The Hibberds in 2022

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Across
  1. 4. Lucy's character for World Book Day
  2. 5. we spent_____ weeks in California in October, our delayed trip from 2020
  3. 7. the number of people around our table for Christmas lunch, as Ellie's parents are off on their round-the-world trip
  4. 8. Lucy hit double figures in June and is loving her final year in juniors at the Maynard
  5. 10. The name of Jennie's new chicken
  6. 11. Ellie's team adopted one of these for her at Paignton Zoo to mark her birthday
  7. 13. england's opponents in the Old Trafford test match in August - all four of this time plus Ellie's parents, there to see an innings and 85 run victory
  8. 14. number of days Jennie went without eating after picking up a lurgy on our trip to London
  9. 19. Lucy's favourite outing on our Norfolk trip - how apt for the year!
  10. 20. Number of hours we were without power for in February after Storm Eunice blasted her way through the South West
  11. 21. our tally of pets
  12. 23. our home for a week's camping with Ellie's parents at the beginning of August - one wet morning is something of a record for us!
  13. 24. Each of Lucy and Jennie got about this number of pieces of 'candy' after our American trick or treat experience
  14. 27. Jennie masterminded a stall outside our house to raise money for this cause - she raised over £165!
  15. 28. Sight of a very windy walk to celebrate Ellie's dad's 70th birthday in April
  16. 30. number of months we had scaffolding up for our renovation work on the house
Down
  1. 1. we went to see this musical in London in summer
  2. 2. the happiest place on earth, and our visit for three days with Ellie's sister, Bee and her husband and son at the end of our trip
  3. 3. We wore these in bed when camping in Norfolk in May
  4. 5. number of rides from our three days in Disney - Star Wars Rise of the Resistance topping the billing
  5. 6. Tom felt close to his family gene pool after seeing these in Borneo
  6. 7. number of humpback whales we saw on our boat trip in the Santa Barbara channel in October
  7. 9. Jennie's theme for her 8th birthday party
  8. 12. Ellie swam around this in September, raising over £500 for a local men's health charity
  9. 15. The 4,192m elevation mountain Tom climbed in Borneo, on a school trip
  10. 16. The piano grade Lucy successfully completed in July
  11. 17. We completed the East Devon Way in this seaside town
  12. 18. england's winning margin against South Africa in the IT20 at Bristol on 27 July - Lucy's first experience of live cricket
  13. 22. we might have avoided the rain in Cornwall this year but had a proper wet T-shirt competition moment after getting totally drenched on one of these
  14. 25. characters met at Disney
  15. 26. Ellie's big birthday in February, celebrated with a lot of wonderful eating, drinking and flowers
  16. 29. Tom's souvenir from Borneo - fortunately, none of the rest of us got it this time around!