Howdy

Figured it was about time to join the fun!
All is well on the RockinB Ranch/Farm/???

Congrats to Matt & Kelly!! (And Grandma Jan)
Great to see John, Ann, Hannah, Jerry, and the kids over Thanksgiving.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Go Griz!!

just look at this face!!

Ok, so here's the deal. This girl right here hasn't received an invite to get onto this blogger site. And unfortunately, my technologically inept mother lost the invite and doesn't know how to get back on the blogger site. So Abe, if you read this....could you please send an invite to Molls and my mom??? I know there are a couple other family members who have yet to get an invite as well. I don't want to send threats, but seriously, does she look like a girl you want to mess with??

Poor Grizzlies

Just updating all of you. The Cats were dominating in their 16-6 win over the Grizzlies. It was awesome to see them do it in person. Sure, the Griz do get to go to the playoffs, but we get bragging rights for the third time in four years. It's not like the Cat's would have won anything in the playoffs anyway. If the Cats were winless going into Cat/Griz and beat the Griz, the season would be a success. Also, Abe, you are sooooo lucky I didn't take that first bet, although I am content with my $5 win. POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR GRIZZLIES!

Jen's List

Well...I guess since Uncle John did his, I might as well post one too!!!

I know Jake loves shopping, but if he doesn't mind, I will just ask that he donate to a charity!

Charities:

Boys and Girls Club
Heart Foundation (ask Molls about that one)


Little Gifts:

Good Charlotte CD
Casting Crowns CD
Chain for my Miraculous Mary Medal
Charms for my bracelet


Ok....that is all, for a complete list, as the 'rents. Hope everyone is doing well!!

John's Christmas List

Hey, all -- To get the ball rolling, I'll be the first to post a list here. These are not in order of priority, except for donations over doo-dads.

Preferred charities
Helena Food Share, PO Box 943, Helena 59624
Helena Friendship Center Building Fund, 1503 Gallatin, Helena 59601
Habitat for Humanity www.habitat.org
Doctors without Borders www.doctorswithoutborders.org/donate
Oxfam International (hunger relief) www.oxfam.org
Amnesty International (human rights work) www.amnesty.org

Doo-dads
Books in the series by George R.R. Martin, A Song of Fire and Ice
A Game of Thrones (1)
A Clash of Kings (2)
A Storm of Swords (3)
A Feast for Crows (4)

Sweater vest -- green, tan, navy, or brown XXL

Racquet balls

Funky tie

Thanks a bunch. Now let's see some others. It's fun!

Thank you everyone for your love and prayers! We are having a blast here in Florida with the new addition. Nick, so far Will is accomplishing everything you listed. As you can see he LOVES Notre Dame, you all read what he can write and he is an absolute bundle of joy to have around so far. He was quiet for the entire mass today, so we know that he has reverence. :) Again, thank you all for everything.

If you want to see more of little Will, you can go to homepage.mac.com/buyske2004.

Love you all,

The Buyske Three

congrats buyske fam!

congrats to all of you guys (esspesially matt and kelly) on the newborn baby boy! i know the rest of us are very excited to see our new second cousin. i hope we as a family can continue the family tradition with this little one and raise him to: a) love notre dame no matter what b) be a great scholar and c) last but definately not least love his family and God with amazing grace. With the given parents and grandparents and uncles and aunts, im possitive he will be all of the above and more!

and the name lives

HEY ALL!! KELLY HAD A BOY!!!!! WILLIAM PATRICK BUYSKE!!!!!

Thank you all for your prayers!!! I am sooo happy, and you know the grandparents are just beaming!! I Love it!!!

Happy Birthday

Hey everyone!! Just wanted to remind you that Mike's Birthday is this Monday!! He is turning 2-8....so make sure you tease him a little!! Hope everyone has a great weekend and a fun-filled, safe Halloween!!

So, how do we start?

Ok, so to clarify, everyone will list either a gift or charity or both and let the giver pick, right? So do we just put our list in here as a blog? This is my first time EVER even looking at a blog so it's all new to me but I like it. Oh, and don't forget to add addresses too.

