Happy birthday Jake!

It is Jake's 29th birthday today!   As these pictures show he likes to dress up like a goofball but this mom believes he is a pretty great guy, a fantastic son, a good friend and an amazing doctor.  Happy birtyday Jakey!  We love you tons....MOM

YMCA Famous Potato Marathon

You can't be a runner in Idaho and not run the Famous Potato Marathon. Nice scenery mostly along the Boise River.

Happy Mothers' Day!

Happy Mothers' Day to all mothers out there...and all those expecting mothers as well.  I hope your day was extra special!
Most of all Happy Day to the matriarch...Jeanne Marie Poirier Moore.  We love you beyond measure and wish you the happiest of days!

Happy Birthday, Joey

Happy 33rd birthday, Joey.  Sounds like he enjoyed it with some golf and a nice dinner.  Looking forward to seeing he and Erin next month when they make a road trip out West.  Glad you had a great day, bro.

Love,
Mike

We're so excited!

Due in November.

Love you.
B, P & S

Happy Birthday, Dizzy Lou!

 

Happy Birthday (one day late) to the most beautiful, loving, adventurous, talented and funny wife in the Middle East, if not the world.  Thanks for making this new adventure so much fun and for making me laugh every day.  LYLALS!

Flying Pig Marathon Relay

I was in Cincinnati over the wekend and participated in a 4 man marathon relay. Delta had 40 teams and our team took #1. We placed 16th out of 149 corporate teams. I ran the second leg which was 5.2 miles. After I handed off I felt like Forrest Gump and just kept running. I ran the remaining 14 miles of the marathon and saw some gorgeous parts of Cincinnati.

Kesiah is 10!

Kesiah has happily graduated into double digits!! She is a great kid who works and plays hard. Last week she hit her first homerun in girl pitch softball. We love her determination and fun witty attitude. So glad we have this doll as ours!

Happy birthday Jim!

Happy birthday to Jim!  We had a great birthday day yesterday watching Madison and the Central Mustang softball team.  We had a good birthday dinner at the Montana Club and some drinks with friends~doesn't get much better!
Happy 53rd Jim!  I hope you have a fantastic year~

Happy birthday Johnny!

This handsome youngish man is another year older today.  He is a great dad, a fantastic grandpa, a marvelously talented musician and a terrific big brother.  Have a great day today.  Love you!

Happy GOLDEN birthday Emma Joy!

Emma Joy is 7 years old today!  And she is rockin' the toothless look~
I am super excited for Emma this week.  She gets to spend Thursday afternoon showing me around her school and classroom from Grandfriends' Day.  Then on Friday the Meunier family flies out to California to go to Disneyland and San Diego.  What a great birthday week!
Happy birthday sweet girl!  I love you tons~
Grandma

Happy Birthday, Maurika!

It's the first day of April, and Maurika marks another milestone! Born on a Sunday, April Fool's Day, Maurika arrived in the Austrian city of Innsbruck. Over the years, she led her siblings in derring-do, guided her friends with counsel (and a bit of mischief), and raised her children with love. She's about to embark on a new adventure, and we wish her all good fortune and high prospects. And I look forward to her party on Saturday.

Happy Birthday, CJ!

It's the last day of March, the day we always commemorate Connie Jeanne as the first among John & Jeanne's children. First in the line, first in her class, first in her profession, and first to offer sound ideas that benefit the whole family. Coincidentally, Connie was born on a Monday, so today is a special birthday-on-the-day-of-her-birth. We hope she gets to celebrate it in a special way!

Family Reunion 2014

Greetings to all the Moores! I hope you all received an email from me, announcing the Family Reunion in August. Here's another reminder. Click on the image to make it large enough to read. Please note that you should RSVP to me by May 18 with a YES or a REGRETS (jcm@bresnan.net). Even if you replied last fall, I want to start building a definite count. No need to send money just yet, I'll get back to you on that. Two important notes about the camp: (1) no pets, (2) no tent camping. If any of you wants to be on the planning committee, let me know. I'd like a rep from each clan (John Moore, Perry Moore, Buck Moore, Tices).

Welcome to the family McKinley Jeanne Wingerter!

Meet McKinley Jeanne Wingerter, 7 lbs. 19.75 inches long, born about 4:00 am on March 20, 2014!   We plan on heading to Butte as soon as we can get there and meet her in person.  Congratulations to Ben and Adrienne!  Love you guys!

Happy Birthday, Charlotte!!

Happy (belated) birthday to the cutest 4-year-old around! Charlie's birthday was on Saturday and it sounds like it was a fun day. She started out walking in the St. Patty's Day parade with her Irish dance troupe and then had a butterfly themed party. I sure do love your personality and your silliness! You always make me laugh. I hope you had the best birthday! I love you!!

WELCOME HOME, NICK!!!

WELCOME HOME, NICK!!! We are all so excited to have you back on home soil. We have all been praying for your safety and are so proud of you!! It sounds like the homecoming was celebrated by many. I know I can't wait to see you!! I love you, buddy!! Love, Molly

Happy Birthday, Marc!

Happy birthday to this amazing husband, dad, uncle, and all around super grandpa.  Hope you had a great time selling basketball tickets and an even better one sharing your b-day dinner with the Schulte family.

Love,
Mike

Happy Birthday, Tom!

Tommy hits the double-nickel today. I fear he's traveling in this winter weather, working hard on compliance for New York Life. Have a good celebration, Tom, and may all the best come your way (including traveling weather).

