For the benefit of my more distant relatives (on the theory that we’re all cousins somehow) here is a brief, illustrated guide to Crystal’s and my progeny and our living progenitors
Hannah(b. 1996, Silver Spring, Maryland) Our firstborn. Lives in Orem, Utah. Psychiatric nurse at the Utah State Hospital in Provo. Graduate of Brigham Young University and Montgomery Blair High School. Arizona Phoenix Mission alumna.
Ari (b. 1999, Silver Spring, Maryland) Referred to in older letters as “Lucy.” Kids After Hours counselor at Forest Knolls Elementary School.
Sophia (b. 2002, Washington, D.C.) Undergraduate student at Brigham Young University. Future English teacher. Graduate of Montgomery College and Northwood High School. Alumna of the Ukraine Dnipro, Washington Spokane, and Utah Salt Lake City Temple Square Missions.
Grace (b. 2005, Takoma Park, Maryland) Our youngest. Freshman at Southern Virginia University. Singer. Future music teacher. Theater geek. Duolingo addict. Friend to everyone.
Crystal (b. 1970, St. Louis, Missouri) and Me (b. 1972, Washington, D.C.) (m. 1994, Washington D.C. Temple) Happy parents and proud Maryland residents since 1996. Pursuant to a quarter-century of training as a stay-at-home mom, Crystal is now simultaneously pursuing a masters degree at Johns Hopkins University and teaching special education at a middle school in Gaithersburg, Maryland. I wear various hats at a small (but growing!) financial technology firm in Arlington, Virginia.
No relation to this cup from Chipotle. This is just something my parents like to say.