Jan's Goldilocks

How bout that game yesterday. The Bozeman Chapter of Charlie's Army watched the record breaking day with the Buyske girls. Hopefully the family members that were at the game had a good time. Good to get Charlie his first win at ND Stadium. Just wondering... does anyone else see the 4th and 9 replay from last week and each time it's replayed think that ND is going to stop USC and win that game just to be fooled into watching the 69 yard catch? Just wondering.

pretty cool!

This is awesome! I hope you all found the lists that John posted. John, did you talk with Rika and Hannah about adding their kids into this mix? I know in the past, they didn't want their kids included. Just wondering!

Match-ups from drawing of names

Here are
your
assign-
ments:

Mary sent the results of the drawing at the family picnic. The siblings and in-laws remain the same.

Given our discussion about "independent" and "dependent" cousins, I redrew for those two lists. The cut-off was high-school graduation.

Keep in mind these ideas ...
1. Post your wish-list of items you'd like or charities you support to this site – or find someone who will do it for you.

2. Keep the value of the items on your wish-list to about $20 or less – likewise when you're shopping or donating for someone. Your own creations are always nice gifts.

3. When shopping for someone, you're not restricted to the items on the list – buy 'em a pogo-stick if you want.

Siblings and In-Laws
Connie – Jim M
Bill – Tom
Jan – Jim W
Marc – John
John – Beryl
Ann – Mary
Tom – Marc
Jeanine – Bill
Mary – Connie
Jim W – Jeanine
Jim M – Jan
Beryl – Ann

Independent Cousins
Maurika – Kelly
Mark – Matt
Abe – Jerry
Hannah – Miranda
Jerry – Briana
Briana – Nick
Peter – Mark W
Michael – Jake
Matt – Ben
Kelly – Joey
Joey – Abe
Meghan – Peter
Jen – Nate Meunier
Molly – Maurika
Nate Moore – Michael
Miranda – Hannah
Nate Meunier – Nate Moore
Ben – Molly
Jake – Jen
Nick – Meghan

Dependent Cousins
Shannon – Kesiah
Sam – Bridger
Madison – Carter
Rileigh – Madison
Bridger – Mikayla
Mikayla – Sam
Carter – Shannon
Kesiah – Rileigh

Hottest Ticket In Town

Here's to getting up at 6 this morning after a long night and waiting in line for three hours to get the most prized possession a college kid could have. I went through the line once and then I was "that guy" and cut in line to get the second ticket. So two tickets to Cat/Griz in 3 hours for free... I'd say my day is already a success.

Where have all the flowers gone?

We do need to get some other members on this blog. I'm counting on these little flowers to line up and sign up. They're the Christmas angels, eh?

Anyway, as I noted in a comment to "Beerskee's" post, we will post Christmas lists here. Of course, that means that all participants have to enroll. I will get the name-drawing list and post it here soon.

Meanwhile, I'll be glued to USC-ND tomorrow!

Hopefully when I go to bed on Saturday night or Sunday morning, there will be a new #1 team in the country because our Notre Dame Fighting Irish beat SoCal. This is the year.

Good to see that the blogger sight is slowly but surely growing. I hope that more of the Moore family joins in on the fun!! Anyway, I was just curious if we were still going to be posting our lists on this thing or what?? I am really confused by the twenty different emails on the subject. Hopefully we will figure this out soon. GO ND!!

Love It

Abe, love the site. Great to see everyone's comments. Guess the "Great Christmas Debate" has brought about some great new ideas. Here's a picture I thought everyone might enjoy. See if you can find Dad/John and Orvis in this picture. One of many old pictures we've scanned for a PowerPoint presentation we do at our one of our annual meetings.

And Rika said that the Bozeman kids were on drugs. Right Rika, right. That's not a Bobcat hat on his head.

Ok. On to the Christmas Theme

I note that we have yet to actually resolve the issue of how family gifts will be handled this year. I suppose that Grandma should make the ultimate decision. Has she weighed in on this yet?