Just a reminder that we are planning a silent auction to raise funds for next year's reunion which will help keep costs to our families as low as possible in an economic climate that is tough for sponsorship. So far the following items have been offered for auction:
Nicely Family - handmade bracelet
Villemure Family - movie basket
Horn Family - handmade bandana skirt with matching t-shirt
Bromund Family - gift card
Martini Family - toddler fun basket
Larsen Family - summer fun basket
Perkins Family - framed original photograph from Bulgaria
Santor Family - loaf of homemade bread and a dozen homemade cookies x 2
Brooks Family - lotto/scratch off tickets
Mandeville Family - 3 Romany cook books
If you would like to contribute an item that showcases your talents or put together a little basket, please let us know and I will add you here.
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Going Greener
In a small effort of trying to make our reunion be a little more environmentally friendly, we have ordered BPA-free plastic stadium cups this year to be used and re-used at our lemonade, water, and iced tea fountains. It broke my heart last year to see all of us grabbing a new cup just about every time we wanted another drink. We generated way too much garbage.
So, this year, there will be one stadium cup per person in the family welcome bags. The cups have a custom design on them that provides a line on which to write the owner's name (we will have sharpies at the ready when you check in). Hopefully this will help us all in keeping track of our cups.
If you lose your personal cup or want extras to take home, we will have a limited number of additional cups for sale at the price of $2.00 each. Proceeds go into the coffers for next year's reunion expenses. Families are also encouraged to bring reusable water bottles or other environmentally friendly vessels for their drinks.
Na zdrave - to your health!
So, this year, there will be one stadium cup per person in the family welcome bags. The cups have a custom design on them that provides a line on which to write the owner's name (we will have sharpies at the ready when you check in). Hopefully this will help us all in keeping track of our cups.
If you lose your personal cup or want extras to take home, we will have a limited number of additional cups for sale at the price of $2.00 each. Proceeds go into the coffers for next year's reunion expenses. Families are also encouraged to bring reusable water bottles or other environmentally friendly vessels for their drinks.
Na zdrave - to your health!
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Pot Luck Sign Up
Potluck Items
Ethnic Bulgarian Dishes
Villemure Family - shopska salad
Stankov Family- Banitza, Luitenitza, Sirene and Other Bulgarian Goodies
Meat (grilling meats)
Haven Family - hotdogs
Bodell Family-Smoked Pork
Boman-Plance Family - hamburgers
Brooks Family - hamburgers
Horn Family - hamburgers
Dunham Family - hamburgers
Nicely Family - hot dogs
Collicot Family - 100 buns for hamburgers
Cox Family - 100 buns for hotdogs
Salads
Cox Family - Potato Salad
Van Roekel Family - Fruit Salad
Stewart Family - Bean Salad
Haven Family - Lettuce Salad
Brooks Family - Broccoli Salad
Dunham Family - Oriental Coleslaw
Other Sides
Martini Family - hummus/ gluten-free tortilla chips
Korich family-Pasta side dish
Stewart Family-Cheesy Potatoes
Perkins Family- Chips
Larsen Family- Wisconsin Cheese Tray
Rowe Family - Veggie Tray
Sallot Family - Mac'n Cheese
Fruit
Rickenbach Family-Watermelon, Jello/Fruit Salad
Van Roekel Family-Fruit Salad
Desserts
Martini Family-gluten-free/dairy-free lemon pie
Cox Family- Cookie Assortment
Stewart Family- Cake
Rickenbach Family- Jello/Fruit Salad
McCulle Family- Fudge & Brownies
Gillian Family – Cupcakes
Parks Family - Chocolate chip cookies
Boyd Family- Sliced Apples, Dessert
Condiments
Larsen Family-ketchup, mustard, pickles
Villemure Family-hamburger fixins tray-lettuce, onion, tomatoes
Drinks
The reunion provides for Country Time Lemonade, Lipton Iced Tea and Drinking Water for the weekend. If you do not like the drinks provided than this will allow you to plan to bring drinks for your family. Though juice boxes are fun for kids, I hate for some kids to get them and not others.
