruising the local metropolis.
Finally, Carter recently had a birthday - March 20th to be exact. And as this is the face he now pulls in all his pictures, I thought I would post his "fightin" face with his cousin, Kelton. And finally we have a picture of Kaitlyn and Kesiah just because. Hope everyone is well. Always love seeing new posts.
Hannah

Happy Birthday Maurika!!!

Yay! So even though I didn't call to send along birthday wishes until 10:00 tonight, I am redeeming myself by getting the birthday blog post!
So happy birthday to Rika who is a whole lot of wonderful in a whole lot of ways. Brilliant, Fun, an Amazing Mom, a Splendid sister - I am lucky to know such a fabulous person. I hope your day was a reflection of all that you are. :)
Little known fact about Rika - she and I had the exact same dream at the exact same time once. True. Not April Foolin ya! So on top of everything else, she is partially psychic. I think that we should get all interesting facts we have about Rika listed her as a birthday tribute! Love u Rika!

FAMILY PICNIC

Hey all!

I meant to do this earlier, but life got a bit crazy around here and I forgot. Then Abe posted his request and I said "oh man! I forgot to post that!" So here are the details:

MOORE FAMILY PICNIC 2010

DATE: AUGUST 7 OR 8

PLACE: UNDECIDED AS OF NOW

TIME: UNDECIDED AS OF NOW

FOOD: Hmmm. You guessed it UNDECIDED AS OF NOW.

So really the only thing we have ready is the weekend. And what a weekend it will be!

We will probably try to keep it close to GF so Bill can attend...

So there you have it.

Hope you all can get here for the festivities~

Lots of love and wishes for a most blessed Easter!!

Mary

Family Picnic

Sorry to post on top of Connie's Birthday post (Happy Birthday again, Connie!) but we're trying to get summer plans together and would like to attend the family picnic if possible so we're hoping we can get a date figured out. Any plan?

For what it's worth, I'm in Alaska August 7-13, so best for us would probably be August 14th. But we'll try to make it whatever the date is!