molner family reunion 2008

Map of nearby activities

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Family Reunion - Activity Teams

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Molner Family Reunion 2008
Crystal Mountain Resort
12500 Crystal Mountain Drive, Thompsonville, MI 49683
Phone: (231) 378 – 2000 Fax: (231) 378 – 4603
Web: crystalmountain.com or info@crystalmountain.com
Event Questions:
Event Dates:
Based upon the resorts recommendation, for the best seasonal rates we are looking at the following dates for our family union:
July 2, 2008 ~ Sunday July 6, 2008

Activities and Research To Do:
Note: Each group leader must consist of an Uncle or Aunt and/or Niece or Nephew not in the same immediate family.

Things to Do and Things to Organize:
#1: Organize Golf:

Uncle Steve, Ryan and Zack
#2: Awards and Prizes for Golf:
Uncle Howie, Wesley
#3: Goodie Bags for each Family:
Aunt Paula and Aunt Kathy
Emily, Kelsey and Kaitlyn
#4: Organize Children’s Activities:
Kids under 10 have activities at the Water Park
Katie, Chad, Chris

#5: Scavenger Hunt with Family History, Clues and Prizes:
Grandma, Kristen, Corrina and Madison

#6: Fishing Expedition for Grandpa and Uncles:
Uncle Dan and Grandpa

#7: Surry Ride
Uncle Mike
#:8 Tubing, Canoe and Kayak trips down the Platte River
Uncle Jim and Aunt Margo
Zack, Phil, Tad. David Kempf, Diederik and Truman
Guy cousins to pair up with a girl cousin and take care of girls – brothers can not take care of sisters, etc.

#9: Family Photo:
Uncle Bert and Michael
Determine what color clothes everyone should wear for family photo:
Blue Denim shirts with Khaki pants
Island Camp Print shirts (Hawaiian) with Khaki pants
Dark colored top with light pants or shorts, etc.
#9: Shirts or Jackets for Family Photo Pricing & Artwork
Aunt Celeste and Aunt Lisa ll
Josh Hulst – art work

Determine price point and style family would like family photo in:
denim shirt, button down, long sleeve
fleece jacket
classic golf cardigan,
polo shirt or
T-shirt.

Dinner: Do we want to have an opening "Cook Out" and or a nice "Celebration Dinner" to celebrate Mom & Dads 60th Wedding Anniversary on Saturday evening and close out the Family Reunion.
Have kids participate as host and hostess, make something fun for place setting name tags, bandana’s etc.

#10: Cook Out:
Aunt Celia, Aunt Mary
Katie, Lindsey, Melanie, David Molnar

THE COOK OUT
(minimum 20 guests)
Hamburgers, hot dogs, bratwurst, condiments, tossed salad with ranch and French dressing,
coleslaw, potato chips, baked beans, and corn on the cob.
Served picnic-style with plastic plates, silverware, and paper napkins.
$16.95

#11: Saturday Night Anniversary Dinner
Aunt Lisa, Aunt Louise and Aunt Judy
Savannah, Koty and Sebastian
Additional cost for dinner is the $200.00 room charge and special dessert for Mom and Dad

BRASSERIE
Tossed garden salad served with cherry vinaigrette and low-fat ranch
Multi-grain pasta salad
Quartered rotisserie chicken
Grilled salmon topped with fruit salsa
Roasted redskin potatoes
Roasted vegetables
Whole wheat rolls
Fresh fruit salad with honey-lime yogurt for dessert
$23.95
~ OR ~

CRYSTAL'S FAVORITES
Tossed spring greens salad with toasted pecans, mandarin oranges, and dried cherries with cherry vinaigrette
Pasta salad of the day
Petite grilled sirloin filet with Gorgonzola-artichoke cream sauce
Seared breast of chicken with creamy Dijon sauce
Grilled salmon with fruit relish
Roasted redskin potatoes
Fresh seasonal vegetables
$25.95

List of family, extended and guests

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Molner Family Reunion 2008
Number in Family Extended
Family Family/guests
Children
#1. Albert & Alberta Molner * 2

#2. Louise & Rick Kempf * 2
Ryan, Kristen, Lindsey, Kelsey, *4
David & Melanie *1 *1

