Happy New Year!

Welcome back to the Hollywood Four blog. This year we mark our 7th year of blogging. To view reruns from our previous six years, click the links shown to the right under the "PAST YEARS" heading. In year's past I would normally archive the ending year and then create a brand new blog design for the new year. As our family blogging activity has been winding down the past couple years, it is my intent to use this year's blog for at least the next few years rather than starting from scratch again - hence the new, Hollywood evergreen design!

We have some great family milestones coming up in 2014: Grandma Carole will celebrate her 80th birthday in February; Abby will graduate from High School in May and then start her college career at Kent State University in the fall; and Andrew will transition from his freshman to sophomore year in high school. At this point, I still plan on leading marketing and IT development at PartnerShip LLC (logistics) for the foreseeable future, and mom still plans on being the Jack-of-all-trades at Woodbine Products (soap products).

Before we proceed forward creating and sharing new memories in 2014 and beyond, let's first take a look back at all of the wonderful blessings and experiences we shared in 2013 ...