Serving Products-
Mulroy Family- all plastic cutlery
Brooks Family - napkins
Other
Conger Family - icecream toppings for Friday night
Santor Family - smores supplies
These families were TBD and waiting to see what was needed… which I appreciate.
Hanka Family - TBD
Rieben Family - TBD
Buchanan Family - TBD
Montes Family - TBD
**Deluxe cabins have full size refrigerators, Viviane and Yvonne's will have many supplies for the weekend but you are welcome to use them until they are full. We hope some of the deluxe cabin attendees will offer space as needed to keep thinks cold until the potluck.
In a large group like ours, there will certainly be people who have food allergies or food intolerances/sensitivities. We ask that families mark and/or limit items with nuts. We hope to have a separate table for these specialty dishes (please provide ingredient list).
Lastly, we ask all of our parents and parents-to-be please do not feed any children that are not your own. Children do not always make responsible choices when offered a food or may not even know what's safe for them to eat and what isn't. Dangerous reactions can occur from a simple piece of candy or even a slice of bread, so please be aware.
Ethnic Bulgarian Dishes
Villemure Family - shopska salad
Stankov Family- Banitza, Luitenitza, Sirene and Other Bulgarian Goodies
Meat (grilling meats)
Haven Family - hotdogs
Bodell Family-Smoked Pork
Boman-Plance Family - hamburgers
Brooks Family - hamburgers
Horn Family - hamburgers
Dunham Family - hamburgers
Nicely Family - hot dogs
Collicot Family - 100 buns for hamburgers
Cox Family - 100 buns for hotdogs
Salads
Cox Family - Potato Salad
Van Roekel Family - Fruit Salad
Stewart Family - Bean Salad
Haven Family - Lettuce Salad
Brooks Family - Broccoli Salad
Dunham Family - Oriental Coleslaw
Other Sides
Martini Family - hummus/ gluten-free tortilla chips
Korich family-Pasta side dish
Stewart Family-Cheesy Potatoes
Perkins Family- Chips
Larsen Family- Wisconsin Cheese Tray
Rowe Family - Veggie Tray
Sallot Family - Mac'n Cheese
Fruit
Rickenbach Family-Watermelon, Jello/Fruit Salad
Van Roekel Family-Fruit Salad
Desserts
Martini Family-gluten-free/dairy-free lemon pie
Cox Family- Cookie Assortment
Stewart Family- Cake
Rickenbach Family- Jello/Fruit Salad
McCulle Family- Fudge & Brownies
Gillian Family – Cupcakes
Parks Family - Chocolate chip cookies
Boyd Family- Sliced Apples, Dessert
Condiments
Larsen Family-ketchup, mustard, pickles
Villemure Family-hamburger fixins tray-lettuce, onion, tomatoes
Drinks
The reunion provides for Country Time Lemonade, Lipton Iced Tea and Drinking Water for the weekend. If you do not like the drinks provided than this will allow you to plan to bring drinks for your family. Though juice boxes are fun for kids, I hate for some kids to get them and not others.
Serving Products-
Bodell Family - all paper
products
Mulroy Family- all plastic cutlery
Brooks Family - napkins
Other
Conger Family - icecream toppings for Friday night
Santor Family - smores supplies
These families were TBD and waiting to see what was needed… which I appreciate.
Hanka Family - TBD
Rieben Family - TBD
Buchanan Family - TBD
Montes Family - TBD
**Deluxe cabins have full size refrigerators, Viviane and Yvonne's will have many supplies for the weekend but you are welcome to use them until they are full. We hope some of the deluxe cabin attendees will offer space as needed to keep thinks cold until the potluck.
In a large group like ours, there will certainly be people who have food allergies or food intolerances/sensitivities. We ask that families mark and/or limit items with nuts. We hope to have a separate table for these specialty dishes (please provide ingredient list).
