2008 Christmas Letter

December 2008

Merry Christmas to our Family and Friends!!!

Here is a small synopsis of the past year for the Moore’s. We know how to stay busy and we enjoy every minute of it too! We hope you don’t mind having to read our annual letter off of your computer screen this year! So here it goes…the Moore’s in 2008!

Winter:
We kicked off the New Year with Chloe turning 2! I remember putting the party together and feeling it was almost impossible for her to be so big, so fast (now we are looking at her turning 3!). February brought the start of an annual family trip to Diamond Lake. All of my parents, my brother John and his family and us and the girls left the coastline and headed for the hills and spent 3 days, 4-wheeling, snowball fighting and hot chocolate sipping! We already have the trip planned for 2009!

Spring:
In April, Jason turned 30 and we celebrated our 4th anniversary. We took 2 weeks of work/vacation in New Zealand, leaving Allyson with Papa Ray and Grandma Sue and Chloe with Auntie Kate, for our annual Celebration Center Impacting the Nations Conference. Jason and I enjoyed our time away very much but, were so ready to be home with the girls…we missed Allyson’s first time crawling by 1 day!

Summer:
June was kicked off with the marriage of Uncle Ryan (Jason’s brother) and Auntie Kate. Chloe and Allyson got to be flower girls…Chloe thought the wedding was all for her and loved every minute of it. July brought a first birthday party for Allyson—how did it come so fast?!? If any of you know us we love to plan a party and we did, with a big circus tent in the backyard to boot’ and we had to move it inside due to the “coastal wind” that shows up when you least expect it. All in all, it was a fantastic party and the only ones disappointed were Dad and Mom! Allyson began walking completely on her own 2 days after her birthday. We enjoyed many picnics and gatherings with our church family to round out our summer!

Fall:
September is a busy time for our family as we gear up for a new school year at Just Kids and this year was no exception with a full enrollment. We stole away for a few days of a family vacation with our dear friends, the Boos Family, up the coast and enjoyed the downtime immensely. We made our annual family trip to the pumpkin patch the first weekend of October. It was muddy, but oh’ so much fun! November brought the dreaded “30” for me too…but I got to spend the day with my husband, brother and sister-in-law at the Oregon vs. Stanford game, and it made it all worth it! Chloe graduated into the next level of swimming classes (Mom didn’t have to get in with her, thank goodness) and solidified that she is partly a “fish”! Thanksgiving came with a great feast with 30 + family and friends…our biggest yet. The holiday season is hustling’ and bustling’ and us Moore’s love every minute of it. This is the time of year that we so enjoy celebrating with all of the family…remembering how truly blessed we are.

The New Year looks bright and full already for us, but we know that it will be fun to look back again next year at all the blessings that our Lord packed in there for us. We hope and pray that this Holiday Season is one that allows you to see all of the blessings you have in and around your lives.

Do keep in touch with us…we so enjoy hearing about all that is happening with you and your families. Our contact information is:

Jason, Kara, Chloe & Allyson Moore
2322 Laura Lane (home address)
2389 Sherman Ave. (mailing address)
North Bend, OR 97459

541-808-0077 (Home)
541-297-2958 (Kara)
541-404-3279 (Jason)

www.mooresx4.blogspot.com or you can find us on facebook

With Blessings and Love,
The Moore’s
(Jason, Kara, Chloe & Allyson)