Memories of 2021

*Austin hill country state parks: Colorado Bend, Longhorn Cave, Enchanted rock (raining the entire time).

*San Antonio Sea World and 5 missions bike ride

*Valley of Fire state park and Death Valley National Park

*Houston freeze while we were gone to park, and pipe burst + flooding of our home (drywall, ceiling, wood floor damage). Thankful JL and RW and KL shut off water while we were gone. Hole in ceiling for a while. We found a good handyman who could fix everything rather quickly. Only spoke Chinese! 

*Pregnancy, gradually telling people

*Getting covid vaccines, signing up family/friends (AB signed up 20+ people!)

*As people got the vaccine, doing outdoor backyard birthdays. E.g. mine + RC/gender reveal. 

*Book clubs: this year: Confronting Christianity: 12 difficult questions for the world's largest religion. 

*Going back to in-person outdoor church service (first time Feb 6). Then indoor church service in June.

*First time eating indoors: Bao Shi Yi soup dumplings 2/5/21. 

*Arches, Canyonlands, Mesa Verde trip with church friends in May

*Travel to Iceland and Greece on one trip:

https://eeex101.blogspot.com/2021/06/iceland-geldingadalir-volcano.html?m=0

https://eeex101.blogspot.com/2021/08/greece-days-1-4.html?m=0

*Going back to meeting in person bible study and having people over for dinner. 

*Finishing Pandemic Legacy Season 1 - so surreal. 

*First time feeling baby kick. 

*Went to first wedding in a while in Seattle with Game of Thrones Theme (TL and TT)

*Brother getting knee surgery for 3rd knee dislocation

*Continuing YouTube workouts twice weekly on Zoom, and playing tennis when weather is nice.

*Our baby's delivery!

*Going to a live bball rockets game Dec!