Top Ten Highlights from 2014

We are thankful for God's blessings in 2014 and are excitedly looking forward to what He has in store for us in 2015!

1. Alyssa spent a month on the Summer in the City Cru mission trip in Seattle from June 21st to July 19th.
2. Alyssa is the AAS (Arnold Air Society) squadron commander and the Beaver News Director.
3. Alyssa directed the first season of Split Screen.
4. This year, Alyssa won the Outstanding Squadron Commander Award, the Drucilla Shepard Smith Award, the American Legion Scholastic Excellence Award, and the Academic Honors Award from AFROTC.
5. Josiah played in Hoopla with Eric and his cousin, Alex.
6. Josiah did very well on his PSAT.
7. Isaiah raised $1,815 for Steps for Life this year.
8. "A" joins the GFA's Blog for Asia blogger program.
9. We had a wonderful vacation at Sunriver. On the way there, we hiked to Pamelia Lake. Eric and Josiah also hiked to Green Lake. We did water slide and tubing hill at SHARC. We also enjoyed billiards, bowling, miniature golf, and bumper cars. We visited Goody's, Powell's Sweet Shoppe, Sweet Saigon, and World Market.
10. Eric and I celebrated our 23rd anniversary in September at the beach.

Here are some snapshots of our 2014. Happy New Year from our family to yours !

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