Even amidst COVID spikes and uncertainty, 2021 was a good year for our family. We entered our second year of homeschooling, took advantage of affordable travel and rescheduled vacations, made new friends, and rejoiced the salvation of two of our children. I'd call that a good year!
January
- Matt spent all his free time refinishing our kitchen cabinets
- Samuel started his first season of basketball
February
- We experienced record cold temperatures, snow and ice for two weeks
- We celebrated Valentine's Day as a family and hosted a small homeschool Valentine's Day Party
- I turned 36
- After some crazy job change/relocation discussions, Matt was promoted to manager at his company
March
- Samuel turned eight and celebrated with a couple of his best friends at Urban Air
- We took a quick Spring Break trip to Dallas to go to Six Flags.
- We visited my grandparents in Weatherford for a few days- our first visit with them since July, 2020
- We met new neighbors who recently moved into a house across the street and started a dear friendship with their family
April
- We celebrated Easter with our church family
- Nathan, Samuel, and Elisabeth attended a field trip at Rose Hill School House
- We vacationed at Universal Studios in Orlando for a week
May
- Nathan turned 10 and celebrated with all his friends at a backyard birthday party
- Elisabeth and Katherine danced in their Spring Recitall
- Matt and I celebrated 15 years of marriage with a long weekend staycation
- Matt turned 38
- We spent Memorial Day weekend in Weatherford for a mini family reunion with cousins
June
- We attended/helped with our church's VBS
- The boys spent a week in Weatherford attending Camp Invention and the girls and I had a fun girly week complete with a dance camp
- Nathan participated in a Hamilton theater camp
- Summer play dates/ zoo trips/ and pool days filled up the rest of our month
July
- We hosted our fifth annual Fourth of July party
- We soaked up summer fun with more pool/play dates
- The kids and I spent a week in Weatherford visiting family and attending the Evetts' VBS
- Erica, Mindy, and I had our annual girls' weekend
- Nathan went to his first church camp for a week
August
- Elisabeth prayed with me and Matt to accept Christ as her Savior
- The kids' Fall activities started/continued- Karate for Nathan and Samuel, Gymnastics for Samuel, Elisabeth, and Katherine, and dance for the girls. Nathan also started a new season of flag football.
- Elisabeth turned seven with a fun gymnastics party (that had to be rescheduled because of COVID)
- We spent a wonderful week at our favorite beach
- We entered into our second full year of homeschooling with a first, third, and fifth grader
- We watched all the Summer Olympics coverage and even had our own Baugher Olympics one weekend
September
- We spent Labor Day with the Millers and Evetts
- The kids participated in a KJAM musical at our church
- We started a homeschool co-op
- We and the Shondelmyers celebrated a belated anniversary trip to San Antonio
- Katherine turned four and celebrated with a mermaid birthday party
October
- Samuel prayed to receive Christ with our kids' pastor on a Sunday morning at church
- We celebrated Cousin Abby's second birthday
- Matt and Nathan attended the OSU/Baylor football game
- We took an epic "Homeschool Field Trip" to Williamsburg/Washington D.C.
- We celebrated Halloween at the Shondelmyers'
November
- The boys participated in a Lego League Challenge with our homeschool co-op
- Nathan, Samuel, and Elisabeth participated in a Living Wax Museum as Orville Wright, Ben Franklin and Laura Ingalls Wilder
- My grandparents were able to come to our house for Thanksgiving
- OSU won Bedlam!
December
- We enjoyed all fun Christmas parties, performances, and play dates
- We had a magical Christmas with family and friends
- We rang in the New Year with the Shondelmyers
As always, we are grateful for the many, many blessings that we experienced in 2021.
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