Moritz Family: Jeremy & Christine, Angel, Tony, Harmony, Charity, Chase, and Symphony
Moritz Family Highlights
The Highlight Reel
Some of Each Year's Notable Events in the Moritz Household
2023
Chase rides his first roller coaster
Symphony starts AWANA Sparks
Jeremy begins work as a Senior Software Engineer for Principle Studios
Angel and Tony in front of 3000 people sing the National Anthem for summer camp
Angel starts work M.E. Pearson Elementary as a library aide
Everyone goes to Branson for the first-ever full family vacation
Tony gets hired at Success Vision
2022
Family takes a vacation to St. Louis to visit the Reeves family
Charity begins flute lessons
Charity and Chase go to Kansas Bible Camp
Angel gets a 31 on her ACT
Jeremy's brother Robbie has his first baby--Phoenix Moritz!
Chase starts AWANA Truth 'n Trust
Angel starts work at Chili's
Symphony starts AWANA Cubbies
Go on a family cruise
2021
Almost the whole family catch COVID-19
Chase earns all 8 gym badges in Pokémon Shield
Tony starts his first job at Chick-fil-A
Tony takes a mission trip to Puerto Rico
Charity celebrates her golden birthday on June 11th
Tony learns to drive
Jeremy's brother Davey starts working with Jeremy at Subsplash
Jeremy and Christine celebrate their 20th Anniversary
Harmony quits using forks
Harmony has a spoon-themed birthday party
Harmony attends middle school church camp
We build a new deck outside
Symphony releases her binky to the sky--never to be used again
Jeremy, Angel, Tony, Harmony, and Charity all perform in Rhythm City!
Angel becomes Youth Worship Leader
Jeremy's sister Mindy delivers her first baby: J.J. Belden!
Jeremy writes and professionally records three new rap songs to include in Rhythm City
Christine and Jeremy turn 40
2020
Chase and Charity play a lot of Animal Crossing and Pikmin
For Charity's 10th birthday, she is given a cruise trip to Hawaii with Mimi and grandpa... But Covid restrictions force the trip to be postponed until next year
Christine contracts COVID-19 but somehow everyone else in the family avoids catching it
Angel gets her first car: Aunt Mindy's 2008 Honda Civic
Symphony plays dozens of rounds of her new favorite bedroom activity: The Floor is Lava (pronounced "Da Fyoor is Yava")
Tony performs in his first musical: Footloose
Harmony gets braces
The latest video game craze "among us" hits our family with full force
Jeremy gets to work from home for nearly the entire year
Christine and Angel take a trip to Biltmore Estates in North Carolina for Angel's 16th birthday
Angel starts her first job at Early Learning Academy
Jeremy starts a new job at Subsplash
The family watches the Chiefs win their first Super Bowl in 50 years
2019
Tony joins SoulTeam Missions to serve in Guatemala on his first mission trip
Jeremy's brother Davey and his wife Megan welcome their baby daughter Anna
Chase sets the family record for building over 20 levels in Mario Maker
The whole family participates in Mindy and Brice's Musical Wedding
Angel gets her learner's permit and begins learning to drive
Harmony attends her first summer camp at Kansas Bible Camp
Angel joins the worship team at New City Church
Symphony starts potty training
Charity and Harmony perform as dancing elves in Elf the Musical
Angel gets all "A"s in her first semester of public school at Shawnee Mission NW High School
Jeremy's Success Vision Online webapp is in use in 7 retail stores nationwide
Christine and Jeremy visit 4 different cities marketing their book
Symphony figures out how to open all of the baby-proof cabinet locks
Tony and Angel help start the Youth worship team at New City Church
Jeremy starts a new job as a Senior Software Engineer at VMLY&R
The whole Moritz family lives in a hotel for a week while getting floors redone
Christine completes the Green-2-Gold leadership training
Symphony attends Early Learning Academy
2018
Angel begins school at Christ Preperatory Academy
Tony can solve Rubik's Cube in under 1 minute
Symphony learns to walk
Jeremy's Success Vision Online webapp debuts in production
Jeremy and Christine's new book Code for Teens is released nationwide
Harmony goes gluten free
Charity beats the game "Super Mario Odyssey"
New City Church moves to a new building
Tony creates a video game called "Punchout" and it receives over 10,000 views on Scratch
Harmony takes 1st place (out of 50 attendees and 20 entries) at Google's CoderDojo
Chase and Tony unlock all of the playable characters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Charity plays Young Eponine in the musical "Les Miserables" (a.k.a. "Les Charitables")
Harmony begins violin lessons
Chase learns to swim
Chase and Charity beats the game "Kirby Star Allies"
Christine's Sister Stacy and her husband Clint welcome their second baby Felix
Symphony says her first word: "Dada"
Jeremy, Tony, and Harmony shoot thousands of zombies in Black Ops 3
Harmony goes on her first cruise to celebrate her 10th birthday
2017
Jeremy and Christine attend the Angular Developer Conference in Salt Lake City
Charity, Chase, Angel, and Harmony participate in a camp production of "Seussical the Musical"
Harmony and Charity travel to Tulsa to visit their second cousin Haven
Chase starts gymnastics classes
Harmony gets baptized
Chase learns from his siblings how to do addition, subtraction, basic multiplication, division, and writing his name
Family visits Great Wolf Lodge during a staycation
Symphony is born!
