Schedule

What a fun weekend we will have! Here is a high-level schedule of events. More details about activities for the kids will be provided later. Please post comments and/or feedback.

Friday
Arrive & get settled
Supper
Story Time with Grandma T
Bunko

Saturday
Breakfast
Family Pictures
Kid Video Interviews
Lunch
Nap Time
Hay Ride ($11 adults, kids $5, on lap free) / Horseback Riding ($17-22 each) - post comment if you want to Horseback Ride
Bon Fire / Wienie Roast at the stable
Story Time with Grandma T
Board Games / Table Games / Wii

Sunday
Breakfast (for early-birds)
Worship Service
Brunch - Celebrate Grandma T's Birthday
Nap Time
Supper
Family Talent Show
Karaoke

Monday
Breakfast
Hike to Laurel Falls (easy, paved)
Picnic Lunch
Afternoon free-time to enjoy the Smokies
Supper
Story Time with Grandma T
Board Games / Table Games / Wii

Tuesday
Breakfast
Pack Up & Check Out
Lunches to go(?)

FOOD

Hello all,

We are starting to plan a menu for the retreat and wanted a little feedback from the gang about a few things.

1. Breakfast: since we will all definitely NOT be up at the same time, we are thinking that breakfast might be better left to the individual families to serve themselves (and clean up after themselves). We can purchase cereal, oatmeal, bagels, etc. to have on hand. We were thinking about doing a big breakfast later in the morning at least one morning in place of lunch. I guess you could call it brunch. Thoughts?

2. Your personal specialty: If you have a favorite recipe that you'd like to share with the group, please let us know so we can try to include it.

3. Dislikes/Food allergies: Please be sure to include this information on Robyn's questionnaire. Thanks!

That is all for now. There will be more...
Tracy

Communications Committee Questionaire

Teri, Jenny & I have decided to do a questionaire for all of the family members. We're going to create a googledoc for each person the go into and input their answers. (Don't worry, we'll include instructions for those who haven't done it before.) We've already thought up questions for the family booklet as well as questions that we wanted to ask for use on the other committies we're part of. We thought it would be nice to get together all of the questions that members of the other committoes might have and combine them. That way we can all access the info on google docs, and it should save some time & effort for information gathering. The questions we have some up with so far are:

Preferred contact method: email vs. cell or home phone
Food allergies/issues/likes/dislikes
Skin allergies and the like
Medical issues (diabeties, etc.)
Favorite candy
Garment preferences for souvienier
Favorite board/card/dice games
TV preferences for children (no TV, no to specific shows, etc)
Favorite flower
Favorite store
Favorite ice cream / dessert
Favorite meals/dishes
What you do to relax?
Favorite movie
Favorite book / kids book for grandma to read at reunion
Secret ambition
Favorite drink
(I know this list isn't pretty, but we'll clean it up before we put it in the googledoc)

Please comment on this post with any questions you would like to have included, and after we have them all together, the communications committee will create the individual googledocs and email each person with the link.

Thanks,
Robyn

Hilliger Family Contact Database

The Contact Database is now available for viewing on Google Docs!

I sent everyone an email with a link so that you can see it. Feel free to print the contact list or save the email with the link in it and you can click on it anytime you want to view! You can also make changes if you see if something is wrong.

Thanks to everyone for giving me the info!! :)

PS- There are a few turds who shan't remain nameless who did not give me the correct email address. Either that or I'm the turd who didn't write it down properly. Whatever the case, I am going to write your names in the comment section of this post so that hopefully your diligent nuclear family relatives will contact you asking you to contact me so that I can correct your email address. OR....your computer savvy nuclear family relatives could just correct it for me right in the google doc! Either way will work!

Grrrrreat News!!!

Some of us thought that it was a long, long way to drive just for a short time, so we looked into getting an extra night for a reduced amount.

And...we got the extra night for

HALF OF THE NORMAL RATE!!!

We are now able to stay

MONDAY NIGHT as well!!!

To summarize...

Check-In:
3:00 pm on Friday October 16th

Check-Out:
10:00 am on TUESDAY October 20th

Party on!!!

Reunion Committees

Here is the list of committees and volunteers:





This list is subject to change.

