Items to think about when planning for huge family reunion.
Information center with message board:
- natural place is on dining room cabinet, but it gets too congested there;
- suggestion: on folding table on patio
- folding table
- binder with information for the day, the week
- erasable board with dry erasers for folks to leave messages
- e.g.,
- Kevin: going to Kalispell at 2:00 today; anyone want to join us?
- Dave: taking garbage to Lakeside later today;
- Jan: towels being washed today at 1:00 p.m.
Storage areas for each family: cabinet upstairs between kitchen, dining area, for keys, wallets, purses, etc.
- Williston klan
- Tucson klan
- Minnesota klan
Beverage:
- number one beverage everyone will forget about, but most critical -- and it will vary from family to family with all those kids: milk -- what type of milk needs to be kept in refrigerator?
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Seating Areas
Guiding principal: house will get very crowded if everyone in the house at the same time.
- house inside:
- downstairs: TV room, televised sports: 8
- upstairs: dining room, tight, crowded; need to keep table clear: 8
- house outside:
- upstairs balcony, best spot: 8
- downstairs: patio, extending on to lawn, and even to the commons: unlimited
- lakefront:
- down by the kayaks: unlimited but chairs need to be brought down; consider four folding chairs each morning
- pavilion: unlimited
- pontoon boat, second best spot: 12
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Meals
Memorial Day: I'm assuming Jan will have the Memorial Day for Ruth sorted out.
Specials:
- Pizza Day: four large pizzas
- Spaghetti Day
- Hot Dog / Hamburger Day
- Rotisserie Chicken Day: four chickens
- Casserole Day / lasagna -- store bought; Tyson chicken strips, microwave
Stove/oven:
- 06:00 -- 08:00
- batch of pancakes
- 10:00 -- 11:00:
- spaghetti
- hot dogs
- 2:00 -- 4:00:
- casseroles, lasagna
- jello
Island separating kitchen from dining room:
- clear it off
- paper plates, plastic cups, plastic utensils
- coffee cups (disposable)
- sharpies
- rolls of paper towels
- syrup for pancakes
- cereal: three family-size boxes -- Cheerios, other
- assortment of breads, buns, bagels
- chips; perhaps several family-size bags, but also individual assortment
- popcorn: microwave
- all beverages in beverage refrigerator down stairs
Breakfast: assume most folks will have breakfast where they are lodging
- pancakes seemed to be a hit when Karla and I were there in July; consider plate of pancakes every morning;
- cereal on the kitchen/dining room island
Evening meals: assume most folks will return to their lodging for dinner, but many will want to stay late
- spaghetti: prepare during the day;
- hamburgers, hot dogs;
- salads:
- lettuce, cabbage, baby carrots
- three salad dressings
- bacon bits; shredded cheese
Lunch:
- upstairs kitchen refrigerator
- clear out any "unnecessary" items
- door: condiments
- remove all drinks (exceptions, of course)
- luncheon meats
- luncheon cheeses
- kitchen table:
- keep clear
- for food preparation
- ice chest, at least three, for beverages:
- one on balcony;
- one one patio;
- one on pontoon boat;
- hosts need to keep ice chests full
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The Klans
Note: "klan" is Norwegian for "clan."
Five klans.
- Twenty-eight people in all.
- Twenty adults.
- Six children.
- Two teenagers.
Greenwald klan (4 / 0).
- Jan
- Dave
- Cameron
- Connor
Kathy's klan (6 / 1):
- Kathy
- Jorge
- Anna
- Kevin
- Avery
- Sofia
- Jesus
Karla's klan (3 / 2 / 1):
- Karla
- Rob
- Toby
- Caleb
- Caitlyn
- Gemma
Yvonne's klan (6 / 4): arrive Friday 1:30
- Yvonne
- Terry
- Eric
- Alicia
- Julian
- Bennett
- Jennifer
- Greg
- Amelia
- Oliver
Bruce's klan (1 / 0):
- Bruce
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Travel Arrangements: Bruce
Flight:
- DFW -- PDX -- DFW: $294. One person.
AMTRAK:
- PDX -- Whitefish -- PDX: $159. One person.
No rental car.
- Had I gotten a rental car, insurance for the car itself, $22/day x 12 day = $264.
- If a rental car was available: about $90/day x 12 = $1,080.
Uber:
- PDX to Laura's home: $31
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