Lastly, we ask all of our parents and parents-to-be please do not feed any children that are not your own. Children do not always make responsible choices when offered a food or may not even know what's safe for them to eat and what isn't. Dangerous reactions can occur from a simple piece of candy or even a slice of bread, so please be aware.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Fees, Forms and T-shirts
Where in the world did February, March and April go? I was commenting yesterday to Viviane that it felt like it was the beginning of March here in Southeastern Michigan.... maybe that is because of our cold and crummy weather... we are just this week having a solid week in the 50's... just yesterday I had to scrape a frosty snow layer off my car. I want to cry... it is just not far to be so cold for so long!!!! I am over cabin fever and ready for our camping weekend!! Maybe we will be fortunate that June will prove to be a beautiful balmy month and not quite the sauna from the past two years. :)
So Topics of today-
1. FEES- The deadline for Reunion fees is May 1st. Please keep this in mind. I am open to Paypal or checks in the mail... whichever is easier. I can tell you guys that Viviane and I cannot move forward right now until the fees are in. We are dead in the water (because we have received a limited # of fees) so please get them in so we can make this a successful event!! If you have sent your fees, thank you! If you haven't please, please send them today!
2. FORMS- Thank you to those of you that have sent me your forms either in the mail with your payment or electronically. These forms help us immensely.... if you haven't signed up for a potluck item, let me know and I will give you a few ideas of what may still be needed.... pretty sure we still need hotdogs and hamburgers! (Hotdogs, hamburgers, smoked pork and buns are now covered though it would help with costs if another family or two would sign up for hamburgers. If anyone wants to bring chicken, please remember to pre-cook it. We could use another green salad - Yvonne is making shopska- and possibly a tray of hamburger/hotdog fixings like tomatoes, lettuce, onions, pickles, and condiments.)
3. T-SHIRTS- We will be ordering the shirts earlier this year, the past two years we have cut the deadline close. My t-shirt guy has been wonderful to give us a great price because he adores my little ladybug (Thanks Nicky Minaj for changing the way that sounds in my head!!) Anyways, Tom is a wonderful guy and tells me every time he sees me that I did such a wonderful thing in adopting Elina... boy I have him fooled... I'm the lucky one to have such a spitfire. So getting to the point, in the past 2 years I have allowed people to order t-shirts almost up until the week of the reunion... this equals a very frenzied Momma trying to pick up t-shirts the day before leaving and Tom with his gravel voice saying... "Yeeee---vonne, I pulled it off but you need to give me more time girl." In an effort to preserve both my sanity and Tom's I am ordering the t-shirts the first week of May. This means that I need the t-shirt sizes ASAP... send me your forms so I can organize this!
***NOTE: If you are a family that is still waiting for travel dates and are putting off sending fees, please contact me ASAP so that we can work out the t-shirt order. I can always ship your t-shirts to you if you are unable to attend. But I would really hate for anyone to not have the reunion shirt for our pictures! BTW, I will not be ordering extra t-shirts this year. Last year I ordered extra and we still have a few left. If you are interested in purchasing a 2012 t-shirt for $5, please e-mail Viviane for the sizes that are left! ***
Now, send fill our that form, open PayPal or pull out an envelope and stamp and help make the Reunion a success! :)
So Topics of today-
1. FEES- The deadline for Reunion fees is May 1st. Please keep this in mind. I am open to Paypal or checks in the mail... whichever is easier. I can tell you guys that Viviane and I cannot move forward right now until the fees are in. We are dead in the water (because we have received a limited # of fees) so please get them in so we can make this a successful event!! If you have sent your fees, thank you! If you haven't please, please send them today!
2. FORMS- Thank you to those of you that have sent me your forms either in the mail with your payment or electronically. These forms help us immensely.... if you haven't signed up for a potluck item, let me know and I will give you a few ideas of what may still be needed.... pretty sure we still need hotdogs and hamburgers! (Hotdogs, hamburgers, smoked pork and buns are now covered though it would help with costs if another family or two would sign up for hamburgers. If anyone wants to bring chicken, please remember to pre-cook it. We could use another green salad - Yvonne is making shopska- and possibly a tray of hamburger/hotdog fixings like tomatoes, lettuce, onions, pickles, and condiments.)
