Category Archives: Letters
Only A Virtual Merry Christmas Coming Your Way [Letters]
Many of you have been lucky enough to be on the super special annual Christmas letter (1 part picture, 1 part information, 7 parts funny) that has been a staple since 2001. Or you could have just read them here. … Continue reading
Christmas 2008 [Letters]
The holidays are upon us again, which means that it’s time for our annual Christmas letter and everyone’s favorite game–Spot the Typos! This year, for the first time, the kids were largely responsible for the actual assembly of the final … Continue reading
Christmas Letter 2007 [Holidays]
It’s that time of year again. Yes, it time for the Christmas Letter in its seventh annual appearance. It’s been a good year for the Nino family–and much too busy to even cover the highlights in two pages. Nevertheless, I … Continue reading
Christmas Letter 2006 [Letters]
Okay, so many of you know that I have written a Christmas letter almost every year for the last ten years. And you might have already received your letter this year (which is a remarkable improvement in production time compared … Continue reading
Christmas Letter Bleg [Letters]
Wondering whether any dear readers can help me out here. I was thinking of posting the previous years’ Christmas letters for archival purposes. Sadly, I wasn’t able to locate letters for several years. If anyone has a copy, I sure … Continue reading
The Christmas Letter 2005 Ushers In The Blog [Archives]
Tomorrow (April 26, 2007) is the first anniversary of this blog–Yeah!–and I thought it was appropriate to look back at its inspiration. You may remember that the 2003 Christmas letter was somewhat late in arriving and that the 2004 letter … Continue reading
At The Park With Papa [Archives]
Maybe on the same trip where Holly and the kids went to the Fort Worth Zoo or maybe not, here are a few pictures of the kids at our park with Papa in January 2006. [Originally posted May 25, 2011]
Christmas Letter 2004 [Archives]
I think someone once said, “Lateness is a virtue.” That someone was an idiot. But if true, our 2004 Christmas letter outstripped the 2003 Christmas letter in virtuousness by at least a full three months. It was so late that … Continue reading
Christmas Letter 2003 [Archives]
As we slowly make out way through the various Christmas letters of yore, we last looked back to Christmas 2002. 2003 may have taken the cake for eventful years in the Nino household. We sold the house in Cleveland Heights, packed, … Continue reading
Christmas Letter 2002 [Archives]
In 1997, the letter went out some time in the late summer or early fall. I guess the next letter, 2001, went out around Christmas. By 2002–only the third edition–the letter was getting way behind schedule. We finally sent it … Continue reading