Reunion Meal Assignments

Here are the meal assignments listed in two different ways.  First by date and then by individual person.  Please let me know if you see any errors (as in you have two assignments on the same day or two of the same type of assignment).  You should each have four assignments.  

Thursday, July 3^rd –

Dinner Prep – Trina, Nathan

Dinner Clean Up – Tawnia, Amanda

Friday, July 4^th –

Breakfast Prep – Emily, Michelle, Marnie, Allie

Breakfast Clean Up – Mindy, Tawnia, Brooke, Jenna

Dinner Prep – Eric, Aaron M., Summer, Joshy

Dinner Clean Up – Laurel, Clarissa, Henry, Emma

Saturday, July 5^th –

Breakfast Prep – Clarissa, Jared, Stevie, Joshy

Breakfast Clean Up – Emily, Amanda, Henry, Emma

Dinner Prep – Laurel, Tawnia, Bryan, Jenna

Dinner Clean Up – Michelle, Nathan, Brooke, Marnie

Sunday, July 6^th –

Breakfast Prep – Eric, Tawnia, Brooke, Summer

Breakfast Clean Up – Nathan, Laurel, Bryan, Stevie

Dinner Prep – Jared, Mindy, Marnie, Emma

Dinner Clean Up – Trina, Aaron M., Jenna, Allie

Monday, July 7^th –

Breakfast Prep – Mindy, Trina, Bryan, Henry

Breakfast Clean Up – Clarissa, Aaron M., Marnie, Joshy

Dinner Prep – Amanda, Michelle, Brooke, Allie

Dinner Clean Up – Jared, Emily, Summer, Stevie

Tuesday, July 8^th –

Breakfast Prep – Laurel, Amanda, Emma, Jenna

Breakfast Clean Up – Michelle, Jared, Summer, Allie

Dinner Prep – Emily, Clarissa, Stevie, Henry

Dinner Clean Up – Eric, Mindy, Bryan, Joshy

Wednesday, July 9^th –

Breakfast Prep – Nathan, Aaron M.

Breakfast Clean Up – Trina, Eric

Grandma – Play with grandbabies

Grandpa – Take Pictures and tell corny jokes

Trina – Thurs Dinner Prep, Sun Dinner Clean Up, Mon Breakfast Prep, Weds Breakfast Clean Up  

Adam – Head Chef

Summer – Fri Dinner Prep, Sun Breakfast Prep, Mon Dinner Clean Up, Tues Breakfast Clean Up

Marnie – Fri Breakfast Prep, Sat Dinner Clean Up, Sun Dinner Prep, Mon Breakfast Clean Up

Jenna – Fri Breakfast Clean Up, Sat Dinner Prep, Sun Dinner Clean Up, Tues Breakfast Prep

Tenley – Look Cute

Josie - Look Cute

Eric – Fri Dinner Prep, Sun Breakfast Prep, Tues Dinner Clean Up, Weds Breakfast Clean Up

Laurel – Fri Dinner Clean Up, Sat Dinner Prep, Sun Breakfast Clean Up, Tues Breakfast Prep

Stevie – Sat Breakfast Prep, Sun Breakfast Clean Up, Mon Dinner Prep, Tues Dinner Prep

Allie – Fri Breakfast Prep, Sun Dinner Clean Up, Mon Dinner Prep, Tues Breakfast Clean Up

Jared – Sat Breakfast Prep, Sun Dinner Prep, Mon Dinner Clean Up, Tues Breakfast Clean Up

Michelle – Fri Breakfast Prep, Sat Dinner Clean Up, Mon Dinner Prep, Tues Breakfast Clean Up

Brooke – Fri Breakfast Clean Up, Sat Dinner Clean Up, Sun Breakfast Prep, Mon Dinner Prep

Bryan – Sat Dinner Prep, Sun Breakfast Clean Up, Mon Breakfast Prep, Tues Dinner Clean Up

Emma – Fri Dinner Clean Up, Sat Breakfast Clean Up, Sun Dinner Prep, Tues Breakfast Prep

