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
2020
Christine and Angel take a trip to Biltmore Estates in North Carolina for Angel's 16th birthday
Tony performs in his first musical: Footloose
Jeremy starts a new job at Subsplash
Angel gets her first car: Aunt Mindy's 2008 Honda Civic
Christine contracts COVID-19 but somehow everyone else in the family avoids catching it
The family watches the Chiefs win their first Super Bowl in 50 years
Symphony plays dozens of rounds of her new favorite bedroom activity: The Floor is Lava (pronounced "Da Fyoor is Yava")
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
Harmony gets braces
The latest video game craze "among us" hits our family with full force
Angel starts her first job at Early Learning Academy
Jeremy gets to work from home for nearly the entire year
Chase and Charity play a lot of Animal Crossing and Pikmin
2019
Chase sets the family record for building over 20 levels in Mario Maker
Angel gets all "A"s in her first semester of public school at Shawnee Mission NW High School
Charity and Harmony perform as dancing elves in Elf the Musical
Symphony starts potty training
The whole family participates in Mindy and Brice's Musical Wedding
Tony and Angel help start the Youth worship team at New City Church
Jeremy's Success Vision Online webapp is in use in 7 retail stores nationwide
Harmony attends her first summer camp at Kansas Bible Camp
Angel joins the worship team at New City Church
Christine completes the Green-2-Gold leadership training
Symphony figures out how to open all of the baby-proof cabinet locks
Angel gets her learner's permit and begins learning to drive
Symphony attends Early Learning Academy
Tony joins SoulTeam Missions to serve in Guatemala on his first mission trip
Christine and Jeremy visit 4 different cities marketing their book
The whole Moritz family lives in a hotel for a week while getting floors redone
Jeremy starts a new job as a Senior Software Engineer at VMLY&R
Jeremy's brother Davey and his wife Megan welcome their baby daughter Anna
2018
Symphony learns to walk
Chase and Charity beats the game "Kirby Star Allies"
Jeremy, Tony, and Harmony shoot thousands of zombies in Black Ops 3
Angel begins school at Christ Preperatory Academy
Charity beats the game "Super Mario Odyssey"
New City Church moves to a new building
Harmony takes 1st place (out of 50 attendees and 20 entries) at Google's CoderDojo
Chase learns to swim
Harmony begins violin lessons
Charity plays Young Eponine in the musical "Les Miserables" (a.k.a. "Les Charitables")
Tony creates a video game called "Punchout" and it receives over 10,000 views on Scratch
Tony can solve Rubik's Cube in under 1 minute
Harmony goes on her first cruise to celebrate her 10th birthday
Symphony says her first word: "Dada"
Jeremy and Christine's new book Code for Teens is released nationwide
Harmony goes gluten free
Jeremy's Success Vision Online webapp debuts in production
Christine's Sister Stacy and her husband Clint welcome their second baby Felix
Chase and Tony unlock all of the playable characters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
2017
The family buys an 8-passenger van
Christine completes over 25 construction and remodeling projects around the house
Family visits Great Wolf Lodge during a staycation
Jeremy and Christine attend the Angular Developer Conference in Salt Lake City
Angel turns 13
Charity, Chase, Angel, and Harmony participate in a camp production of "Seussical the Musical"
Chase learns from his siblings how to do addition, subtraction, basic multiplication, division, and writing his name
Jeremy and Christine begin writing and illustrating their first book "Code for Kids" (later renamed "Code for Teens")
Chase starts gymnastics classes
Angel goes gluten-free
Tony takes 1st place two months in a row at Google's CoderDojo
Jeremy and Christine visit the Creation Museum and Ark encounter in Kentucky
Robbie and Norie get married!
Harmony gets baptized
Harmony and Charity travel to Tulsa to visit their second cousin Haven
Jeremy breaks his left index finger in a sports injury
Symphony is born!
Grandpa Rob buys a theater: "Dramatic Impact Theater and Event Center (DITEC)"
Angel writes several original songs and accompanies herself on guitar on piano
2016
Christine travels to Canada for her sister-in-law Melanie's baby shower
Jeremy leaves Parnell to work as a Senior Software Engineer at National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
Chase creates his 25th level on Super Mario Maker
Harmony celebrates "Moving Day" (moving into Angel's room) with cupcakes and a party
Jeremy and Tony go on a ski trip with Grandpa Rob and Uncle Andrew
Christine's Sister Stacy and her husband Clint welcome their first baby Winnie
Christine and Jeremy discover they're pregnant again (sadly this ended in a miscarriage)
Jeremy's brother Davey and his wife Megan welcome their first baby Erick
Tony and Angel get their first experience of summer camp
Tony begins drum lessons
Angel gets braces
Christine's brother John and his wife Mel welcome their first baby Julia
Charity starts gymnastics classes
Tony earns his first computer (by learning to write HTML, CSS, use email, Google Docs, and type 30wpm)
Tony gets baptized
Tony legitimately beats his dad in a competitive game of Table Tennis with no handicaps
Angel's YouTube channel DeerAngel celebrates 20th video and over 50 subscribers!
2015
Angel starts her bi-weekly YouTube channel: DeerAngel
Tony begins public school
Harmony participates in her first chess tournament (and wins a TROPHY!... for last place)
Christine builds a stage in Harmony and Charity's room
Jeremy and Davey create an immersive escape game called "The Game Escape"
Tony chooses to come back to homeschool
Harmony gets baptized
Chase becomes the scissor bandit and opens random food packages with scissors
Christine's brother John gets married to Melanie
Angel chooses to come back to homeschool
Jeremy leaves UnitedLex to work as a Senior Digital Technology Developer at Parnell
Christine leaves Blues to Bach to become a full-time stay-at-home mother and homeschool teacher
2014
Mike comes to stay in the basement
Immeasurable Productions performs "42nd Street"
Harmony takes a trip with Mimi and Grandpa to Iowa (this is a HUGE deal to her)
Tony starts the Legend of Zelda game series
Jeremy begins work as a software engineer for Walsworth Publishing Company
Christine visits twin brother John in Canada
Jeremy leaves Walsworth to work as a Senior Software Developer at UnitedLex
Chase gets a Spider-man four-wheeler and drives all over the house
Charity discovers Pikmin on the Wii U (and asks to play it every day)
Jeremy starts the first chess club at Broken Arrow Elementary (Angel and Tony join)
Angel begins her first year of public school (in 4th grade)
2013
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)
Angel gets baptized
Jeremy is hired on as a full-time employee at Solidify
Angel and Tony participate in their first chess tournament