Happy New Year 2022

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Across
  1. 1. be one these if you want to quickly forget 2021’s difficulties
  2. 3. Steph and Daryl made their own chocolate in this Central American country
  3. 5. a way Daryl
  4. 6. something you’ll have to do if you can’t figure out this crossword or you just want to reconnect
  5. 8. valley where we live towards the end of the Oregon Trail
  6. 10. Darlene prepared a variety of Swedish foods also known as this
  7. 13. another word for Oregon hazelnuts
  8. 14. Daryl in no Bjorn Borg, but did play this regularly
  9. 15. our new address: 4319 SAGECREST DR NE 97322-4716 is in this Oregon city, also a city in New York
  10. 16. We wish you this type of Trading Places’ style of New Year
  11. 17. slang for something we got to protect others in 2021
  12. 19. a graduate university in D.C. where Allegra attends
  13. 20. a type of hug we send to all of you from afar
  14. 24. Steph made many calls asking school families to do this
  15. 25. to stay extra safe, we took this
  16. 29. a rover and the word of the year
  17. 30. our Oregon family gathered for this type of mystery party
  18. 31. provides therapy services
  19. 32. family and friends connected here this year
Down
  1. 2. a biennial Swedish festival Darlene (mom/grandma) celebrated with family and friends
  2. 4. Darlene celebrated this birthday, (short for cancel that).
  3. 7. we built more of this during another challenging year
  4. 9. South Asian peoples and our food theme for our this year’s Christmas
  5. 11. a Junction City, OR festival celebrating this Northern Europe subregion where Steve, Diane, Devon and Zaelia live
  6. 12. Antonea and her Ivan bought a house across this largest PNW river
  7. 18. Allegra works on this hill for a congressperson.
  8. 21. TV series we enjoyed, with a Wichita State reference
  9. 22. Antonea is a 2nd-year police officer in this proudly “wierd” city
  10. 23. animated movie for which our kitties (Berlioz and Toulouse) were named
  11. 26. something we drink instead of doing a homonym
  12. 27. a model of working part-time from home
  13. 28. a word for group of islands where Antonea and Allegra enjoyed a Hawaiian sister’s vacation
  14. 29. Steph is here, she’s there, she’s every f-ing-where in this role