REMINDER!!

WHAT:
Conference call tonight!
WHO:
Those wanting to be involved in planning reunion details
WHEN:
Wednesday, June 3 7:00pm CT, 8:00pm ET
WHY:
To discuss committees needed and get volunteers for committees.

Conference call dial-in:
(605) 475-4850
Access Code: 173218#

This conference call will be one hour.

I hereby nominate...

ROBYN AND MY MOM (AUNT BARB)

to be co-chairs for the planning of our family reunion. It would be their job to determine what other committees are needed and get volunteers for those committees.

Please feel free to post your comments (or other nominations, for that matter) as you see fit.

Many blessings and most sincerely,
Teri

Pigeon Forge October Weather

Hey y'all, Aunt Barb here...

I was wondering what the weather was like at Pigeon Forge in October and I thought you might be interested also.

October	Sunrise	Sunset	Average High	Average Low	Mean	Record High	Record Low
16	7:42 AM	6:57 PM	71°F	43°F	57°F	84°F (1984)	29°F (1987)
17	7:43 AM	6:56 PM	70°F	43°F	56°F	84°F (1998)	27°F (1970)
18	7:44 AM	6:54 PM	70°F	42°F	56°F	84°F (1984)	26°F (1969)

This was taken from www.weather.com.

Buckskin layout

I called JoAnn to inquire about the floorplan - if we could see one or something, and of course they don't have one available... Anyway, she described how the cabin is laid out and I'll do my best to describe it for all of you!
There is a large room in the middle of each of the three levels. On the lowest level there would be the media room. On one side of the media room there would be two bedrooms with a king bed in each. The other side would have the two bedrooms with (2)queen bunkbeds in each. There are two queen sleeper sofas on the lower level as well. The middle floor has the dining room that seats 44 and the double kitchen. Two bedrooms on either end would have king beds.
The upper floor has the game room and living room with the fireplace. There will be two sleeper sofas in the LR and two bedrooms on either end with king beds. Each bedroom has it's own bath. There are three half baths and I bet one would be on each of the levels. I hope that helps. We could have someone go check it out. They should just call ahead to make sure that it's not being used.
800-808-3903. This is going to be great!
Aunt Lori

Surprise! We have a winner!!

Upon further review for the dates of the Sunny Brook Farm property, we had some conflicts among the family members who couldn't be there on Sunny Brook's available dates. Since none of the dates available for Sunny Brook were jiving Aunt Lori, Aunt Barb, Uncle Al, and Aunt Carol made an executive decision to book the Buckskin (luxurious) Lodge for our reunion on the weekend of October 16-18. I repeat:

THE HILLIGER FAMILY REUNION WILL TAKE PLACE AT BUCKSKIN LODGE ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY NIGHTS
OCTOBER 16-18.

3857 Clabo Mountain Lane
Sevierville, TN 37862 (800) 808-3903

• 12 Bedrooms (10 Kings, 4 Queen Bunk Beds, and 4 Sleeper Sofas)
• Sleeps up to 44 adults
• 12 Bathrooms with 12 Indoor Jacuzzi Tubs
• 3 Half Bathrooms
• 2 Outdoor Hot Tubs
• Incredible mountain view
• Free High Speed Wireless Internet Access
• 1 Gas Fireplace
• Game room with Pool Table, Air Hockey Table, and Foosball Table
• 1 Big Screen TV, 14 Cable TVs, and 2 DVD/VCR Combos
• Media Room - 9' projection screen TV with surround sound, seating for 34, and PowerPoint hookup
• Kitchen with Dishwasher, Microwave, Range, Coffee Maker, Refrigerator
• Washer/Dryer
• Spacious covered decks
• 3 Charcoal Grills
• No pets are allowed in this cabin

If you have any questions you can call the Buckskin lodge people at the 800 number above 7 days a week. They have been very helpful on the phone thus far.

THIS IS GONNA BE AWESOME!!!!

You can check out more pics of the Buckskin Lodge by clicking here.

***Please be advised that there are NO PETS allowed at Buckskin lodge. We tried our very best to accommodate those who needed this allowance, but after review of kitchen facilities, meeting rooms, dates, and what-not we could not find a good fit that also allowed pets.***