Tawnia – Thur Dinner Clean Up, Fri Breakfast Clean Up, Sat Dinner Prep, Sun Breakfast Prep

Emily – Fri Breakfast Prep, Sat Breakfast Clean Up, Mon Dinner Clean Up, Tues Dinner Prep

Aaron M. – Fri Dinner Prep, Sun Dinner Clean Up, Mon Breakfast Clean Up, Weds Breakfast Prep

Nathan – Thurs Dinner Prep, Sat Dinner Clean Up, Sun Breakfast Clean Up, Weds Breakfast Prep

Amanda – Thurs Dinner Clean Up, Sat Breakfast Clean Up, Mon Dinner Prep, Tues Breakfast Prep

Joshy – Fri Dinner Prep, Sat Breakfast Prep, Mon Breakfast Clean Up, Tues Dinner Clean Up

Henry – Fri Dinner Clean Up, Sat Breakfast Clean Up, Mon Breakfast Prep, Tues Dinner Prep

Katie - Look Cute

Mindy – Fri Breakfast Clean Up, Sun Dinner Prep, Mon Breakfast Prep, Tues Dinner Clean Up

Aaron S. – Assistant Head Chef

Aria - Look Cute

Clarissa – Fri Dinner Clean Up, Sat Breakfast Prep, Mon Breakfast Clean Up, Tues Dinner Prep

Jason - Absent 

menu followup

So it doesn't get buried and missed in the comments, here are Amanda's questions to the previous post with responses mixed in (from Trina - I didn't notice the blog was logged in as Adam until I'd typed this whole thing):

Are we going to bring a million plastic containers for the chopped fruits/veggies between meals?
That would be a good idea - hadn't thought of that. I'll make sure we pack a bunch. If you have room to bring some too, that would be great.

I like the idea of all these options! Do we think it will all get eaten?
Hope so! Anything left at the end will get divided between people with coolers to be eaten on the drives home (anyone not on a plane).

In the part with all the exclamation marks, when you say leftovers, do you mean wasted or tossed food? It looks like there will be endless leftovers. 
Good point. Leftovers, in this case, is - if you prep some food, finish it. No making things that you don't eat. There will be no plastic containers left for small servings, and there will be no room in the fridge to put things. If you make some pasta salad, finish it. If you make a green salad, down the hatch. If you make sandwiches, eat them.

Will there be any salty type snacks? Chips/crackers/pretzels, or popcorn to go with our endless movie showings? 
At the last reunion, non-meal snacks (like crackers) were the responsibility of each individual family because kids eat so differently, and they were kept out of the kitchen so they didn't get mixed in with the general food. I would advise doing that again if your kids like certain things that aren't included on this big list. I think a lot of the movies will be running during breakfast, but unpopped popcorn is cheap and easy, and a big bowl of popcorn would be a nice addition to the board game tournament that it looks like will be happening. Good idea. Adam can make it on the stovetop in a pot, so we don't need microwaved stuff or a popper.

And it looks like there is dessert for the bday girl, which is wonderful. Will there be dessert any of the other days? Or any popsicles or frozen stuff? I hear it will be hot.
Lots of people in the family (adults) have been talking recently about health issues including weight loss, so we deliberately left desserts off the menu. We might bring cookies for Summer's baptism, but that depends on if I get enough baked and frozen before we leave. Dessert = fruit and yogurt. We need to wait until we get there to see how much room is in the freezer before we can decide about popsicles.

It doesn't look like you included what Aaron Murphy wanted (according to Emily) to do. 
Murph's pasta salad is folded into the "pasta salad bar." After looking at his list of ingredients and thinking about various pasta salads Adam makes, I thought, "Well, ____ won't eat this, and _____ won't eat that," etc. My concern was that there would be these big bowls of premixed pasta salad that very few people would eat and we'd waste a lot of food. So the alternate plan is that everyone can make their own individual bowl of pasta salad with whatever they want in it. There will be no pre-made pasta salad at all.

Will you still have time to enjoy Nauvoo with all this cooking?
That's why we have kitchen teams - so everyone can enjoy their time and the same 3 people aren't doing all the work every day. Thanks for reminding me that I need to put those together.