#3. Mary Scholten & Corrina *2
Michael & Partner *1 *1

#4. Jim & Paula Molner *2
Derek & Katie and two children *4
Curt & Partner, *2
Chad & Meagan and two children *4
Chris & spouse and three children *5

#5. Lisa Molner *1

#6. Dan & Judy Molnar *2
David, Susan, *2
Diederik & Sebastian *2

#7. Celia & Steve Hulst *2
Josh *1
Tad & guest *2

#8. Celeste & Mike Kommer *2
Phil &, Emilie & Josh *2 *1
Andi & Spouse *2

#9. Margo & Howie Bott *2

#10. Joe & Kathy Molner *2
Zack & guest, Wes & Koty *3 *1

#11. Bert& Lisa Molner`` *2
Kaitlyn & Savannah, Madison & Truman *4
TOTAL 43 21
GRAND TOTAL 64

Reunion funnies...

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I'm sure this is no reflection on the grandparents' marriage:

A married couple was celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. At the party everybody wanted to know how they managed to stay married so long in this day and age. The husband responded "When we were first married we came to an agreement. I would make all the major decisions and my wife would make all the minor decisions. And in 60 years of marriage we have never needed to make a major decision."

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Tribute to our Ancestors

from "Rhyming Relations: Genealogy in Verse"

THEY did not choose us, nor we them; we never knew them, nor they us; yet we are inextricably bound together for all eternity and there is no law in the universe, no metamorphosis physical or spiritual, that can ever alter this inalienable truth.
OFTEN we may wish for different ones and feel moved to deny the ones we have, but this is as futile as it is foolish to invent spurious ones, for our deception will surely be unmasked, if not by others, ultimately by our own conscience.
WE owe everything, our very existence, to our ancestors, and yet we know next to nothing of them because mostly their lives were so humbly recorded. It is good that we seek to expand our knowledge of their lives so that we may better understand our own.
THEY made us, body and soul, and we must accept without complaint or rancour what they were and what we are, for nothing and no-one can ever change this fact and it is barren folly to dwell obsessively upon it.
WE recognise that the legacy of genetic inheritance is a double-edged sword. We should be grateful for those gifts of personality and disposition our ancestors bestowed upon us which we find beneficial and not rail against those traits we find less appealing, for it is surely in our own hands to change them.
WE should take pride in our ancestors and their achievements wherever possible, whether high-born or low, rich or poor, prince or pauper, and not seek arbitrarily to revile or condemn them for acts of which we know nothing of the causes.
WE must learn from them, from their mistakes as well as their successes; from their tragedies as well as their triumphs; from their sins as well as their virtues; from their hopes as well as their fears.
POSTERITY and history are irrevocably interwined in the present. No coherent vision of the future can exist without an affinity for the past and cognizance of the lives of our forebears.
REMEMBER that we, too, are the ancestors of those yet unborn and we should seek to leave for them a heritage of which they can be as proud as we are of that which our forebears bequeathed to us.
WE bless and thank our ancestors for the legacy of the good things they gave us, forgive them their errors and pray that we will endeavour to use wisely the knowledge which they handed down to us.

How do I get to the reunion??

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Directions to Crystal Mountain.com
(the links below will get you to a map and then a link for driving directions via Mapquest:

For door to door directions:
http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?2a=12500%20CRYSTAL%20MOUNTAIN%20DR&2c=THOMPSONVILLE&2s=MI&2z=49683%2d9393&2y=US&go=1

From Detroit (234 miles) http://www.crystalmountain.com/about/index.cfm?fuseaction=directionsdetroit

From Grand Rapids (130 miles)
http://www.crystalmountain.com/about/index.cfm?seaction=directionsgrandrapids

From Fort Wayne (295) or Indianapolis (380)
http://www.crystalmountain.com/about/index.cfm?fuseaction=directionsindiana

Things to do (PART II)

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For those who are perhaps, less adventurous - -
you can take a self guided walk in the art park...
... or go up in the ski lift.
Enjoy a free movie on the lawn...
eat ice cream!
OR enjoy a sunset...

Things to do at Crystal Mountain...

