{"id":297,"date":"2010-11-25T00:24:15","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T06:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mooredynasty.net\/index.php\/christmas-letter\/1994-christmas-letter\/"},"modified":"2019-02-05T22:24:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T04:24:12","slug":"1994-christmas-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mooredynasty.net\/index.php\/2010\/11\/1994-christmas-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"1994 Christmas Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mooredynasty.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/image0012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image001\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image001\" src=\"https:\/\/mooredynasty.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/image001_thumb2.jpg\" width=\"365\" height=\"38\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas Everyone!<\/p>\n<p>I, Marc, have been delegated the task of writing this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Merry Christmas\u00e2\u20ac\u009d letter, so damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead!&#160; In short, all of us are doing well and there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not much to tell, but a few more details are in order, so here goes.<\/p>\n<p>Mitch and Jake are going to be a year old by the time you read this, and thank goodness that their infant days are nearly at an end!&#160; We can barely leave the house without someone exclaiming \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oooohhhh, double trouble!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, and boy are they right.&#160; Jake is just beginning to toddle around like a human being and if the pattern holds up, Mitch will be about three weeks behind.&#160; Now, if only they would sleep through the night!<\/p>\n<p>There won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be any tree at our house this year, not with the midgets exercising their as yet unperfected grabbing and pulling skills!&#160; Nothing is safe, particularly after Jake learned how to pull himself up onto the couch and other seating apparatus.<\/p>\n<p>Monica is staying home with the boys full-time and we expect that to continue for the foreseeable future.&#160; That makes things a little tight occasionally, and this may have a negative impact on your Christmas presents (!), but we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re lucky to be able to do that when not many couples can.&#160; I think at times she has been longing for those relaxing days at the office, though.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still working at FERA Corporation in north Houston.&#160; It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a pretty nondescript company and position, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m hoping to parlay some of my experience into a position at Compaq.&#160; During off-hours, I serve primarily as a climbing device for the boys, and the lack of exercise is making me a little doughy!<\/p>\n<p>We are planning to have the Christmas celebrations with Monica\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s family here in Houston.&#160; I expect temperatures in the sixties, lots of good food, and a seemingly endless barrage of silliness from my in-laws regarding the supposed superiority of the Dallas Cowboys (Choirboys) football team!<\/p>\n<p>We hope that all of you have a Merry Christmas, and to all of you that we do not get to see in person this year, we hope to see you soon.<\/p>\n<p>Love,<\/p>\n<p>Marc, Monica, Mitch, and Jake Moore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merry Christmas Everyone! 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