Revised Palmer Family Reunion Menu

2014 Palmer Family Reunion Menu

Concept:  Salad, potato, pasta, sandwich bars at every lunch/dinner.  Fruit & Yogurt bar at every meal. Cooks prepare basic ingredients. Individuals (and parents of small children) choose assembly. MAKE ONLY WHAT YOU WILL EAT!!!!! NO LEFTOVERS!!!!  Some meals will be major productions.  

Potato Bar:  Potatoes, butter, bacon, sour cream, dill, cheese, chives, chili, salsa

Salad Bar:  Salad greens, red onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, feta, olives (green, black, kalamata), pepperoncinis, hard boiled eggs, sliced peppers, shredded cheese, dressing (italian, ranch, ????), carrots (sticks & shredded), celery (sticks & shredded)

Pasta Bar:  2-3 kinds of pasta, grilled chicken, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, broccoli, feta,

Fruit Bar: apples, bananas, oranges, melon, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries?, pears

Yogurt Bar:  Make vanilla yogurt (yogurt, honey, vanilla), granola

Cereal (Honey Bunches of Oats, Cheerios, Fruit Loops, Apple Jacks), uncooked oatmeal

Sandwich Bar:  PB&J, lunch meat, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, mayo, mustard, sliced cheese, bread, buns, olives

Drinking Coolers of Gatorade, Lemonade

Thursday, July 3

Dinner:

- Spaghetti, Fettuccine & Shapes Pasta (regular & GF)

- Sauce - Red, Pesto, Alfredo

- Parmesan Cheese

- Italian Bread

Friday, July 4

Breakfast:

- German Pancakes (GF Flour)

- Pancakes (Krusteaz Mix)

- Scrambled Eggs & Sausage/Bacon

Dinner:

- Cha Sui - Pork, Soy Sauce, other ingredients

- Curried Chicken: Chicken, curry, other ingredients

- Rice

- Veggies - stir fry mix (fresh = snap peas, mushrooms, watercress, broccoli, red peppers,  

onions)

- Strawberry Shortcake:  FIND A GF Recipe!!!

Saturday, July 5

Breakfast:

- Hash Browns

- Scrambled Eggs & Sausage/Bacon

- Quiche

Dinner:

- Carne asada: pork, spices,

- enchiladas: corn tortillas, sauce (Adam's secret recipe), chicken, mozzarella cheese, olives

- quesadillas: flour tortillas, cheese, salsa, beans

- rice - plain

- chips: corn tortillas MAKE OR BUY

- guacamole - buy

- veg: tomatoes, onions, peppers, lettuce, jalapenos

- salsa

- 7 layer dip: hamburger, refried beans, cheese, guacamole, tomatoes, sour cream, olives,

taco seasoning

Sunday, July 6 (Summer's baptism)

Breakfast:

- pancakes

- scrambled eggs  & Sausage/Bacon

Dinner: leftovers, various bars

Monday, July 7

Breakfast:

- biscuits: self-rising flour (white lily), buttermilk, butter

- gravy: milk, hamburger, white onion, salt, pepper

- scrambled eggs & Sausage/Bacon

Dinner:

- Pulled pork sandwiches: Slow Roast Pork, salt, pepper, apple cider vinegar

- hamburger buns

- Baked Beans: canned

- Cole slaw: cabbage mix, red bell pepper, lemon poppy seed dressing

- Watermelon?

- Potato Salad: potatoes, mayo, dill pickles, parsley, vinegar, salt, pepper

 

Tuesday, July 8

Breakfast:

- Breakfast casserole: eggs, potatoes, sausage, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions

- Scrambled eggs & Sausage/Bacon

Dinner: Clean the Fridge!

Wednesday, July 9

Breakfast: Eat what's left!

Laurel and Eric’s ideas for reunion July 2014

Laurel and Eric's idea for bedrooms

What if we rotated Bedroom 5 between Nate, Eric and Tawnia. Laurel can squish in with Allie when it's Tawnia's turn or cuddle with Eric or stick Stevie in Allie's bed. Then we don't have to move our stuff so much. Nate and Amanda are on board with this plan.

