NEWEST NEWS ABOUT JAKE

Hey y'all!

Just some news about Jake. He had a scan today on his thyroid. They found some tissue, not sure if it is cancer or not, and his levels are a bit elevated (read not at zero). So the doctor has decided he needs to be radiated again with the radioactive iodine that he has had before. Jake is feeling very positive that this a preventative measure and that it doesn't mean his cancer is back. However, I am his MOM and I tend to say we need lots of prayers anyway.

So, I am asking the greatest family in the world...keep Jake in your prayers. He goes in on Monday for "the pill" and he will be in isolation at home for at least 3 days. He will have another scan the week of Feb. 5. So he is "stuck in Great Falls" as he says until we find out the results of that. Right now, he is 5 weeks without his synthroid and feeling really tired and run down. So he has been sleeping lots but going buggy being at home with NO ONE here in Great Falls (read no friends!) So, keep Jake-O in your thoughts and prayers this next week. I truly would appreciate it!

Love you all and I am looking for photos of our newest addition! Let's go Grandpa! Where are the pictures?!??

Mary

Address Updates

Because I need addresses to write thank-yous and to update my address book, I thought everyone might want to do this. I think the blog is a good spot since everyone can see it. I know there's a lot of us that may change addresses frequently, but again the blog could be used to notify everyone of your move! I've had four addresses in the past 6 months, but I think I'll be settled at this one for awhile. So I'll start the updating out. Here's my address:
1602 Caliper Way
Durham, NC 27713
919-452-3916

Hope everyone is doing well. Me and baby seem to be doing fine. I've survived all the kicking so far!

- Miranda

C'mon, keep on ...

Baby in a box ... I'm posting this picture of Truman 'cause it's so cool. Here are a few shout-outs -- Greg Jackson (Kit's husband), best of recuperation from your neck-breaking fall -- Mark Wells, happy birthday on January 21 -- Mary Contrary, happy birthday on January 29 -- Rileigh, happy birthday on January 31 -- Tom bom-a-bo-bom, happy birthday on February 3 (which is, of course, the day the music died). To all the rest ... line up and sign up, we need you to post the most!

My oh May

Well, today I bought my ticket to ride ... rather, to fly. I'm going to Slovenia for the month of May. Visit friends, play some music. Meanwhile, I'll tough out the winter in Montana.
Hey -- good news that Matt and Kelly are expecting again! The family is growing apace.

I hope everyone is getting a good start in 2007.

This is solely for Abe.

Sunday...

Here We Go

Sorry, I couldn't get the pictures to load because our connection is slow. So here are the photos I was trying to post. Hope everyone had a good Christmas!!

Random

I was looking at old pictures I had on my parent's computer over this Christmas Break and found some pictures I had forgotten about. These ones are from Miranda's wedding... I thought I would just post it for the heck of it.

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The Sugar Bowl: Not So Sweet!

Yesterday (that fateful day, January 3), I drove the long drive back to Helena from Idaho Falls thinking, "Well, at least there's a light at the end of this tunnel -- the game this evening." (By the way, the people in Idaho all keep blathering about "Fiesta" and "BSU" or somesuch -- whatever THAT means.) Anyway, I arrive home and enter the kitchen, only to be confronted by THIS hanging on my TV.

And this was BEFORE the game! Someone had ENTERED our house, VIOLATED our space, and DEFILED our appliance with this ... this ... RAG! Now, you're probably all thinking, "Who on earth would DO such a dastardly deed?" I'll tell you who ... CHARLIE RICE, that's who! Okay, I don't know that for certain, but really ... who else? As a result, I'm holding him PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE for the outcome of the game. If y'all want, I'll post his address (postal, since he don't do e-mail), and you can send him ... well ... I don't know ... moldy rice or counterfeit money or what-all you can think of. Whatever, do NOT let this crime go unpunished!

