Moore Update

Hello again.  Jana and I wanted to give a quick update on how things are going here.

I started a new job in August at a company called B/E Aerospace.  It is here in Lenexa so my drive is nice and short and they are in a growth mode right now so things are very exciting.  B/E makes life support systems (oxygen masks) for commercial airlines among many other things.  I have never worked in aerospace before so this is an interesting experience but I think it will work out just fine.

Jana is in her second year at Sprint and she is still a recruiting machine.  Sprint just got an aggressive new CEO so they have a lot of changes in store for them as well.

Ellie finished her summer soccer league and started in an indoor league.  I don't know if you are all aware, but indoor soccer is non-stop action because the fields are so small.  They play 4 on 4 so each player gets 20x as many touches as they would in a normal soccer game on a full size field.  She is a really good goalkeeper and it has been a lot of fun watching her improve and become more confident and assertive on the field as the season has progressed.  She even scored 2 goals in her game today!!!  Ellie also qualified for the school spelling bee as a representative for the 3rd grade.  She was marvelous and she made it to the third round before getting knocked out on "parameters".  Tough word considering the next girl got the word "bounce".  We are very proud of her.

Kaitlyn is chugging along in Kindergarten.  She has been getting excellent grades and is having a great time every day.  Her teacher told us at parent teacher conferences that she will never struggle with school so that was nice to hear.  We have been blessed with very smart kids.  She took a break from sports after T-Ball this summer but is looking forward to playing soccer and softball again this next season.

The girls both had remodels of their rooms lately.  Ellie got a new loft bed (that I had to assemble) from IKEA.  Not fun, but she loves it and her room is so much more comfortable with the extra floor space that the loft provides.  She now has a really nice desk underneath to work at.  Kaitlyn is the beneficiary of getting the bunk beds back in her room.  She now has 3 beds in their with the additional trundle.  The only problem is that when we have her cousins over, she doesn't like anyone to sleep in there with her because she needs her space.  Right.

This past weekend we had the Henderson's visit for our family Christmas.  It was great to see everyone and we had a great time opening presents and socializing.  We took the kids to Coco Key, which is an indoor water park, on Saturday.  They swam to their heart's content and we relaxed and drank a few beers.  Today we went to Bass Pro Shop to see their winter display and get the kids pictures with Santa.  Santa got an earful from all 4 to the point where he had to ask Ellie what her most important request was.  After lunch we said goodbye and that was the end of our family weekend.  It is always fun to see them and we look forward to seeing them again in a few weeks.

That is all for now.  We hope you are all doing well.  Have a great week.

John, Jana, Ellie, and Kaitlyn

P.S.  I am having trouble uploading pictures to blogspot so I will post them as soon as I get it to work.