Main floor:

    Bedroom 1: king size bed --

                                    Trina and Adam

                                    Tenley     Josie

    Bedroom 2: 2 queen size beds --

Mindy and Aaron --Car bed for Aria
Emily and Aaron

                                   

Down stairs

    Bunk room: 4 bunks    bottom                  top

                                    1 - Tawnia*           2 - Summer

                                    3 - Marnie - Jenna  4 - Eric or Nathan*

                                    5 - Allie                6 - Laurel or Amanda*

                                    7 – Joshy - Henry 8 - Stevie

Upstairs  

    Bedroom 3: king size bed

                                    Frank and Evelyn

    Bedroom 4: queen size bed and 2 bunks

                                    Jared and Michelle

                                    1 - Emma                 2 - Brooke

                                    3 - Clarissa           4 - Bryan

    Bedroom 5: queen size bed

• Nathan and Amanda*                              
• Eric and Laurel*
• Tawnia*
• Car bed for Katie* (Does Katie rotate?)  (I know she twists)

Reunion Menu

As the self-designated Supreme Mugwump of the culinary arts for the impending gathering of those seeking to supplant Captain Chaos following his oh-too-soon retirement (aka head chef for the reunion), I'm proposing the following menu.  Speak now or forever hold your peas (but not too long b/c they tend to get mushy after a while and aren't too enjoyable then).  This is only a PROPOSED menu and is by no means settled.  If you want something (or, conversely, don't want something), say it (as well saying what you do/don't want).  

Thursday, July 3 (check-in at 4pm)

Dinner: pasta (regular & gluten-free), sauce (red, pesto, alfredo), greek salad, bread

Friday, July 4 (Mom's birthday, dinner menu at her request)

Breakfast: German pancakes, regular pancakes, parfait, eggs, OJ/milk, oatmeal

Dinner: cha sui, curry chicken, rice, hot & sour cabbage, other veggies, dessert TBD 

Saturday, July 5

Breakfast: hash browns, eggs, fruit salad, OJ/milk, oatmeal

Dinner: carne asada, enchiladas, quesadillas, rice, chips, guacamole, veg, salsa, etc. (Does this meet your requirements Brooke?)

Sunday, July 6 (Summer's baptism)

Breakfast: pancakes, eggs, fruit salad, OJ/milk, toast, oatmeal

Dinner: pulled pork sandwiches, beans, cole slaw, lemonade, watermelon, potato salad, green salad, pasta salad  

Monday, July 7

Breakfast: biscuits and gravy, eggs, toast, oatmeal, OJ/milk, quiche

Dinner: fruit salad, pasta salad w/ chicken, green salad, other salads

Tuesday, July 8

Breakfast: breakfast casserole, eggs, toast, oatmeal, OJ/milk

Dinner: Clean the Fridge!

Wednesday, July 9

Breakfast: Eat what's left!

Notes: Lunch every day will be sandwiches (PB&J, egg, tuna, lunch meat) and leftovers.  Snacks of fruits and veggies, cheese, crackers will be available.

video challenges

Jump
Let the wild rumpus start
Commercial for PopPop
Horror film trailer
Favorite hymn or Primary song
Duck
Swing
Where I live
Duel

I had to scroll way down through Facebook to find these, so I moved them here to be more accessible.

FFF Finalists

Remember EVERYONE age 3 and over gets to choose ONE  favorite from each decade.

Here are the ones to vote on

60s
The Mortgage Bit
I Spy
The Caped Currier

70s
Hide and Seek
The Magic Wand
Run Spot Run

80-85
Suprkids
The Shortcut
Slumber Party
Across the Amazon

86-89
Super Funny
Theseus and the Minotaur
The Herman's Rebellion
The Invisible One
The Night Before Christmas

90s

 A Day at the Beach
A Christmas Carol     
The Day   
Fun With Dirt

2000s

Skits 2003 
Pure Chaos    
Adventures of Captain Chaos        
 A Day in the Life of a Custodian

Have fun and please email us with your final decisions.  Do not post them on facebook or the blog because we want the winners to be a surprise.