What a year 2021 ended up being! Covid was still a concern so that altered plans throughout the year. We were always mindful of that being an issue. We cancelled one trip to Turks & Caicos. However, we kept reminding ourselves how thankful we are to be healthy and able to do most "normal" things again. Ryan and I certainly still enjoyed our early 20th anniversary trip to Italy and Spain; Covid wasn't going to dampen that! While it was a second pretty quiet year, we truly have so much to be thankful for. A God who loves us, family, friends, our health, our church, and our dog are just a few of the highlights.
We celebrated New Year's Eve with the Pennington family. We are so thankful for them. Jeff leads our church so well with Ali by his side. They are such a wonderful and lovely couple. Their girls are friends with our girls too, so that's always fun to have them all together. I made this big charcuterie platter to hold us over for awhile.
Ryan smoked us a delicious brisket to enjoy as the meal which is always fantastic. That's quite possibly my favorite thing that he makes. Round it out with some yummy sides, and we had a wonderful meal! We finished it off with some vanilla ice cream to top a marionberry pie ordered from Willamette Valley Pie Company via Goldbelly. It was so good!
After dinner we all enjoyed playing Cards Against Humanity Family Edition and hanging out. This is one of our favorite families to be with! They left around 10, and we had a quiet rest of the evening until Midnight. We rang it in together. There's no one I'd rather be with to start out the new year than these three!
While this was another unusual year, I will continue to give thanks for all the many blessings in my life and look forward to the days ahead. Cheers to a great 2022!
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