Happy Birthday, Michael!

Happy birthday to our special oldest!  We had a blast in Silverdale celebrating an early birthday with Mike last weekend.  We got to check out his new place and the area and had a great time.  His present was some of Joey's pictures that we printed, framed and hung in his living room.  It was fun to help make it look a little "homier"!  You are a very special son, brother, uncle, cousin and friend!  After 17 years it was nice to spend a birthday with you again!!  Have a "spooktacular" day!  We love you, Mikey!  Dad and Mom

Great time in Chicago

Ann and I just spent a wonderful weekend in Chicago with Abe and Desiree. Briana, Peter, and Sabina also flew in from Boulder to bolster the family. No big whoop-de-do city events, just some quality time visiting and enjoying the grandkids. Life is good. Thanks to Abe and Dez for their grand hospitality!

Helena Happenings

Greetings Moore Clan:

Figured it was about time to jump on here and do a little Helena update.

Things are going well.  We enjoyed a beautiful fall with the first snow today.  Ugh.  Bring on the ice and slush.  Apparently it will be melting on Wednesday so hopefully it will be nice on Halloween.

The two kiddos are ready for the holiday.  They had a warm-up this weekend with our old daycare provider's Halloween party.  For actual Halloween, Charlie is going to be Pooh, but for the party she wanted to be Dorothy.  Tyson wanted to be Tigger in prison but I convinced him to only wear one costume.  Ryan's aunt brought a ton of their old costumes so the kids have had a hay-day with it.

Other things are going right along.  Ryan is finishing up the regular football season with Crosstown this weekend.  Then playoffs start.  Hopefully the Bengals can have a strong finish.  He is also starting softball workouts.  Apparently 38 girls signed up and almost all have shown up for the morning workouts.  He's pretty excited to get the season started....in March! :)







Oh and the final bit of news is that there is another Irish bun in the oven!  The two rug-rats will become the three musketeers near the beginning of June!

Love ya'll!
megs and ryan

Ben is 32!

Benjamin James is 32 years old today.  We celebrated his birthday a bit early so he could go to the Cats game this weekend.  Here is hoping it is a fun birthday in Bozeman!!

Love you~

Mom and Dad

Boys in Boise

Just returned from a weekend jaunt to Boise, spending some time with Tom and Jim. We had a lot of great (introverted) time together, including a Boise State game. However, since we were able to score only two tix (leaving Jim at the NYLIC tailgate party), we decided to leave after halftime of game that wasn't going well for BSU. Just our luck, the Broncos came roaring back in the second half in a dominating win. Still, it was all fun. Speaking of second half, my Delta buddy pass couldn't get me out of Boise on Sunday, so Tom was kind enough to chauffeur me back to Helena today. (He was coming here for work.) Thanks to Jimbo for being a great host and to both brothers for lightening my wallet in games of 31 and 99. All in all, good beer, good food (Tom's dinner on Sunday was tasty), and great company!

Game Done!

A few family members (Connie, Jan, John, Ann, Mary, and Dinger) just finished a ferocious competition of Game On! All were winners, but the Great Falls Giants (Connie, Mary, Jim) outscored the Helena Hellcats (Jan, John, Ann). Kudos to the Giants! Total weight-loss exceeded 643 pounds (or maybe less). If you want to take part in the next Game On, starting October 31, let me know.