[Iabs-talk] [il-talk] Our Holiday Card

[Leslie Hamric]

congratulations to all the Changs! i’m so happy and proud of all of you.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 19, 2017, at 5:55 PM, Patti Chang via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello all, 
> 
> We are getting our note out later and later in the year. Seems there are
> never enough hours in the day. Wishing you and yours happy holidays and a
> prosperous new year. 
> 
> Julia's May Graduation from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Left
> to Right: Patti, Francisco, Julia and Johnathon
> Our updates this year are around the kids. Francisco and Patti are still
> quite content with their current jobs. Francisco is working for
> <https://swedishcovenant.org/> Swedish Covenant Hospital. He runs the
> pacemaker clinic. 
> 
> Patti has settled in as Director of Outreach for
> <https://nfb.org/scholarships> the National Federation of the Blind. They
> are doing as much dancing as they can manage. Lately that hasn't been much
> since Patti sprained her ankle dancing, but they plan to be back at it as
> soon as possible. 
> 
> Julia continues to globe trot. Next stop is South America. She graduated on
> May 13 this past year with a Bachelor's in Civil Engineering and will
> graduate again on May 12 this year with her Master's in Civil Engineering
> and has already accepted a job with  <https://www.mortenson.com/> Mortenson
> Construction in their Chicago office. She will move back home in May and
> start work late next summer probably after doing more travelling.
> 
> Rebecca and Johnathon at a holiday party. They both wear festive sweaters
> and hats. Johnathon is hugging Rebecca and Rebecca holds a sign on a stick
> with an arrow pointing to Johnathon, labelled "nice"John is getting married
> on May the Fourth to Rebecca Schmidt. Their wedding planning is well along.
> He works hard for  <http://www.belvederetrading.com/> Belvedere Trading as a
> desktop support analyst. In his spare time, he is an avid computer gamer.
> 
> We are thrilled to welcome Rebecca to our family. She and John started
> dating shortly after he moved back up to Chicago although they knew each
> other in high school. Her family lives close by and we enjoy spending time
> with them. Rebecca is a financial advisor with
> <https://www.transamerica.com/individual/> Transamerica.
> 
> Picture of Johnathon proposing to Rebecca in July. He popped the question
> when they were on vacation with her family in Iron River, Michigan. He is
> down on one knee in front of the lake at their vacation house. The
> accompanying pictures highlight some of the major events in the Chang family
> during 2017.  The first picture is from Julia's graduation from the
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  The second and third are of the
> newly engaged and happy couple (Top is from a recent Christmas party, both
> wearing festive sweaters and hats, and Rebecca holding a "nice" sign
> pointing at Johnathon, Bottom is from the proposal in July, to which Rebecca
> said a resounding "Yes!")
> 
> From ours to yours, have a snowy, festive, bright and cheerful holiday
> season!  We look forward to hearing all of your updates.  
> 
> Love Francisco, Patti, John, Julia and Rebecca
> 
> 
> 
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