Friday, December 31, 2021

Top 10 of 2021

Thanks to another year of Covid-19, one would assume we did nothing exciting, but thankfully that was not our case.  2021 was a full pact year of fun memories.  Once again below (in no particular order) is our 10 favorite things that took place in 2021.

  1. Family trip with Nana to Disney World
  2. Visited with extended family, Papa and Nana Speckman, CA Klausers and, Grandpa and Grandma
  3. Family trip to the National Parks out west for 2.5 weeks
  4. Celebrated 16 years of marriage
  5. Swam in the Gulf of Mexico
  6. Dedicated Maddie to the Lord at church
  7. Watched Elyse, Caleb, Kallen, and Ian participate in basketball with Dad being their coaches
  8. Kids had in-person education all year while public schools were distance learning
  9. The annual Legacy family camping trip
  10. Remodeled our main floor, especially our kitchen to have an island that sits all five kids.
Some other fun things that happened this year.
  • All seven of us got and survived Covid
  • Mom started working at Legacy to be around the kids more
  • Caleb graduated from elementary school, started middle school
  • Elyse made the JV team for volleyball
  • Mom went to FL with her friends while Dad stepped up big time at home with the kids
  • Started the hobby of geocaching
  • Watched Caleb perform in his class musical while having a part, the snake
  • Caleb learned the trumpet, the first instrument played by one of the kids
  • Watched all the kids participate in the MANE event, especially fun to see Ian not give up after getting hurt.
  • Elyse, Caleb, and Kallen all attended Camp Lebanon, loved it, and grew in their faith
  • Swam together as a family in our pool
Well, we made it through 2021 with some tears and lots of laughs, so thankfully off to 2022.

Happy New Year!


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Happy New Year. Hope it is a great year for everyone.
G K