Christmas Letter
Art and Ronda King sending you warm (but late) Christmas greetings! Our family Newsworthy Events chronicled here:
Mar Sierra and Hannah lead a WWU intramural basketball team to a championship, their last college game together.
May Family camp trip in the Columbia Gorge with 11 of us. We love the Oneata Falls hike.
June Hannah graduates from Walla Walla University with a degree in accounting. Elissa & David and their children move to Anchorage, Alaska where David buys a busy dental practice.
Jul Bethani spends her summer helping Syrian refugees in Lebanon. She adds dear friends and a life-changing experience. Art turns 60 years old and invites all his children to a weeklong houseboat party.
Aug Our main summer event was 7 nights and 8 days on Shuswap Lake in British Columbia. Houseboat, jet skis, and family time to remember.
Sep Bethani starts a new teaching job in Burlington, WA. Hannah starts her accounting career with a job in Denver. Taylor leaves for work and school in Chattenooga. Sierra and Tyler move to Lincoln, Nebraska where Sierra is starting a 3-year Physician’s Assistant program at Union College. Theron moves into the dormitory at Mt. Ellis Academy and starts school. Caleb starts his second year at Walla Walla University. Willa is a junior at WWVA and Rylee is in 7th grade at Rogers School.
Nov Willa comes down with Mononucleosis and loses 10 days of her life. Eight children come home for Thanksgiving.
Dec We rejoice as ten of our eleven children make it home for Christmas. We spend Christmas morning x-country skiing together in the Blue Mountains. Elissa and David bring home joy with the birth of Hatcher Allen Green – born in a snowstorm in Anchorage, Alaska on December 19th. Our 4th grandchild!
Wrap-up What a year to be thankful and enjoy our children! We have enjoyed your Christmas updates. May the the New Year bring blessings to you and your family.
With Love from all of us; Art & Ronda, David & Elissa, Brenden & Moeko, Bethani, Tyler & Sierra, Hannah, Ian, Taylor, Caleb, Theron (19), Willa (17), Rylee (12)