HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANN!

Happy Birthday to Little Annie Ohio! Here's hoping you weren't working at the Food Share ALL day today and that you took some time to enjoy yourself.

Happy Birthday Miranda!

Miranda is 32 years old today!  Wow, where has the time gone!  Just so you know, Miranda, we are so proud of the fantastic Mom you are, the great wife, the terrific daughter and sister, the most awesome nurse...we are so thankful that you are in our lives.
Have a great year and I hope you got to celebrate your birthday in style!
Love you~
Mom and Dad

Happy Birthday Nate

Today is Nate's 27th birthday. I think he started celebrating Friday at work and the celebration should continue until Sunday evening. Hope you have a great day Nate. We're very proud of you and love you a bunch.

Mom and Dad

July--what a great month!!!

When I married Bill 37 years ago, he was the only one in the family that had a July birthday. Now look at what we have:
Matt's was the 2nd
Sam's was the 20th
Bill's was the 21st along with Shannon and Birch's wedding
Ryan's was the 24th
Nate Moore is celebrating his today, the 28th
Randa's is the 30th
and last but not least by any means, Ann will celebrate hers on the 31st.
Isn't this a great line up ?????/

Second Annual Whitewater Adventure

Another great whitewater experience with friends and co-workers.  Another great reason to visit Idaho.

Happy birthday Sam!

Sammy boy turned 19 on Friday the 20th!  I think he had a pretty fantastic day.  He woke up to this photo in the Tribune, drove to Billings for the BIG weekend, and got to celebrate his special day with all his siblings and cousins at Nate and Joey's.  Plus, he finally got a guitar!

Have a happy year Mr. Sam!  We love you tons~

Update

Ok, so I have heard from almost everyone regarding the BBQ and golf outing.  Here is a list of the confirmed for the BBQ and what people have said they will bring.  If you see something missing on here, feel free to write in the comments area what you will be bringing.

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        Matt, Kelly, & Family – side dish, dessert, meats (brats, hot dogs, etc)

·             Abe & Diz

·             John & Ann

·             Mike

·             Mom & Dad – burgers, potato salad

·             Jen – beverages (pop, water, alcohol)

·             Molly & Shane – chips, veggies, dip

·             Meghan & kids

·             Jake

·             Geigers

·             Rika, Mark, & Family

·             Briana, Peter, and Sabina  

        As for the golf tournament, I think we are going to be playing at the Par 3 golf course.  There is a   Senior High alumni thing going on that starts at 9:30, so we can get on before then at 8:45.  The plan is   to draw names for the twosomes, then pair up and play as foursomes.  Tom suggested we create an A and B pool for those who golf a lot, or at least enough, and those who don't really golf much.  Then we pair an A with a B so the teams are fair.  I thought this was a good idea so we can do that on Friday at the BBQ.  The greens fees are $20 for 18 holes, and $15 for a cart.  We might not have access to any carts because of the Senior event, but we really shouldn't need them anyway.  What I was thinking is each person could pay $25, and the extra $5 would be put into the pot for the winning team and prizes for longest putts and closest to the pin.  If there's anything I am missing, let me know.  Otherwise it should be a great time.  Following is the list of confirmed I have for the mini-tourney:

·             Matt

·             Abe

·             Mike

·             Joey

·             Shane

·             Jim W.

·             Jake

·            Nick

·            Ben

·            Nate

·            Sam (walking)

       Burt & Greg Geiger (possibly)

Family picnic on Sunday

As I said before the family picnic will be Sunday at Rose park. I have invited the Haradens, Reardons and Wingerters along with Uncle John and Jule to the picnic also, so there may be a big bunch. I reiterate that my generation is responsible for salads and side dishes and the next generation is responsible for deserts and snacks. Everyone will bring their own drinks. I will take up a collection to help pay for the pavillion when we are there. I was thinking fried chicked but it has also been suggested that we have sub sandwiches. Let me know what you prefer--no speak up, no vote!!!!!

I hope this finds everyone eagerly anticipating the weekend to come in a couple of weeks.  I am excited to see everyone and wanted to bring you all up to speed on a couple of things.  First, on Friday, July 20th, Shannon and Birch will be having their rehearsal dinner.  Because most of the family will be in town on Friday, and not everyone will be attending the rehearsal, I thought it would be fun to have a BBQ at Nate's and my house.  Everyone is invited.  We will have a new deck built, some yard games to be played, a park with a pool half a block away, and lots of food and beverages.  I don't know why you wouldn't want to come!  So if you could post on the blog something that you could bring, I could figure out what I need to round up on my end.

Second, I thought it would be really fun on Saturday morning to play some golf.  Anyone is invited to play, and I was thinking of doing either nine holes at the regulation golf course, or 18 holes at the par 3.  I figure both would take about the same amount of time.  My idea was to do a 2-person scramble, so it won't take us forever.  We could randomly draw names from a hat to pair up, then play as foursomes once we get to the course.  I also thought it would be fun to include some prizes for closest to the pin, long drive (if we play at the regulation course), and longest putt.  So this post is also to see who may be interested in participating in something like that.  I would need to know fairly soon as I would have to call the public course to see if they have anything going on that day and set up some tee times, or talk to the pro shop at the par 3 to do the same thing.  Aunts and uncles who read this, if you could pass it on to the Facebookers who rarely come on here anymore, I would greatly appreciate it.