3. T-SHIRTS- We will be ordering the shirts earlier this year, the past two years we have cut the deadline close. My t-shirt guy has been wonderful to give us a great price because he adores my little ladybug (Thanks Nicky Minaj for changing the way that sounds in my head!!) Anyways, Tom is a wonderful guy and tells me every time he sees me that I did such a wonderful thing in adopting Elina... boy I have him fooled... I'm the lucky one to have such a spitfire. So getting to the point, in the past 2 years I have allowed people to order t-shirts almost up until the week of the reunion... this equals a very frenzied Momma trying to pick up t-shirts the day before leaving and Tom with his gravel voice saying... "Yeeee---vonne, I pulled it off but you need to give me more time girl." In an effort to preserve both my sanity and Tom's I am ordering the t-shirts the first week of May. This means that I need the t-shirt sizes ASAP... send me your forms so I can organize this!
***NOTE: If you are a family that is still waiting for travel dates and are putting off sending fees, please contact me ASAP so that we can work out the t-shirt order. I can always ship your t-shirts to you if you are unable to attend. But I would really hate for anyone to not have the reunion shirt for our pictures! BTW, I will not be ordering extra t-shirts this year. Last year I ordered extra and we still have a few left. If you are interested in purchasing a 2012 t-shirt for $5, please e-mail Viviane for the sizes that are left! ***
Now, send fill our that form, open PayPal or pull out an envelope and stamp and help make the Reunion a success! :)
Monday, April 22, 2013
Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet
Friends, we need help.
Please take a look at all the work which will have to be done to make the reunion a success and let us
know where you can pitch in. You can leave a comment or email me at viviane 8 at yahoo dot com. This year,
we will have a sheet posted at the reunion with tasks and the names of those
who volunteered to complete them, so that Yvonne and I can have a little more
time to socialize with everyone, too. If
the job you volunteer to do requires any supplies, Yvonne and I will have them
ready for you. Teens are invited to volunteer as well.
FRIDAY
Set up tables, chairs and tents around 4:00 pm - David N., Kay & J.C. B.
Fill up water balloons around 4:30 pm - Terri and Marty G.
Decorate tables around 4:30 pm - Stephanie B.
Assist with nacho bar prep and set-up around 5:30 pm - Meagan & Kurt B.
Announce/run children's games (musical chairs & water balloon toss) around 6:00 pm - Tony S., Yana & Bojan B.
Set up and serve at the ice-cream social around 7:30 pm - Irina & Max B., Katie & Andrew R.
Collect garbage and transport to dumpster around 9:00 pm - Aaron and Jennifer S.
SATURDAY MORNING
Prep and set-up breakfast bar around 8:00 am and on - Stephanie B.
Take the group photo around 9:45 am - Jennifer S.
Toddler stories and games at 10: 00 am, ages 4 and under - Jason and Kim V., Craig M.
Photo/Video Scavenger Hunt at 10:00 am, ages 5-10 (5 volunteers with digital cameras to accompany teams and 1 judge needed) - Celeste H., Lindsey P., Aaron S., Jennifer S., David N., Coleen S.
Preteen/Teen Challenge at 10:00 am, ages 11-21 (5 volunteers to advise and assist teams with their challenges and 3 judges needed) - Allen R., Donna L., Kay M.
Supervise and assist at arts and crafts table - Kay B.
Collect garbage and transport to dumpster around 12:00 noon - Aaron and Jennifer S.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
SUNDAY
FRIDAY
Set up tables, chairs and tents around 4:00 pm - David N., Kay & J.C. B.
Fill up water balloons around 4:30 pm - Terri and Marty G.
Decorate tables around 4:30 pm - Stephanie B.
Assist with nacho bar prep and set-up around 5:30 pm - Meagan & Kurt B.
