Across
- 3. the first official return to in-person service at MPUMC
- 4. the sweatshirt that has endured thirty years of wear
- 5. we all got the shot this year
- 9. the sandwich we could not order at The Cheese Shop in Williamsburg
- 10. Summer 2021 was the first of many of these for Sully
- 11. the transportation company that MPUMC youth will never use again
- 13. Val visited her two best pals this summer, but stayed at the home of this one
- 15. Jason hates this so much, he decided to write a rap about it
- 17. Covid didn't prevent us from participating in this annual fund-raising event, even if we did it on the greenway
- 18. the middle-of-the-night event in the Virginia Beach hotel
- 19. Sully's nickname for Modern dance
- 20. Sully's new hardware as of September
- 22. at the beginning of the year, school was still this
- 23. the orthodontist we broke up with
- 24. we got a visit from two of these girls and their dad this summer, but we missed the youngest and Mom
- 25. our beach vacation destination during Spring Break
- 30. nickname of Sully's 6th grade Science teacher
- 31. we would normally go every other Friday, but in 2021 we only went once
- 34. this bizarre act of violence kick started 2021 on January 6
- 36. Valerie insisted we get a photo with this statue before leaving Virginia Beach
- 38. the gospel singer who had a gig in Crisfield, MD
- 39. Jason's epic mission this summer, adding the largest state to our picture collage
- 41. the name of the greeter guy who didn't actually work for the restaurant in Onancock, VA
- 42. the first official return to in person church service
- 43. how we got to Smith Island
Down
- 1. Jason didn't know how to write one of these at the post office on Smith Island
- 2. the iconic S&G song we listed to as we crossed the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
- 6. the octopus from Atlanta that Sully left at the hotel in Williamsburg
- 7. the K-Pop song featured in Sully's dance recital
- 8. the filthy little boy whose family we helped in the Crisfield Food Lion
- 12. the date of Val's first day of work at the library
- 14. this was slow in the bakery on Smith Island
- 16. these took place while we were on our summer vacation
- 21. Sully's least favorite camp of Summer 2021
- 26. the Youth's (and our family's) motto
- 27. we lost two prickly loved ones in 2021. This was the other.
- 28. we lost two prickly loved ones in 2021. This was one.
- 29. Thank goodness this place stayed open during quarantine
- 32. we visited with this "aunt" on two separate occasions this year
- 33. we were happy to see this guy take over in 2021
- 35. this team won the World Series this year
- 37. we celebrated this person's birthday at Legion Brewery in June
- 40. Jason's mittens were fashioned after this person
