Thanksgiving 2011

Well we had a great family get-together once again in Great Falls, and all those who couldn't make it were missed. A great spread of food and family on Turkey day, as well as a cribbage tournament, were the highlights of Thursday. Grandma and Nate fought hard but couldn't overcome Jimmy and Nick's friend Nick F. for the title. (Suspect, I know, but he was a nice guy)



Friday brought forth the competitive nature of everyone as the 2nd Bi-Annual Grilled Cheese Throwdown got underway. JimW., John, Rika, Bert Geiger, and Joey had some tough judging to do as there were plenty of tasty sandwiches, but ultimately Shannon's emerged victorious.



Finally, on Saturday evening, the family came together once again to support Some Moores (and Jimmy) at Bert & Ernie's. They played plenty of great music and got everyone dancing and singing along.




Overall it was a great weekend full of family, food, and fun. To all those who couldn't be there this year, this is definitely an event you should try to attend. So put it in your plans for 2013!

Christmas list

Finally getting around to posting my list.
 - DVDs: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Rudy, Crimson Tide
 - ND Football calendar
 - ITunes card
 - Coffee for my sweet new Kuerig

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and to see everyone at the big wedding next summer.

- Mike

Philpot Christmas list (and Digital Christmas card)

I loved last year when people posted Christmas Card pictures on the blog. So along with our Christmas list, I am posting our "Card". Just pictures really being that our updates are fairly regular. I do wish all of you a wonderful holiday season filled with joy and love.

Our list:
We have a whole closet of games but new ones are nice. We don't have any of the following games;
Wits and wagers family
Table topics family
Farkel Game

With the arrival of snow in Utah, we have already gone through a fair quantity of my nicely paired and organized snow gloves. So if you come across a bunch of gloves for ages 4, 7, 9, and 12 - that would be great! I am finding you can just never have too many.

Donation to LDS Philanthropic Services.
Time....I could really use more time. Anyone?

BURN THE BIRD WALK/RUN

For anyone that is interested, there is a Burn the bird walk/run (5K and 10K) on Thanksgiving at 8:00 AM. Visit www.racemt.com for information and to register.Let me know if you are planning on doing this and I will stop by on Wednesday and pick up your registration packet.

Grill The Cheese

Well, there it is, folks. The trophy. A proud and victorious grilled cheese chef standing over his vanquished foes with spatula and kitchen knife in hand. He gazes with determination into the horizon from which comes the steady march of challengers, all armed with bread, cheese, butter and grit. The struggle to create a more perfect sandwich is never over, but for this year, he is the master. This trophy has occupied your dreams since Maurika seized the crown with her manicured crustless wonders. Now . . . will it occupy your mantle?

The Second Annual (Unless We Miss A Year, Then Biennial) Moore Family Grilled Cheese Throwdown will take place the day after Thanksgiving. The Wingerters, having just cleared the smoke from the last tournament, have graciously agreed to host the event once again. We need judges and we need contenders.

JUDGES: As always, Grandma will be the head judge. Maurika, the reigning champion, is hanging up her gloves at the peak of her career and will be the executive judge this year. All other competitors from the last event who are electing not to compete this time are entitled to a seat at the judge's table, should they choose not to throw their hat in the ring once again. If we do not have 5 former competitors who want to judge, other judges will be drawn at random. In the comments below, please let us know if you would like to judge this year.

COMPETITORS: If you are more interested in tasting victory than tasting grilled cheese, declare your intentions to compete in the comments section below. Just know this - I will be at the spatula this year as well and after two years of experimenting in the kitchen, I've come up with a doozy.

RULES: This is a grilled cheese competition, not a "whatever you want to put in a sandwich" competition. You are free to add various elements of wonder and surprise to your sandwich, but the ingredients must be mostly cheese. You must prepare enough sandwiches to allow five judges to taste your creation. You must prepare the sandwich onsite. No rabbit punches. No MSG.

Most importantly, let's all have a great day. Looking forward to seeing you all later this week!

Meunier list

Happy holiday season! Just wanted to share a picture of the kids all Halloweened up. Emma was Ariel (of course) and Isaac was a cowboy. Trick or treating went fairly well expect for the few times that people admired the cutest trick-or-treaters ever before opening the door. In each instance this occurred, Isaac would not-so-kindly remind the resident to "OPEN THE DOOR!!!" He takes after his uncles. But I digress.

Our Christmas list is short. We'd love a visit, a family board game like checkers or sorry, any good family movies, puzzles (over 100 pieces) with some kind of big but fairly portable puzzle board.

So excited for Thanksgiving! I am entering the competition this year so y'all better watch out!!!!

Happy Birthday Sabina

Our little girl is 4! We couldn't be happier to have her in our lives!
We love you,
Mama and Papa

TX Buyske's Christmas List

The FL Buyskes are officially the TX Buyskes on November 20th when our new address will be 1217 Serenade Circle, Plano, TX 75075. Our wishlist for Christmas is simply a fun family game. Some ideas we came up with were Twister, Clue, Sorry or Life.

Happy Anniversary, Hannah & Jerry!

Today is the 12th anniversary for the Philpots! I hope they have a great celebration. They have such a great family, which can only come from having a great marriage. Congratulations!

Happy Birthday, Will!

To our sweet tackle football loving, tree climbing, super smart, funny, loving wonderful six year old grandson - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Will. We miss you. Hope your birthday was swell! God bless and love, Grampa and Gramma!

4100 13th Ave. S. Wingys Lists

We are truly blessed and don't need anything else, but here are some ideas~
Mary:
A donation to the Holy Spirit Catholic School Endowment, smart wool socks, some nice white or off white cloth napkins (12), any neat cardigan sweaters L or XL, a set of different sized wire whisks, gift certificates to get bedding plants in the spring (I actually sell these to flower farm!), new dark brown towel set for my bathroom.
Sam: DVDs...Saving Private Ryan, Harry Potter 6 & 7, Pirates of caribbean all of them; CDs Metallica: ride the lightening, st. anger, Kill 'em all, death magnetic, ; Motley crue: Greatest. I Tunes cards; Games: Gears of War 3 (xbox 360); The Inferno by Dante in english.
Madison: I tunes gift cards, Skin it card, Notre Dame or bobcat gear of any kind (M shirts or shorts, L sweatshirts or sweatpants), Michael Jackson Experience game for Kinect, any other Kinect games, Nook and barnes and noble gift cards, Ipad.
Jim: Mock neck shirts (navy blue, white, gray, black XL), Gun case for a single rifle, Bobcat or notre dame polo shirts XL, Bobcat sweatshirts XL, Bobcat or ND headband, brown leather gloves, anything else you think JIm would like!!

BILL AND CONNIE'S LISTS

Bill's list
donations to the Great Falls food bank
mockneck shirts, size L white, black, blue
Itunes or Amazon gift cards

Connie's list
donations to Benefis foundation Angel fund
gift cards to Penney's or Christopher banks

JUST TWO WORDS!!! CHRISTMAS LISTS!! COME ON PEOPLE!