Here's our year in review:
- I read 55 books, down from 69 last year.
- Kids had 1 delay and 4 "snow days" from school. Since there were online school capabilities in the spring semester, they never had a true snow day. They are hoping for some true snow days in 2022!
- Band was able to have a middle school and a high school concert in the spring (although Jenna missed hers due to quarantine and it was sweet to have a do-over after May band camp). They were also able to have Christmas concerts which were really fun.
- Jenna started marching band and there was an actual marching band season this year! 7 football games (the team did really well in the playoffs). Harrison, Regionals, and State competitions. 2A State Champions!! And, countless hours of practice!
- Jenna had her first date to a Homecoming Dance.
- Continual frustrations with the COVID-19 virus, but a little more freedom. In-person school with the exception of Jenna having COVID in September and the entire high school closure for a bit after the Homecoming dance.
- We were able to visit Estes Park, Wichita, Branson, Lubbock (Jenna), Florida, Winter Park, and Wichita and Estes (again).
- Jenna and Kellen rode their first roller coasters.
- We all saw Manatees up close in the wild.
- Jenna went to Summer Excitement. And Kellen went to Camp Como.
- Jenna went rafting for the first time. And, Kevin, Jenna, and Kellen went ziplining.
- Our beloved hedgehog, Cosmo died. As well as three hamsters - Victor Gimli, Snickers, and Moustache.
- We went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo several times, the Denver zoo once, the Sedgwick County Zoo and Tanganika in Wichita, and Zoo Tampa. We didn't go to the North Pole or roller skating at all. We went to the Olympic Museum for the first time. We went to Sea Quest a few times.
- Jenna started playing basketball.
- Kellen lost 4 teeth. And broke his right radius and ulna and left fourth metatarsal (about 2 months apart).
- Jenna, Madilyn, and Mima enjoyed a few? Mima's Sew Fun nights.
- Kellen finally got to ride a horse! (Jenna got to ride, too!)
- Kevin and I celebrated 22 years of marriage.
- Kevin finished his third year at TCA and started his fourth.
- I completed two years of working in the NICU (5 years at St. Francis) and completed a year of school nurse consulting.
- Jenna and Kellen had two in-person piano recitals.
- Jenna virtually performed with the CU Middle School Honor Band and the Pikes Peak Middle School Honor Band. And, she was accepted to the All City High School Honor Band for an upcoming 2022 performance.
- Still, some things canceled. Lots of things we were still able to do.
Good days and bad days and blessings throughout. 2021 was still tough/weird, yet we still have so much to be thankful for!
