Hello from Largo!!!

This is a wonderful idea that my big brother came up with! I think it will really help us to all stay more connected.
It has been cooler down here in FL and actually, I've been a bit of a recluse. Jeremy updated y'all on he and Shea and their endeavors. I'll update you on the rest of my family. Jessica has just started her student teaching 2 weeks ago and seems to be getting herself together. Jeremy graduates on May 5th in Alabama and she on May 6th in FL from USF. SO that should be quite an exciting weekend! LOL Jameson is attending St Pete College and is doing well. He is an avid golfer and works fulltime at the ER at my hospital. His girlfriend, Jenny Johnston, will start working as a unit clerk on my unit on 2/5. She is a lovely young lady who is attending USF on a full scholarship. Jordan is in his sophomore year at Clearwater HS. He still plays basketball for the rec center and is working parttime at Little Ceasars to pay for his car insurance.........yes, my last baby is now a licensed driver! We still share my vehicle until we/he can afford to do otherwise.
I still work at the hospital delivering babies and still paint murals. I've been rather lazy the past couple of months but am trying to get myself in gear to get some things done.
Great to hear from everyone.

A Not-so Sunny Day

Today has been a cool and rainy day in California. It is also our Wedding Anniversary. We had planned on going out to a nice place for dinner, but instead went out for Dim Sum at our nearby Ginger Cafe because of the rain. We are anxious to hear how Sydney's great dance and birthday party sleepover tonight goes! Barry and Sandy recently returned from a vacation in Hawaii . Tom and Jeanne are visiting in Birmingham and then up to Pigeon Forge for a vacation. Becky Earnest has been helping me a lot with my Sons of the American Revoluton paperwork. I get inducted next month. Here in California, school kids do not sing songs like "America the Beautiful", "My Country tis of thee" etc. in school and generally patriotism is seen as war mongering. I am impressed by many of the activities SAR has to try to help counter that. It also helps me appreciate the history of our family. One of the reasons our ancestor Scots-Irish left Ulster in the 1700's was the Test Act which basically disenfranchised the Presbyterian Church as well as any other non-Anglican Church. The Test Act was brought home the other night by our (Methodist) Minister. She had flown to Birmimgham, England, at the request of a family there to conduct a funeral there for a member of our church who was from Birmingham. They could not allow her to conduct a service because she was not a Church of England Minister. They offered though to make her a member, but she would have had to pledge allegiance to the Queen! They finally reached a compromise and the service went on.

Our Christmas Pinata

Here are some pictures of the great pinata this Christmas!





Each year at Christmas, we have a pinata. The first year we did it, we (Mike and Connie) didn't realize we had to put candy in it.Someplace there is a video of some lttle kids who look puzzled by the absence of any candy!

Barry, Lisa and their Families and John and Mary too!

My father's brother, John and Mary at the reunion last year. At the far end of the table are Bill and Annette Waters.





Here are Luke, Lisa, Ron and Laura. They live in Ventura, California where Ron is President and owner of a successful telcom company. Lisa is a Probation and Parole Officer for Ventura County.







This is Connie, Sydney, Barry and Sandy. They live in Dallas Texas where both Sandy and Barry have successful careers.Barry is owner of a Mechanical Engineering Contracting company, Sandy is a Senior Executive of a competitor of Ticketron.
Our grandson, Carson was unable to come out for this trip.

Hello from South Florida

Jeanne, my lovely mommy, beat Uncle Mike to the punch and forwarded me the invitation so here I am. I happen to have a blog on here on which I have posted some pictures (have not posted on there in a while) to share with family and friends. (If I recall, they are all family friendly, ha ha.)

Chad, my husband, and I are both doing well. He works at the Marriott Harbor Beach (love those discounts, don't we guys?) in Fort Lauderdale. Just Sunday he had to stay late to tape the first episode of "24" for Mr. Marriott. I think the Marriott slogan is, "The answer is 'yes', now what is your question?" I suppose you would not tell Mr. Marriott he should look into purchasing a Tivo.


My step-daughter, Kylie, will be 13 in May (my how the time flies! I met her when she was turning 3.) She lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan with her mother, step-father and little brother, and she is expecting the arrival of a new sibling any day now (no, not from me.) She enjoys rock climbing, baseball, soccer, and other assorted 12 year old girly things like glitter nail polish, fruity lipgloss, and t-shirts with slogans. She still thinks boys are rude and gross, and I think this makes her father happy. Kylie also happens to be exactly like her father, so when they get into arguments I have a hard time keeping a straight face because they are basically just arguing with each other, and I find it hysterical.


Chad and I ventured to Colorado this year at the end of September, and I saw snow for the first time while we were in Vail. (Why were we in Vail, you ask? Because they have a Marriott there and it was off-season so we could get an employee rate. It makes vacation planning fun!) Chad helped me make two different little bitty snowmen. Also, I don't think it was fair that he taught me how to make snow-balls by whinging them at my head.

Anyway, that's all the really extra super fun stuff from me for right now. Still practicing law with my dad, and it's really nice to get to be with my family all day at work. Other than that, I'm enjoying the dearth of french canadians this tourist season.


Love to all.

Hello from Bama

Hey guys! It seems that Uncle Mike worked his technical magic again, and gave me a chance to blog online. Following the theme and nature of this blog, I will update everyone on what is happening with me. I graduate from Faulkner University in May (classes wrapped next month) with my Bachelors in Business Administration. I will be able to start my Master's program in March, and by trucking through the summer term and taking an extra class each semester, I will be able to get my 12 classes done in about a year, in contrast to the two years normally needed. My graduate degree will be a Master's of Science Management - very similar to an MBA, but focuses a bit more on corporate management and technology systems along with finance and general business practices such as ethics and theory.
Shea is doing great. We celebrate our 11 years of dating in June, but we are looking to get married VERY soon. I dont think we will end up with the big wedding initially planned, but I will make sure to keep everyone posted. I am excited for her to meet everyone. She is currently back in school pursing her bachelors in elementary education (she has an associates in computer technology).
It's blogged!

It seems to be working!

I will now proceed to say something newsy. I spoke with Uncle John and Mary, and they are doing well. They are looking forward to Katies Wedding in June of this year. We have met her fiancee and parents and they are really nice people. We had a great Holiday Season and were able to see Ron, Lisa,Laura and Lucas who arrived shortly after Barry, Sandy, and Sydney arrived from Texas. A short but fun visit. Barry and Sandy are off to Hawaii next week. I invite you to email me the addresses of anyone else, and here I am thinking of matt, Andy Whitney, Jessica and Sharon's family so I can ass them to this list. Also, Annettes and Patricia's kids might like to join this group. I can see it being pretty useful to stay connected with the family all at once (like the reunion!).

Hello from Connie

Hi, This is my first note to Mike's new blog. I made it on & hope everyone else can do the same.....CL

Hello Moores and spouses of Moores!

I thought I'd give this blogging a whirl and see how it works. I've restricted access to our family (descendents of James Harris Moore). I want to encourage everyone to post and let us all know what's going on in their life!