Wednesday, January 20, 2010

St. Pat's weekend


Hey everyone

This is a reminder of the big Neary weekend of March 19, 20 & 21 for St. Pat's celebration and Bill's 60th birthday. (Whoohoo Bill!)Also, on Saturday morning, the 'girls' are going to have a bridal shower for Megan. It's going to be a MEGA Neary get together!! For whoever can get here on Friday night, we can hang out here or at the farm (or go out too), then Saturday we'll have the shower at our house from 10-12. Afterwards we can go downtown to eat lunch at one of the vendors (unless it's really cold, then we'll eat here). At 1 pm we'll be ready to march in the parade. I'm assuming most of the Neary's will go out downtown after the parade to help Bill celebrate his 60th birthday (I'm babysitting Caroline back here :))....I'm fixing ham sandwiches and potato salad at our house for supper that night---oh and birthday cake with 60 candles! I think Pizza Ranch will be a good option for Sunday for whoever is still here at noon.

As far as t-shirts, we're finalizing those in the next couple weeks. A t-shirt shop downtown Eburg that does the t-shirts for St. Pats and for families (who have marched in other parades) is making them. The t-shirts will be $10 each...let me know how many you want, and what size. These will be long-sleeved t-shirts unless you tell me otherwise. I "think" the t-shirts will have Neary on one side with the date underneath (the year the Nearys came to Eburg)...and a saying and shamrock on the other side...nothing too crazy, as we want to do one t-shirt style for everyone (including kids)....so we'll keep it appropriate. If you have any good ideas for a saying, let me know....we have to give her our info by Feb. 20.

We're also having a plastic banner made with Neary on it and hopefully the family crest. Does anyone have an idea of what we might throw out or hand out along the parade route? Candy? Beads? (tiny cans of beer? :)) Gold candy coins? That might go along with Tyler's big leprechaun...it could be the Pot of gold.

It should be a great St. Pat's weekend!! I'll let you know more details when we figure them out!

Terry (& Joe)

10 comments:

Mr.Bill said...

Sounds fun. How about"Enjoying Life...One St Pats at a Time".

Unknown said...

This makes me so happy! Yay!!! I love our family!

Amy said...

That's a good one, Bill!

The only one I had thought of was "Life's too short to be anything but Irish."

I can't wait for the fun!

Laura said...

I like both of your ideas, Amy and Bill. As I've been bored down here in AZ, here are a few ideas:

American by Birth
Irish by the Grace of God

Or

Neary written on the top of a circle
Irish written on the bottom of a circle
Shamrock in the middle
* the circle is green and orange

Or

Superman emblem on the front, but in green, with Irish in the middle
The back of the shirt would say Neary and the year or 5 Generations

That's it for now, and, yes, I did get these online:-)

Terry said...

Those are all great ideas...keep them coming family!

Shannon said...

If you're lucky enough to be Irish, you're lucky enough!

My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic!

Irish I could drink in this parade...

If you can read this, please call 555-5555.

Laura said...

Irish I could drink in this parade....hahahaha!

chrisandjim said...
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chrisandjim said...

Hmmm... Wasn't finished with my comments but accidentally hit 'publish'. So, I'll try again.
Love the creative ideas but I don't have anything clever to add. Thanks Terry for organizing everything again. Really looking forward to a Neary get together. Hope the weather cooperates.The way this winter has gone, it may be snowing. We'll have to wear the T-shirts on the outside of our coats!

Terry said...

One more fun thing happening on the weekend of St. Pat's...it's the opening games of March Madness! It could be pretty great cheering for our 'teams'...bring on the Neary Madness!