What happens when you lose a bet

Congrats to Seahawks.  Thanks to Broncos for laying another Super Bowl egg.  Didn't include a pic of me burning this shirt after taking this photo.

Happy Birthday, Mary!

Mary turns 39 (again) today. Here she is with her sisters on my last birthday. She's the one on the left. (as if you didn't know). We hope you have a great day and a blessed year.

Happy Birthday, Kaitlyn!

Just five days after Piper's birthday, it's KAITLYN"S birthday! (Or you could say Kaitlyn's birthday comes 360 days before Piper's, because she's a year older.) Kaitlyn is turning 7. Just this morning, Hannah sent along a couple pages of Kaitlyn's research on dinosaurs. I thought it was thorough, balanced, and scientifically sound, even if it did include the word "scarey." Anyway, we hope the birthday celebration is wonderful and that Kaitlyn continues her studies in paleontology.

Happy Birthday, Piper!

Piper Denali Wells turns 6 years old today. She's the queen of kindergarten and the head of household. We hope she has a grand day and the great year!

Some Fun Family Pics

So I thought I would post some pictures from the "John" Moore clan. We were finally all together after Christmas this year at Fairmont Hot Springs and yet we still didn't manage to get a shot all together! However, I did take individual family pictures of everyone so I thought that would be close enough. Was wonderful to spend some time together and we even got to see Jim and Grama for a bit. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. Much love!

Happy Birthday, Kelly!!

Thank you, Mom, for the initial post, but I thought I would add some more pictures for Kelly on her special day (as well as some little known facts).

Kelly is terrified of heights, which is why you can still see land in the lower left corner of the photo.  Still quite impressive selfie for her to be that far out on the bridge.

We have officially converted the Iowa girl into a Yellowstone National Park LOVER!!  It took a wedding to pull her out of there this last time.

The only movie Kelly will reliably quote from is That Thing You Do.

Teddy was baptized in St. Patricks Church in Sheldon, IA in the same baptismal font where Kelly was baptized.

This is one happy Kelly after a meal at her favorite restaurant - Lucca's.

Kelly gives all of our children pet names like Macky Bodacky, or Bodacker for short or Bo for shorter.

Leo's devilish grin is all Perry.  As much as Kelly might deny it, her mom has confirmed Leo's mischievousness follows closely to his mom's at that age.

While those are all little known facts about Kelly, it is no secret that she is a great Mom and an awesome wife!  We are blessed to call you ours and we hope that your birthday is a special one.  May the next year bring health, happiness and all the love your ginormous heart can handle.

Happy Birthday, Sweetheart!

Love,
Matt, Will, Ben, Leo, Mack and Teddy

Kelly is Having a Birthday!!

Happy birthday to one of the sweetest, most loving, most gentle people we know - Kelly Buyske who is 34 today!!  We love you and we wish you the best birthday!!

Happy Birthday, Mikayla!

Our solstice baby, Mikayla, turns 14 today! Like her mother, she has a birthday very close to Christmas, which makes it a special day. We hope she gets to celebrate it in a special way.

2013 Cousin Christmas Charity Drawing

Hello cousins - please press play and see who we will be donating to this season.  I will post a link to the charity in the comments below so as not to give away the charity when you get to this page.  Please send donations to my address:
    
     Nate Moore
     2621 W Elm
     Lodi, CA 95242

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Hey all,

I got a text from Nate encouraging me to come and vote on a charity - thanks Nate!  So, I thought while I'm here I might as well give ya' all a quick up date on the Bortens.

2013 is likely to fall into history as "the year that shall not be spoken of" for us.  We've dealt with more challenges than I thought possible, and yet...we survived.  From bank corruption to business ordeals to natural disasters to major spa flooding - we're perhaps, officially "well rounded". :)

Looking into the future, we're feeling positive and excited.  Our product line of pain relief products, body care, and medicinals is going to launch (with beauty) in February 2014, we're slated to open another spa in Portland in June, my book should be done (fingers crossed) by March, and we expect no major flooding! 

2014 here we come!!!!

We're so grateful to have been able to get some time with family and friend, and also have the opportunity to relax a bit in Mexico.  It was an amazing trip and we soaked in as much as possible of this beautiful little spot called Akumal.

Here is a picture from our trip:

We're really looking forward to being in Montana for Christmas and seeing a whole lot of you.  We'll be driving out from Boulder and hope to arrive in Great Falls on the 23rd.

I hope that you are all having a wonderful holiday season. 

Love
Briana (Peter and Sabina)

Christmas Charity Voting Post

Ok, here it is. The post to submit the charity of your choice for Christmas this year. It did seem like there were a fair amount of votes cast to have them picked out of a hat with the Charity President of the year dusting off his sombrero and being in charge of the pickin'. Nate, I nominated you and I am sure that all cousins second-ed the motion within their hearts so you are it!! Let's say that all charity submissions, posted via comments below, must be submitted by Tuesday, the 10th to be eligible. Nate, if you would like to video the whole process and post it on the blog, I am sure we would all be delighted. Not that it is required of the Charity President but it would set the bar pretty high for next year's incoming officer. The Charity President is, however, responsible posting the information necessary for us to make our donations - I am assuming that will just be your address but let us know if there is a better way to go about it. Sorry to barge in and start delegating but time is a-tickin' and I am trying to check off down the ol' list. Suggestion: Maybe all the cousins should post an E-Christmas Card on the blog being that we won't have the individual gift giving connection this year. (And just because blog posts are fun with a picture, I am throwing up a shot of our dog, Duke. Perhaps it will inspire someone to throw in an animal charity - we did get this guy from an animal rescue.)