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- 3. The highlight of our year was a 4-night family getaway to Asheville, North Carolina in October. We stayed in a cabin, adventured through nature trails in Fall foliage, and visited the famous _______ Estate - America’s largest home.
- 5. In October, we realized just how much Leo loves Halloween decorations. He became obsessed with what he referred to as “Tell-Tins”, his word for these Halloween cadavers.
- 9. On weekends, we often visit our local Sky Zone, where we jump for joy on bouncy ____________.
- 11. Total number of times Zack went golfing in 2022.
- 12. “Puppy Love” singer Osmond whose show we saw in Las Vegas this September.
- 14. Day of the week Roma and Leo most frequently visited their great grandparents “Ana and Pop” to swim in their pool and eat grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup.
- 15. After 3 long years of judgmental looks and blank stares into the camera, Roma now finally ______ on command for pictures. Say cheese!
- 16. Roma adorned a large red wig on her 4th birthday party as a nod to her favorite Disney princess. After opening all her gifts, you could hear Roma saying, “Look at this stuff, isn’t it neat?”.
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- 1. Roma participated in the gymnastics Olympics in front of her whole family in May, where she got to show off her favorite manuever - a forward ______.
- 2. In July, we adopted a wild _______ for one day before we let it free in our back yard. “Turtie” loved eating lettuce and bell peppers on our patio until we quickly realized she could not be domesticated.
- 3. On his birthday Leo became a real cowboy, riding a Pony for the first time and sporting a new Woody toy that he wouldn’t let go of for 3 months. “There’s a snake in my ______”, he’d repeat over and over again in his crib.
- 4. To celebrate Zack's dad turning 70 years old this April, we took a trip to this city in Mexico - popular for its Spring Break crowds and beautiful sand beaches.
- 6. In the winter months, we love to park our car near the back gate of the _____ Kingdom to watch the nighttime Disney firework show from the trunk of our car. Can’t beat a free firework show and car snacks.
- 7. In January, Leo attended to his first day of school. His classroom was nicknamed “Cuddly _________”, an alliterative nod to the school’s underwater theme – how silly!
- 8. Using lye, oils, and assorted fragrances, we home-made nearly 60 bars of this cleaning agent to use throughout the year.
- 9. 2022 marked ____ years of marriage for us. We celebrated at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.
- 10. Our cat Ruby has developed a love affair with this member of the nut-scavenging rodent family, who sits on the other side of our bathroom window watching her adoringly each morning.
- 13. In April, we hosted an egg hunt for this holiday, where Zack dressed up as a bunny and was disappointed that none of the children were actually fooled.
- 16. The name of our newest brother-in-law, who married Shannon’s older sister Amanda in November of this year
- 17. We enjoyed front row seats to Disney on ____ in September. A frigid skating spectacular!