Christmas 2021

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