If you’ve kept up with our blog, you should have no problem completing a little crossword puzzle, but if you’re stumped, Les has included the month where you can find the answer on our blog. We hope that you enjoy the puzzle—-Les had fun reminiscing while making it! The answers are posted below, so don't peek until you have given it a good try.

Crossword Puzzle

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Across

5. BEACHCOTTAGES—location Labor Day family reunion (2 words; Sept)
7. HAIRCUT—a first for Rachel (March)
10. WILLIAMSBURG—Big Fat Meetup location (May)
11. ANZABORREGO—desert adventure location (March)
12. REBEKAH—January birthday
15. MOM—Mike's ____, visited in Oct
17. BALLET—Joanna's new class (Sept)
19. SHOEBOXES—We filled these for Operation Christmas Child (Nov)
22. TARPITS—smelly & sticky in La Brea (July)
23. ELIJAH—June birthday
24. NEWYORK—city girls visited (2 words; May)
25. SOCCER—Pink Rattlesnakes play this (Sept)

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Down

1. FAMILYANDFRIENDS—reason to visit the Midwest in the middle of the summer (3 words; June)
2. ZOO—location company picnic (Aug)
3. CABIN—family lodge in mountains(April)
4. DEKALB—Huskie Country (June)
6. SPRINGFIELD—Lincoln sites
8. CORONADO—favorite beach (Jan)
9. JOANNA—April birthday (April)
13. ADAMSACADEMY—best school in the land (2 words; July)
14. RACHEL—September birthday
16. FEATHERSTONE—Royal Ranger Camp name (Feb)
18. SISTERCHICKS—girlfriends at cabin (March)
20. EARRINGS—Rebekah's new jewelry (Sept)
21. WILDFIRE—San Diego natural disaster (Oct)
26. OMAS—pumpkin patch (Oct)