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Across
  1. 4. Date of Daniel and Katrina’s wedding in Walnut Creek, California. We love the new daughter we got out of this celebration.
  2. 5. ______Lake: Scene of epic canoe camping trip with 3 canoes, 6 adults, 7 kids under 10, a lake full of sparkles and a night sky ablaze with stars.
  3. 7. At age 5, this child lives out loud!
  4. 9. 2-year-old little professor with cool dance moves.
  5. 11. January rendezvous spot for tropical, sandy adventures for John and Kate, Meg, and Paul’s family.
  6. 12. Jumping off point for John and Kate to try catamaran cruising with friends in April.
  7. 14. Bald ______: Majestic flyer we keeping seeing on our hikes, even those in Portland city limits.
  8. 15. Natural response to seeing all of life as a gift.
  9. 18. Body part on strike at the moment; John is valiantly doing PT in order to try to avoid surgery.
  10. 21. Father: what's a five letter word for wine? Son:_______. Father: Very funny, Jesus.
  11. 22. The Doggle whose popularity is an ingredient of Meg’s special sauce at the office.
  12. 23. Hot chocolate and __________ is the snack the kids beg for and get at grandmas's house.
  13. 24. John’s "why" for practicing medicine.
  14. 25. Destination of Daniel and Katrina’s honeymoon.
  15. 26. Indispensable enough to remain at Google after cuts that her bosses didn’t survive.
  16. 27. Mt.________: What Kate’s mom gets to view from her apartment every day.
  17. 28. Shelter for several multi-generational camping trips at the beach this year.
Down
  1. 1. River______: The church community where we join others in the challenge of growing our faith walk.
  2. 2. What we long for in the darkness during Advent.
  3. 3. Is 7 the perfect age? When this boy is flashing his dimpled grin, all is right with the world.
  4. 4. This one videocalls his Portland grandparents on Saturday mornings, breathless to show something that delights his 5-year–old self.
  5. 6. Kate's "why" for substitute teaching.
  6. 8. The youngest Jameson, a 2-year-old determined not to be left behind.
  7. 10. The street on which Beth and Allen bought a home; the year’s project has been to fill it with love and more than a little laughter.
  8. 13. The boat on which John and Kate crew, racing on the Columbia on Sunday afternoons, rain or shine.
  9. 16. Object of pure, deep longing of the Jameson kids. An aspiration for the new year.
  10. 17. A thoughtful 9-year-old who has learned the joy of sinking into a book.
  11. 19. Don’t we all need this?!? The narrative arc of the bible story leads here. The now and the not yet.
  12. 20. Creative, kindhearted 10-year-old who is the newest member of the family, now living with Aunt Catherine, Uncle Paul, Joel and Simon.
  13. 21. A treasure of beauty and value to seek daily amid the noise.
  14. 28. .