Announce/run children's games (musical chairs & water balloon toss) around 6:00 pm - Tony S., Yana & Bojan B.
Assist with nacho bar take/down and clean-up around 7:00 pm - Andrew & Katie R.
Set up and serve at the ice-cream social around 7:30 pm - Irina & Max B., Katie & Andrew R.
Clean up the shirt decorating area around 8:00 pm - Lynda C. & Family
Collect garbage and transport to dumpster around 9:00 pm - Aaron and Jennifer S.
SATURDAY MORNING
Prep and set-up breakfast bar around 8:00 am and on - Stephanie B.
Assist with breakfast clean-up around 9:30 am - Wendy B., Donna L.
Take the group photo around 9:45 am - Jennifer S.
Toddler stories and games at 10: 00 am, ages 4 and under - Jason and Kim V., Craig M.
Photo/Video Scavenger Hunt at 10:00 am, ages 5-10 (5 volunteers with digital cameras to accompany teams and 1 judge needed) - Celeste H., Lindsey P., Aaron S., Jennifer S., David N., Coleen S.
Preteen/Teen Challenge at 10:00 am, ages 11-21 (5 volunteers to advise and assist teams with their challenges and 3 judges needed) - Allen R., Donna L., Kay M.
Supervise and assist at arts and crafts table - Kay B.
Pick-up children’s wrist bands for the splash park (if we
have the funds) around 11:00 am - Celeste & Chris H.
Collect garbage and transport to dumpster around 12:00 noon - Aaron and Jennifer S.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Assist with Enyovden cultural activity at 4:30 pm - Acia S.
Set-up for potluck around 5:30 pm - Adrienne P. and Gail D.
Grill for potluck around 5:30 pm - Steven P. and Mark D.
Clean-up after potluck around 7:00 pm - Adrienne P. and Gail D.
Make and supervise a campfire around 7:30 pm
Collect garbage and transport it to the dumpster around 9:00 pm - Aaron and Jennifer S.
SUNDAY
Assist with cooking/setting up breakfast around 8:00 am and on - Alicia K.
Assist with breakfast clean-up around 9:30 am - Allen R.
Take down tents/tables/chairs around 10:00 am - Lynda C. & Family
Clean up cul-de-sac around 10:00 am - Adrienne & Steven P.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
2013 Reunion Schedule
2013 Reunion Schedule
Friday, June 21
Check in starts at 3:00 pm - Please
meet us at cabin 4H to receive your welcome bag
5:00 pm - Meet & greet with icebreakers for the kids & t-shirt decorating
6:30 pm - Nacho bar
7:30 pm - Icecream
social
8:00 pm - Campfire
Saturday, June 22
8:30 - 9:30 am - Breakfast
in the cul-de-sac (provided)
9:45 am - Group
photo
9:30 – 12:00 am - Bubbles,
Balloons, Play Dough, and Chalk
Games
(all ages) – twister, hopscotch, jump rope, balls
Crafts
(all ages) – friendship necklaces, paper airplanes, beads
10:00 – 10:30 am - Toddler
story time and games, ages 4 and under
10:00 – 10:30 am - Scavenger
Photo Hunt, ages 5-10
10:00 – 11:00 am - Teen/Preteen
Challenge Game, ages 11 and up
Noon - 4:30 pm - family
time to mingle, rest, or explore, have lunch, visit the splash park
4:30 pm - face painting starts
5:00- 6:00 pm - Culture
Time: Enyovden Celebration with a story, song, game, and Enyovden wreaths
5:30 pm - Set
up for potluck
6:30 pm - Potluck
dinner
7:30 pm - Campfire,
smores (provided), dance the Horo
Sunday, June 23
8:00- 9:00 am - Group breakfast (provided), thanks and
farewell
9:30 am - Clean-up
11:00 am - Check out
Friday, March 1, 2013
Happy Grandmother March
Честита Баба Марта
Chestita Baba Marta!
To all of our friends have a Happy Grandmother March. May you have good heath!
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