A Buyske Christmas

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Well it was another fun Christmas/New Year for the Buyske family (+ Ryan). While the whole family was together for only a short period of time, it was nice to be able to celebrate our last Christmas in Shelby together. Matt, Kelly, & Will drove in on Friday the 22nd and Mike flew in on Saturday the 23rd (late, due to the Denver weather) and we were all together for that day. Then Matt, Kelly, & Will flew to Iowa on the 24th, and Molly and Jen went to New York City with the other Buyskes from the 26th to the 30th. Everyone was back together on the 30th in Great Falls for Kelly's birthday and we snapped this nice family picture. It was a fun-filled week and a half and we were thoroughly entertained by the ever-growing William, who never ceases to amaze me. Here are a few pics of his adventures in Shelby. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and have a great new year!

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Tradition

I think the words on the shirt say it all: Tradition. Thanks Grandma for the traditional "The Shirt!" Hope everyone's Christmas was great, I know I had a great time in Great Falls. I also hope the New Year treats ya'll well. Oh yeah, and Go Irish - beat LSU!

Happy New Year!

Here is a photo of most of the Wingerter clan on Christmas Eve. Note the wonderful haircut on Ben!! We had a great holiday season with lots of visits from family and way too much food. We are looking forward to 2007 and all the new editions to the Moore family to come, especially our grandchild! Anyway, Happy New Year to one and all! Enjoy your evening and remember to be careful out there! Love you all!

Happy Birthday, Hannah!

I hope y'all know that Thursday, December 28, is Hannah's um-somethingth birthday. And I hope you'll join me in wishing her all the very best. She's so great!

I've been reminiscing a bit about the time when Hannah was born. We were living in Great Falls, just a month or so before we moved to Boulder. She was our first Lamaze baby and the third child to arrive in 31 months, so she arrived fairly quickly. While still lying on the delivery table, Kit turned to me and said, "It's not always that easy."

On this birthday, Hannah's pretty close to delivering her fourth baby -- a little girl who will join Mikayla, Carter, and Kesiah in the Philpot family. Hooray for all!

Holiday happenings

We had a great gathering at Maurika's home in Renton, near Seattle. After arriving Saturday and settling in, we went out for dinner and the ballet -- Rileigh was dancing in The Nutcracker. The production was good and Rileigh danced well. Relatives in the audience included Kit, Briana and Peter, Ann and I. Here are a few photos from Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Enjoy.

<– Truman in his first holiday pajamas.

Ann, Rileigh, Bridger celebrating a successful ballet.

Back in Helena, Abe paid a brief visit before heading off to a New Year's Ski Weekend with friends.

By the way, here's Abe's new address ...
2000 N. Lincoln Park W. # 308
Chicago IL 60614

Hope you're all having great holiday fun and will enjoy all the best fortune in 2007.

Great Grandchildren -- Rileigh and Truman.

John and Ann

Moore over ...

We got the annual Christmas card from Jim and Kay Moore, and Kay made note of the family blog that Aurie started in May. I spent quite a bit of time looking through it this evening ... very informative and fun! Now, I'm not normally a competitive person (honest!), but you descendants of John F. Moore should know that those other Moores are really outshining us. Do we want that? Gosh ... I don't know ... maybe. Wait a minute -- no!

So, c'mon youse guys. Let's get some more posts, with news and photos. I'll start with this bit -- here's a photo of the family gathering a couple weeks back at Kit's house in Kaysville, Utah. All but Hannah's husband Jerry and Kit's husband Greg made the pose. Check the caption for clarity.


(front row) Bridger (8, Maurika), Rileigh (12, Maurika), Mikayla (7, Hannah); (second row) Carter (4, Hannah), Ann Waickman (John), Kesiah (2, Hannah), Kit Jackson, John; (back row) Mark Wells (Maurika), Maurika, Truman (8 months, Maurika), Peter Borten (Briana), Briana, Abe, Hannah (due with her fourth in February)

Now then, have a great Christmas and New Year! We're headed to Maurika's house near Seattle. Bri and Peter will come up from Portland, too. Hope to see news of your holidays posted here soon.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Hello wonderful family!! This is just a note from Sioux Falls wishing everyone a belated Happy Thanksgiving. I am not sure what everyone did over the holiday, but I hope it entailed a lot of food, family, and football!!! Molly and I were fortunate enough to be invited to Sheldon, Iowa to spend Thanksgiving Day with the Perry family. It was a blast!! They are very gracious hosts and we ate our fill and then some!! :) I cannot wait to see some (hopefully most) of you over the Christmas holiday. I hope that you all have safe travels this weekend and enjoy the rest of your Thanksgiving break!!

