Mother and child

Although I said I'd calm down, I've neglected to
include Mama in the pix. Here's a shot from today ...

One more round of photos ...

And then I'll calm down ...






Abe and Karla left early this morning to return to Chicago. We've been enjoying a quiet and calm Memorial Day here in Renton.

What could be more Tru?

Here are a couple more photos from the newly expanded family. Abe and Karla arrived last night for a short visit. Today, the whole entourage went to a movie (including Truman). It's been fun!

Some of these photos (such as this one -->)

might be a bit graphic for the faint of heart.

Tru to you ...

Hello from Renton! Yes, it's true -- this beautiful baby is Truman Broderick Wells (not some stock photo from the Gerber model collection). He's an easy-going boy, apparently quite happy with his circumstances.

It has been an interesting 12 days since Truman arrived. Ann flew out here on Mother's Day to help out for a week. Briana picked up the coverage for four days. Bri picked me up at the airport today, then headed back to Portland. I'll be here for a week or so, along with Abe and Karla over the holiday weekend. Maurika is feeling better, but still quite tired. Meanwhile, the Wells household carries on -- Rileigh and Bridger in school, Mark in a new job, and the two dogs curious about the new family member.

Hello from WA...finally!

Hey everyone,

Thought it would only be appropriate to give a hello to everyone before I depart the country. I am not sure my accessibility to the internet while flying around the world with the Navy, but I will update all of you on my travels when I do get a chance to make entries on this site. I would love to hear how you all are doing as well. Email is great, but it seems like someone inevitably gets left off a list. So I will work with this until someone says there is a list that is complete.

Most of you will probably get a chance to see Will this summer as Kelly will be travelling around while I am gone. Hopefully they will be able to make it to the family picnic (put your plugs in now). Will is getting huge and is apparently in the 95th percentile for size among kids his age (6 months). So he is a healthy and very happy baby. He does miss his stay at home uncle, though. We do too, Joey. :)

We are all doing well in Washington and will try to get an update out soon via email. This is my last week in town so I am not sure if it will make it out before I leave, but we won't leave everyone in suspense for too long as to the happenings of the Buyskes in WA.

Love you all!

Matt, Kelly and Will

Add one more!

CONGRATULATIONS Maurika!!! Yay for adding another one to the bunch. We'll all be expecting lots of pictures! This year seems to be a good one for baby boys - anyone else up to the challenge!?

thanks to all who supported Relay

Hey guys!! I just wanted you to see a picture of my coach, Jeremy. This is the guy I was talking about who earlier this year overcame testicular cancer! He is now in his 3rd month of remission! The weather was absolutely gorgeous for the Relay for Life walk and I made it all night! I was exhausted the next day, but it was well worth it! Thank you all for your wonderful support and I hope you all have an awesome week!!

birthday boy

Hey all....just wanted to wish joey a happy 25th!!! wow....he is old! it is on may 8th...so drop him a line or card and wish him the same!

From One to the Other

Just wanted to let you all know that our MSU savior Travis Lulay signed with my favorite NFL team this week. Yes, Travis Lulay will battle it out for a roster spot with the Seattle Seahawks. I just wanted to mention this and then include a picture of the Grizzly killer. Lulay, Lulay, Lulay, Lulay! (sing to the tune of Ole!)

Moore Family New Year

Hey! In case ya'll didn't know...our Papa Buyske dearest is up for re-election for District Judge. Any moral support you can give would be awesome! And I hear that Matt and Kelly created a great website, but for some reason no address has been sent! What is this? (I actually saw it earlier this weekend, but I can't remember it!)
Anyway...I hope ya'll are doing well and that life is going good! Seems like it from the updates we've sent around. I'll be around eventually once anything exciting happens (although a 26 hour road trip with mom and dad is bordering that!).

Management Training

Hi, all -- I'm spending a few days in Missoula doing some classes. As you can see, quite a few people showed up today. We had to get crowd control in.

I was talking with Briana recently, and we agreed it's time for another round of e-mail news. I've been planning to get one started, but dang if there isn't a lot of other stuff to do. So, anyone should feel free to get the ball rolling. I think now's a good time -- before school gets out and lots of family folk are on the move. I know this site has been good for some catching up. And some of you are better than others in using it. But I still think the "old-fashioned" e-mail method is a bit more thorough. Who'll be the first to step up to the task?

Bored Nate

Hey everyone. I was bored one night so I decided to throw together a video and edit it with some music. I chose the night I met Ted Ferguson, the Bud Light Daredevil. Now if you don't know who Ted is that's alright. He is a man who does dangerous stunts like staying after 5:00 on a Friday at work or going shopping with his girlfriend during a playoff game. If you want to check him out he has a site www.tedferguson.com ANYWAY Here is my video... the music provided by the Foo Fighters. Remember, I am not as good as Abe at editing videos yet and this one hardly is on the same plane as the Family Picnic Video. Oh well, check it out.



