Merry Christmas! 2014 Year in Review

Twenty Fourteen was an amazing year. As always, we had lots of fun together. We are blessed to be able to work from home (or anywhere with internet) managing our blogs and an online retail store. Because of this, we love to travel and really enjoy going on road trips. Our trips this year included two trips to California (one for Andy’s 30th birthday and one to run the SoCal Ragnar Relay), one to Las Vegas and St George for Stacie’s birthday, one to the Oregon and Washington coast to be inspired and revisit some of Stacie’s childhood stomping grounds, an all-expense paid cruise to the Bahamas with Q Sciences and one last trip where we brought all our things with us from our apartment in Pleasant Grove to our house in Provo. We celebrated our one-year anniversary and took a picture of us holding a picture from our wedding day (which we will repeat every anniversary). We received our “official” wedding rings from our Christian friend in Jerusalem who custom made them with his own hands. We celebrated the lives and passing of Uncle Kenny Wigg and Grandma Rose Gurr. God be with you till we meet again. We welcomed two new members to our family who eat a lot of millet seed, and know how to fly - we got some parakeets. :) We launched ldsmissionaries.com as a resource for LDS missionaries and their families that now has a little over half a million likes on Facebook. Stacie made great strides in academics and health, completing an academic renewal at Weber State University and overcoming a dairy allergy. Andy started his application to a master program in Pennsylvania, was included in a video with David Archuleta and Skyped with Leonard Nimoy (Spock from Star Trek) at ComicCon SLC, asking him: “How does one live long and prosper in real life?” Andy finished a Book of Mormon project he started seven years ago, writing his thoughts and revelations about every single chapter so that posterity would never wonder what he thought about each chapter and verse. We have done a lot, but we have also become better together. We have learned more patience and better communication, deepened our trust in God, come to value our health more, and found more meaning in being present and enjoying each moment of each day with the people who matter most to us. We were inspired by and grateful for any and all interaction we enjoyed with you, the people we love. Many of you reached out and have been the answer to our prayers. We love you, and we know that 2015 will be the best year of our life! We celebrate the year that is past and welcome in the new with open hearts and hope in Jesus Christ, the Great High Priest of good things to come. God be with you as you work to fulfill the dreams of your heart and be your best and highest selves in 2015.


With love,


Andy and Stacie Proctor