Jeremy and Christine begin writing and illustrating their first book "Code for Kids" (later renamed "Code for Teens")
Robbie and Norie get married!
Angel goes gluten-free
Tony takes 1st place two months in a row at Google's CoderDojo
Grandpa Rob buys a theater: "Dramatic Impact Theater and Event Center (DITEC)"
Jeremy breaks his left index finger in a sports injury
The family buys an 8-passenger van
Angel turns 13
Angel writes several original songs and accompanies herself on guitar on piano
Christine completes over 25 construction and remodeling projects around the house
Jeremy and Christine visit the Creation Museum and Ark encounter in Kentucky
2016
Christine's brother John and his wife Mel welcome their first baby Julia
Chase creates his 25th level on Super Mario Maker
Christine travels to Canada for her sister-in-law Melanie's baby shower
Tony begins drum lessons
Jeremy's brother Davey and his wife Megan welcome their first baby Erick
Jeremy leaves Parnell to work as a Senior Software Engineer at National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
Angel gets braces
Charity starts gymnastics classes
Harmony celebrates "Moving Day" (moving into Angel's room) with cupcakes and a party
Tony earns his first computer (by learning to write HTML, CSS, use email, Google Docs, and type 30wpm)
Tony and Angel get their first experience of summer camp
Angel's YouTube channel DeerAngel celebrates 20th video and over 50 subscribers!
Jeremy and Tony go on a ski trip with Grandpa Rob and Uncle Andrew
Christine and Jeremy discover they're pregnant again (sadly this ended in a miscarriage)
Tony gets baptized
Christine's Sister Stacy and her husband Clint welcome their first baby Winnie
Tony legitimately beats his dad in a competitive game of Table Tennis with no handicaps
2015
Tony chooses to come back to homeschool
Harmony gets baptized
Jeremy and Davey create an immersive escape game called "The Game Escape"
Chase becomes the scissor bandit and opens random food packages with scissors
Christine builds a stage in Harmony and Charity's room
Angel chooses to come back to homeschool
Jeremy leaves UnitedLex to work as a Senior Digital Technology Developer at Parnell
Christine's brother John gets married to Melanie
Christine leaves Blues to Bach to become a full-time stay-at-home mother and homeschool teacher
Harmony participates in her first chess tournament (and wins a TROPHY!... for last place)
Tony begins public school
Angel starts her bi-weekly YouTube channel: DeerAngel
Jeremy leaves Walsworth to work as a Senior Software Developer at UnitedLex
Angel plays Molly in CYT's musical "Annie"
Chase gets a Spider-man four-wheeler and drives all over the house
Christine visits twin brother John in Canada
Jeremy begins work as a software engineer for Walsworth Publishing Company
Immeasurable Productions performs "42nd Street"
Tony starts the Legend of Zelda game series
Jeremy starts the first chess club at Broken Arrow Elementary (Angel and Tony join)
Charity discovers Pikmin on the Wii U (and asks to play it every day)
Harmony takes a trip with Mimi and Grandpa to Iowa (this is a HUGE deal to her)
Angel begins her first year of public school (in 4th grade)
2013
Angel and Tony participate in their first chess tournament
Angel gets baptized
Charity builds a giant Keva blocks structure
Harmony learns to whistle (and invents the wildly popular new game "Whistle Zombie Grave")
Angel earns her first computer (by learning to write HTML, CSS, use email, Photoshop, MS Word, Excel, write programs in Scratch, create her own website, and type 30wpm)
Chase becomes the #1 contributor to the high playcount of Youtube's "The Balloon Song"
Jeremy is hired on as a full-time employee at Solidify