Happy Holidays!

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Across
  1. 2. Claire Doran visited us in April and told us she wanted to eat a ______ bar in a bar in ______. So, she and Gwen went to Vancouver Island to do just that! (hint: one word, a famous Canadian dessert named after a city).
  2. 7. In August we traveled to this famous ski resort near Montreal for a reunion with adopted aunts and uncles.
  3. 9. Crawford is now working for Method Studios, a visual effects studio for film and TV. Gwen had a summer position at SOL Schools International, teaching ______ to children from Mexico and Brazil.
  4. 10. We had several people come visit us in Vancouver this year. They slept on our ______. It was fun to host and show them around the city. Please let us know if you would like to join their ranks!
  5. 11. This fall Crawford received this type of degree from UBC in computer science. Yay!
  6. 12. We have a new one of these born in October to Clair and Will Stein, and are looking forward to a second in February from Lara and Danso Sawamukai!
Down
  1. 1. Crawford continues to do this with his a cappella group The Funx. They traveled to Boston, Iowa, and Florida this year!
  2. 3. Crawford’s mom, Patricia, visited us in August- we went to the Vancouver _______ to see otters and belugas, and to visit old friends.
  3. 4. We took advantage of living in a large city by attending several of these in the spring and summer-- highlights include Guster, Barenaked Ladies, and Patty Griffin.
  4. 5. Gwen bought one of these instruments in the spring and has tried to learn how to play it. Currently she can only play 3 songs competently.
  5. 6. During the summer Crawford and Gwen joined a league for this sport that involves throwing a plastic disc into an endzone. We met lots of fun people and had a great time. (hint: ______ frisbee).
  6. 8. In July, Crawford gave a talk on his research at SIGGRAPH, an international conference for computer graphics, in this city near LA (home of Disneyland).