Togetherness.

The Jefferson Family
10895 Coral Shores Dr
Jacksonville, FL 32256-2114


November 27, 2011


Dear Family and Friends,


     As you all know, the holidays are in full swing and we are planning our annual get-together! Before I give any more details on the party, I just wanted to fill you all in on what has been going on around here.  I am still hard at work in my bakery.  Things have really started to take off this year, and I'm selling more and more every day... But I can't complain.  Matt is always busy with his traveling for work and his newly discovered hobby of golf, which he also does on his business trips.  Both of us are well and plan on taking a much needed vacation in the near future to somewhere tropical.  Jessie is involved in more than I can even keep track of and is always doing homework, practicing something, planning, hanging out with her friends, or texting... All the typical things for a girl her age.  She has also started helping out at the bakery when she has free time. It's great!  And just like every other high school girl, boys and getting out of the house are always on her mind.  Nate is loving sixth grade and is becoming very interested in science.  Who ever knew that we would have a scientist in our family?  He has also just recently started playing basketball, and it's so much fun to watch him.  He is quite the little athlete.  And I could never forget about our little ball of fire, Elise.  As always, she's a diva, but she also has started to find an interest in helping me out at the bakery.  She's fabulous help.  We have also enrolled her in dance classes, which she loves.  The kids are always keeping us on our toes... But, hey, we need it!
     Although we are always on the move, I love finding the time to share our recent happenings and invite you to our home for a rendezvous!  Just like every year, it will be the weekend before the kids get out for Winter Break, and this year, it falls on December 17th.  We will have all kinds of yummy food and drinks to get us all into the Holiday Cheer we have all come to love.  We hope to see all of you there and look forward to hearing from you whether or not you will be able to make it.  It would be greatly appreciated if you would let us know if you will be there so we can plan the food accordingly.  We can't wait!


Cheers,
Matt, Aubrey, Jessie, Nate, and Elise




**It took a lot of thinking about where I would place this piece in my Multi Genre Project, and also the perspective I would be taking.  I chose to do this piece from an extended family member who is inviting the girl who will eventually come to terms with the fact that family gatherings are like hell on earth.  I found that this piece would fit well at the beginning of my project because I want it to gradually continue to uncover the dirty secrets behind these shindigs.  I also want this girl to realize that families share way too much information about one another than they really should, so that's why I wrote this letter in the same way people send out their mass holiday greetings.**