[il-talk] Our Holiday Card

[Brian Sumner]

Congratulations Patti and to your Kids Juila and Jonathon on their
accomplishments this year and i wish them nothing but the very best of luck
in the future. I can say that this year for me has been a good one and hope
it will be even better in 2018 and i hope it will be the same for you as
well. Taking some time off over the Holiday after i work this coming
weekend and have Christmas off and then i will have the rest of the week
off and spend some time with my family and friends. Thank you for your time
and Merry Christmas to you and your family!

On Tue, 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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