Love,
Jen

Go MSU!

GO MSU, IT WORKS FOR BOTH GAMES!

Thirteen to Seven

the south has made us slower!

Greetings from sunny NC! Sorry the weather sucks so much in MT. Last Saturday it was almost 80! Just wanted to share some updates before I post Christmas lists (question for all of those English wizards out there. In the previous sentance, if I wanted to say both Nate and Miranda's Christmas list, which is the most appropriate: mine and Nate's, me and Nate's, my and Nate's?) . I had an ultrasound Monday and we found out it's a girl! All parts are accounted for, so that's good. She currently weighs 10oz. I've been trying to scan the ultrasound pictures in but have had no luck. Like the others in school, my semester is quickly winding down. Thank God it's been a relatively easy one, since I spent the first half of it in the bathroom! The house we're building is almost done. We close December 15, so less than a month left. I'm really excited to get back to a place where are belongings are close in reach. We've been living out of storage since we got here. That's about it for now. Here's the lists:

Miranda

Any good first-time parent book to reassure me I won't screw my child up for life
XL duffle bag on wheels
Target gift cards
Any baby stuff, especially books (used is fine)
Any book you've enjoyed that you think I would like
Any cool artsy stuff to decorate the house with

Nathan

Golf shirts (S or M)
Golf balls
Cool long sleeve tee-shirts
Home Depot gift card
Any good how to be a good handyman around the house book
Gloves, thin but not leather or suede

You could also support Saint Olaf College for either of us, or Mercy Ships and Northwest Medical Teams for me.

Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving. I'll be at home for the next week if any of you are in town and wanted to rub the belly!

- Miranda

Holler from the Zoo

Hello one and all! I just got done working at the Holy Spirit high school SEARCH this weekend, from whence I promptly returned to Missoula to stand in line for Cat/Griz tickets. It was an all night gathering of 1599 Griz fans and me. I felt like I was in a refugee camp. but 6 and a half hours later I had the coveted ticket and returned home to study for a biology test that I had in 3 hours. Anywho, here is my big Christmas list:

ANY Notre Dame/MSU fan-wear (t-shirt M, sweat shirts L, hats 7-1/4, sweat pants L)
Any cool Religious, Notre Dame, all around sweet posters or even a tapestry to decorate my otherwise bare room (I have a shower curtain of a beach hanging up.)
A printer
A digital camera
Golf accessories (balls, teas, towel, etc.)
Family pictures w/ frames!
Visits from everyone
Donations to Lost and Foundation, Holy Spirit's building fund
Ok well that about does it! you all take care and be safe over the holiday season! I hope I see each and everyone of you at some point. Love you all!
Nickolas

Shout out from 59718

Hey all, this is Nate in beautiful, and presently cold, Bozeman, Montana. All is going great here as we are hitting the home stretch for this semester in school. I have a ton of papers and projects due soon and I think I will keep procrastinating so that it becomes really stressful. Even bigger news: Cat-Griz is this weekend and Jake, some friends, and I are heading down to Missoula on Friday. Abe and I have our annual Cat-Griz bet, anyone else want to throw down? I have faith in my 'Cats and am pretty sure that they will beat the Griz. Without further ado, here is my list. Hope everyone is doing great and I hope that I will get to see you all soon. Go Cats!


-Notre Dame hoody XL
"-Thank You For Smoking" DVD
-North Face or Helley Hansen stocking cap/beanie
-Really, anything Notre Dame (shirts L)

-Cats to beat the Griz, that'd be a great early present.

I'll leave you with a picture of Jake and I, I can't tell you when or where it was taken or why I look so confused. I had to put a pic up that showed my team spirit though.