Minch Family Christmas letter 2012

Dear family and friends,
We have so enjoyed receiving your cards, letters, and photos. One of the joys at Christmas is hearing from all of you.

We are grateful to the Lord for the many blessing we've received this year. The two biggest were the new members we added to the family. Erik Russell Anderson was born to Lisa and Daniel on June 24th. What a beautiful, sweet little guy he is. Then Sarah married Bob Urbon on June 29th, in the Mesa Arizona temple. Yes, 5 days later—What a great week that was :).

We enjoyed a Dave Minch family reunion in Yellowstone this summer, then a Doug Carpenter family reunion at Downata Hot Springs. We were especially grateful to have had that time together, since Patrice's brother, Chuck, passed away suddenly in September. We miss him greatly, but appreciate the good example he set for all of us. He was so good at loving others, helping where ever he saw a need, and finding the fun in life.

Dave works for IBM on Tivoli Storage Manager, mainly handling customer problems with database growth. He received an Outstanding Technical Achievement award this year. At church, he's serving as a counselor, responsible for the missionary work and singles.

Patrice does her best to keep up with the family, and loves working in the Primary, She's spent some extra time in Utah with her parents as her Dad is going through cancer treatments. It's so hard to see Dad suffer, but we've enjoyed spending time talking, laughing, and playing games.

Jared works for IBM and has a nice home in Tucson. He enjoys hiking, caving, and cheering on the U of A teams.

Steven continues at Digi International. He, Stacy, and Clara live in Orem. Clara is such a happy, busy, adorable one-year-old. Stacy is great with photography, so we love getting lots of pictures of their cute family.

Lisa and Daniel and their four children live in Tucson. She is a trainer for APAC Customer Service. The kids spend “Grandma Day” here on Wednesdays, the highlight of our week.

Jay graduated from BYU with a master's degree in Accounting and has a job with BFBA in Sacramento starting in January. Julie worked at Noah Webster Academy until the end of the school year, then as a nanny for her sister-in-law, Natalie, who was expecting her third child.

William completed his schooling at Pima College and starts at the U of A next semester in Engineering. He is a server at Casa Del Rio, and finds time for body building and target shooting as
often as possible.

Sarah has one more semester at ASU, then they plan to move to Flagstaff where Bob will finish his schooling at NAU.

Davy is a senior at University High School. Homework occupies almost all of his waking time, though he does find time for some fun dates. He even took one friend to feed ostriches. After high school, he's planning on getting a job to earn money for a mission.

We wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We are so grateful to have dear friends and family in our lives.

Love,
The Minch Family