Christmas 2021 for Jason and Sully

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