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