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Fourth of July Fireworks! Mountain biking (bikes can be rented by the hour)...
For the adventurous, you can try your hand at climing a wall...
Take a relaxing swim, or try to navigate across on the lily pads...

Accomodations e mail from Lisa Molner

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Hey Phil, Josh, Tad, Michael and Zack: We all missed you at Uncle Bert's wedding this past weekend. Seriously!! The wedding was fun and you guys would have enjoyed seeing all your cousins. I wanted to give you a heads up on a Family Reunion - 2008 we are planing for next summer at Crystal Mountain Resort. I made a packet of information for each family and individual packets for the cousins who live on their own, (Josh, Michael, Derek and Zack). Josh and Zack, your parents have your packets. Michael, Mary has your packet and Derek, your Dad and Paula have your packet. Check out the web site and look under lodging then accommodations.
http://www.crystalmountain.com/

FYI: I called the Crystal Mountain Resort today to see if "Cottages At Waters Edge" were available for the week of July 4th 2008. As you will see only one 3 Bedroom "Cottage At Waters Edge" was available for a full week. Then I asked for open dates during that week for other "Cottages At Waters Edge" which are Wednesday July 2, 2008 through Sunday July 6, 2008. We are looking at these dates because these were the best summer rates. Note: the other condo's I listed in your packet and hotel room accommodations are available during those dates. I wanted to check on the "Cottages At Waters Edge" because they were clustered together. In the next few days or week I will make an excel spread sheet for everyone to sign up for cottages or condo's, etc. and the dates you are available for the reunion. Phil, Josh, Tad, Michael and Zack ...my understanding from the cousins who attended Uncle Bert's (UB's) wedding is that they want cousins to stay in cottages together. (Parents would need to give permission for cousin's under the age of 18). I have reserved and placed down payments for two three bed room cottages that will sleep up to 8 or 9 people each. If you cousins are serious about this you need to sign up for this adventure and be prepared to stay up late playing cards and yakking!! These three bedroom cottages "Cottages at Waters Edge" are reserved from Wednesday July 2nd through Sunday July 6th. Kristen, Corrina and Lindsey you need to connect with Emily because I don't have her e.mail address. For everyone else, I have reserved the following:
#1: Louise & Rick 3 Bedroom Cottages at Waters Edge
Arrive: Saturday June 28, 2008
Depart: Sunday July 6, 2008
$240 Deposit paid on 8/21/07 Confirmation # 4585 1W

#2: Lisa, Mom and Dad 2 Bedroom Cottage at Waters Edge
Arrive: Wednesday July 2, 2008
Depart: Sunday July 6, 2008
$240 Deposit paid on 8/21/07 Confirmation # 4585 1X

#3: Girl Cousins: 3 Bedroom Cottage at Waters Edge
Arrive: Wednesday July 2, 2008
Depart: Sunday July 6, 2008
$240 Deposit paid on 8/21/07 Confirmation # 4585 JO

#4: Guy Cousins: 3 Bedroom Cottage at Waters Edge
Arrive: Wednesday July 2, 2008
Depart: Sunday July 6, 2008
$240 Deposit paid on 8/21/07 Confirmation# 4585 J2

#5: 3 Bedroom Cottage at Waters Edge
Arrive: Wednesday July 2, 2008
Depart: Sunday July 6, 2008
$240 Deposit paid on 8/21/07 Confirmation # 4585 J3

Aunt Margo brought up an idea to develop a BLOG Page for the Molner Family Reunion - 2008 so that all of us can stay connected. Do any of you young geniuses know how to do that and would someone volunteer to set up a BLOG Page? Mom's and Dad's, Aunt's and Uncle's we need to plan a date in December when the kids have Christmas break to touch base and start planning events and decide on one or two dinners. Let me know if any of you have questions. If I forgot to e.mail someone in your family or I don't have an e.mail address (current or correct) for someone please send me the correct e.mail address or home address and phone number. ...Thanks, Love you all ...more,
Lisa K. Molner
South Haven Conference Center
410 Blue Star Hwy
South Haven, MI 49090
phone: (269) 637 - 5287 fax: (269) 637 - 2151