I copied and pasted the embedded player again, sooo see if that works. If that doesn't, here is the link. Abe told me that his computer wasn't opening it either so it must be the video host. Alrighty, take care.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v8uFZBZdxc

John's Birthday greetings!

Happy Birthday John!
I hope you have a terrific day and we wish you many more!

To all of you, Happy Easter!
All the Wingys, minus Ben, are gathering at our house for the weekend. Miranda and Nate are going to be here for the whole week. They will be arriving here today sometime. Then we have Easter, then the next weekend is Maddie's first Eucharist and Confirmation. So it is very awesome that the Meuniers can be here for that!

Have a happy weekend and safe journeys if you are traveling!

Love ya all, Mary

Hello wonderful family!!

It has been a while since I have update you all on the happenings here in SD...so I figured I better do so. First of all, I hope you are all having a wonderful Holy Week and whatever your plains for Easter, I hope it is a blessed one. Molls and I will be travelling to MT to visit the older sis.

Secondly, our outdoor track season is underway. We began in TX with our spring break trip, that is what this picture is from, some of us girls enjoying the sunshine. Anywho, I didn't throw very well to begin with, but I had a great trip. Then last weekend we had a home meet. I threw better there and provisionally qualified for the outdoor national meet. Hopefully I will be able to better my mark and move up the list. We only have 4 more meets remaining, this season sure goes by quick.

Other than that, I am just plowing through classes and the other stuff that happens at college. Molly is busy preparing for the Pirates of Penzance, which will be put on at the end of the month, and which Matt, Kelly, Will, Mom, Dad, and Meghan will all be able to see. That is going to be a super fun weekend.

Looking forward to next year, I have to register for courses and I can't believe that I am almost done. This summer, while hopefully being able to spend time with family, will consist of studying for the LSAT....yeah. But right now I am just soaking up the sunshine and enjoying the wonderful spring weather that we have been blest with, I only hope this keeps up for the remainder of the year and track season.

I know that I have sent you all emails, but I also wanted to remind you about the Relay for Life. It goes on the first weekend in May, and I would truly appreciate any donation that you would be willing to give. My address again is: Jen Buyske, Augustana College, Box 275, 2001 S. Summit Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57197. If you have any further questions or if you know of anyone who would also be willing to support this cause, please send me their contact info!!

I know this was long...but come on, if you are on this sight, you are wasting time anyway! :) Have a great Easter everyone!

Love,

Jen

Birthday and Big Day ...

We had a great celebration last weekeend for Connie's birthday. Lunch at Bert & Ernie's, with Ann and the Buyskes joining. After catching our breath, we had dinner at Mary's ... what a nice spot to gather! We're glad for those who could be there and thoughtful of those who couldn't. We hope to all gather again soon.

hello

John is trying to educate me - tough job - so now we're trying it out!

Happy Birthday, Maurika!

Hey, everybody - Today is Maurika's birthday, and she's 48 years old! April Fool -- she's only 33. Best wishes, Mo, and many happy returns. Love. Love. Love.

New to the Blog

Abe sent some info to get Grandma started on the blog, and I'm setting it up for her (this is John). Please use comments and e-mail to encourage her full participation on this site. With some encouragement, she'll be the Big Blogger.

My Weekend

Well, Karla and I both had the weekend off last weekend, which is a pretty rare treat for us. On Saturday, we found ourselves just sort of bumming around the house - doing nothing.

I was just sort of staring out the window, and I wondered, as I had many times before, where does Lake Shore Drive go? That's Lake Shore right there, looking north out of our window.

So, we decided to check it out. We fired up the car, picked up a couple cups of coffee and just started driving north.

We found out that Loyola University is up there. Very nice campus.

After we passed Loyola, we found a magical land called "Evanston" - where Northwestern University is.


Also in Evanston, we found this really neat Baha'i temple. I had never heard of the Baha'i faith before, but it turns out it's pretty neat. It's a very inclusive sort of religion, which believes very much in the unity of all mankind. They also believe that all of the prophets of the major religions (i.e. Buddha, Christ, Muhammed) were messengers from God. It's just a very inclusive and non-judgmental faith. Also, the temple was cool.

"Unity is very highly emphasized in the Bahá'í writings. Three core assertions of the Bahá'í Faith are the unity of God, the unity of religion, and the unity of mankind; a single, all powerful God, revealing His message through a series of divine messengers or educators, regarding them as one progressively revealed religion, to one single humanity."

Then, after touring around the northern suburbs for a little while, it was time to hop on the highway and head home.

Happy Birthday, Connie!

Happy Birthday this Friday (March 31) to Connie Jeanne. The past year has blown hot and cold, and we wish you and Bill all the best. We're hoping to see you soon and deliver birthday greetings in person!