Happy Holidays 2025

What an amazing year 2025 was for our family! Our list of adventures included a family reunion with my brothers in Chicago, a relaxing trip to Williamsburg and Virginia Beach with Jessica and Joshua, and a Church history tour of Palmyra and Kirtland with church friends. It was our first year of enjoying our first hybrid car. Being able to add gas to the car once a month (and sometimes twice a month) has been so wonderful. We share our gratitude of these many blessings and hope that you, the reader, will have received lots of blessings as well this past year and many more in the coming year.

We are so grateful for an amazing year ❤️ Blake turned 12 this year and became a deacon, and for his 12th birthday we were able to celebrate in his favorite place in the whole world, Hawaii 🌈 we had the best time! That boy loves the ocean and all things WWII. We also got to visit my parents and Josh out East over the summer and had the best time visiting as many states as we could 😂 I love showing my little family where I grew up and all the history and diversity over there. Blake started middle school in August, Grace started kindergarten, and Trey started preschool. And I’m having a great time chauffeuring everyone all over the place 😂 In September, after searching for a new job for over a year and about to give up, Oracle reached out to Henry, and he got a new job with them 😊 and couldn’t be happier! We are just so thankful for our adventures together and for our friends and family and all of our blessings. Life can be so rough sometimes, but miracles happen all the time! Merry Christmas! 🎄

Best wishes for the new year. We wish each of you prosperity and happiness and peace throughout this coming year.

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!
The Tsai family,
Ben & Li-Fang, Jessica & Henry & Blake & Grace & Trey, Jonathan, Joshua, Melinda & Javi & Sofia & Evelyn & Sydney, and Megan

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