I hope everyone has been having a great summer and surviving this heat.  Moorefest 2012 is shaping up to be epic, so bring your party pants and plenty of energy!  See you all soon.

33 years ago Matthew Hamar joined the Moore crew!

Happy 33rd (is that possible?!) birthday to Matt! 

Can't wait to catch up with you on Wednesday to celebrate! 

I love you a ton! God bless you always with health and happiness. 

*yours* 

kellylynn

Happy Belated Anniversary to My Lovely Wife and Best Friend

Last Thursday, June 21, Mary and I celebrated our 32nd anniversary.  Yup, you are right - we were at a baseball game, and not one of our own - a Voyagers game.  Amazing how fast 32 years can fly by.  I would not change one minute of one day.  Thank you to all you who have made our lives so special, particularly our children.  Miranda, Ben, Jake, Nick, Sam, and Maddie - you our our most precious gifts, thank you for the past 32 years.  Mary - starting from two 19 year olds who barely knew each other to 50 somethings who can still act like kids, thank you for putting up with me and for loving me.  I am so lucky and so blessed!!!!   Jim

Happy 4th Birthday, Tyson

This little super hero is 4 years old today!  Hard to believe that you are already that big, Tyson!  We remember being at the hospital when you were born and that just seems like months ago.  You start pre-school in the fall, and yes buddy, I will miss you when you go to pre-school!!  It is so fun to be able to see you and take you places and have you over for sleep overs!  You are a fun little man!  We love you bunches!!  Grampa and Gramma

Molly is 25! Happy Birthday, Baby Girl!!

Well, our little Chicagoian is 25 today!  We wish you the happiest of birthdays, sweetie!  It is hard to be away from family on birthdays but you had a great celebration with Shane!  We are so excited about all the possibilities that lie ahead for you in the big city!  You are a talented, beautiful, gifted young woman and I know things will just start falling into place for you!  Have a GREAT day and we love you bunches!  Dad and Mom

Happy Birthday, Sweet Jen!

A very happy birthday to this beautiful 27 year old. It is the 25th in Guam and we want her to have these wishes on HER actual birthday! We hope you had a great pre-birthday weekend and that you get to do something fun after work tonight!! We are thinking of you and we will celebrate with cake and a meal when you get home in a few weeks. Can't say often enough how proud of you we are and how we celebrate this day of your birth! Love you mucho much! Dad and Mom

Happy 20th, Johnny and Annie!

I have looked and looked and cannot find a picture of the two of you together in my online pictures! That is sad and we need to remedy that! Happy anniversary to two people that are very special and so right for each other! Hope you had a GREAT dinner together and that your August trip to Iceland is everything you want! Love you guys!

Happy, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy 31st birthday (for the 2nd time) to the most AMAZING Mom! I hope you enjoy your day and maybe toss back a little bit o' Baileys to help cap off the celebration. You truly are an amazing woman and a role model for so many people. I sure love you and wish I could be there to help you celebrate. I hope this is a night off for you from Game On and you're not going to make everyone suffer through a chicken and quinoa meal. :) LOVE YOU!

Wedding Hotel Room Reminder!!!

Hello familia, I'm doing my sister a solid and reminding all of you that hotel rooms at the Crown Plaza are still open for the "Moore-Haraden Wedding" until this Thursday, June 21st. The Crown has been off their game and have told people there are no rooms left but that is false. If you have ANY issues, call Shannon, my dad, or me and let us know.


One month left til the big day. We are excited to have you all in the Magic City soon! Contrary to John's past claims, it's a fun town!

Love you all and see ya soon!

Happy Anniversary

Congrats to Abe and Dez again.....and now they can look forward to this in 30 years.....

some rare down time for these two....well one of them anyway.  pretty standard for the other.  :)
  Happy 37th anniversary to an amazing pair.  You continue to be an example to all of us what love, commitment, and parenting should truly be.  Love you both and look forward to seeing you soon.

Love,
Mike

Today, Diz and I had our 20 week ultrasound. This was the big one - where we found out if it was a mascio or femina. We told the ultrasound tech not to tell us, but instead to write down the sex and put it in a sealed envelope. We then took the envelope to a baby store, picked out a boy and a girl outfit, and asked the lady behind the counter to wrap up one or the other, depending on what was in the envelope. Diz and I then went out to a wonderful birthday dinner, and after dessert, we opened up the box to learn this great news .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. (Pressure's off, Nate. The Moore name lives on.)

The family picnic is coming

Bill and I are in charge of the family picnic this year. Miranda has gratiously agreed to help me with this.
Since everyone is going to be there, it is going to be the Sunday after Shannon and Birch's wedding.
It is at Rose park which is less than a block from Nate's house. We have reserved the shelter there from 3:00-10:00. If no one has reserved the earlier time we can use it before 3:00. There are several things to do at the park: A swimming pool with slides, a playground, baseball fields and horseshoe pits. Of course everyone will bring a frisbee and Tom will bring his ringers. The city wants to charge us $25.00 more to have beer there. So I'm asking, do we want to do that or do you want to go to Nate's to drink beer. Just let me know your opinion.
Bill and I will furnish fried chicked. The first generation (mom/grandma) gets off scot free. I'd like the second generation to bring salads or side dishes. I'd like the third generation to bring desserts and snacks. Everyone will bring what they want to drink.
Should be a fun time, so get ready to boogie!!!!!!!