Since Stephen, Tanja, Leon and Julian live nearby, we got to see them regularly at home and at the beach.

Matt, Stephanie and Ben visited Florida in April and July. We went to DC in March and December. Ben got to see the elf house that he had seen so many times via Facetime in 2020, and he also got to see the rope swing on the creek down underneath the railroad bridge where his dad spent some time many years ago. Their family expanded in December with the arrival of Jackson. See “DC for Christmas 2021” for more on Jackson.

We visited with Danielle in California in June and in DC in December.

We made one trip to New England this year, in October, for the wedding of Paula’s nephew “little Timmy”. He is the son of Linda and Paula’s brother Tim, and he married Sherri. It was a great celebration and was an opportunity to see many of Paula’s family who we had not seen since the onset of Covid.