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
Angel starts her first job at Early Learning Academy
Chase and Charity play a lot of Animal Crossing and Pikmin
The family watches the Chiefs win their first Super Bowl in 50 years
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
Jeremy starts a new job at Subsplash
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")
Jeremy gets to work from home for nearly the entire year
Tony performs in his first musical: Footloose
Christine and Angel take a trip to Biltmore Estates in North Carolina for Angel's 16th birthday
2019
Harmony attends her first summer camp at Kansas Bible Camp
Charity and Harmony perform as dancing elves in Elf the Musical
The whole Moritz family lives in a hotel for a week while getting floors redone
Jeremy's brother Davey and his wife Megan welcome their baby daughter Anna
Angel gets all "A"s in her first semester of public school at Shawnee Mission NW High School
Tony and Angel help start the Youth worship team at New City Church
Symphony attends Early Learning Academy
Jeremy's Success Vision Online webapp is in use in 7 retail stores nationwide
Angel gets her learner's permit and begins learning to drive
Symphony starts potty training
Tony joins SoulTeam Missions to serve in Guatemala on his first mission trip
Christine completes the Green-2-Gold leadership training
The whole family participates in Mindy and Brice's Musical Wedding
Jeremy starts a new job as a Senior Software Engineer at VMLY&R
Christine and Jeremy visit 4 different cities marketing their book
Symphony figures out how to open all of the baby-proof cabinet locks
Angel joins the worship team at New City Church
Chase sets the family record for building over 20 levels in Mario Maker
2018
Jeremy and Christine's new book Code for Teens is released nationwide
Harmony goes gluten free
New City Church moves to a new building
Angel begins school at Christ Preperatory Academy
Chase and Charity beats the game "Kirby Star Allies"
Jeremy's Success Vision Online webapp debuts in production
Harmony goes on her first cruise to celebrate her 10th birthday
Charity beats the game "Super Mario Odyssey"
Jeremy, Tony, and Harmony shoot thousands of zombies in Black Ops 3
Chase and Tony unlock all of the playable characters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Symphony learns to walk
Harmony takes 1st place (out of 50 attendees and 20 entries) at Google's CoderDojo
Harmony begins violin lessons
Tony can solve Rubik's Cube in under 1 minute
Christine's Sister Stacy and her husband Clint welcome their second baby Felix
Charity plays Young Eponine in the musical "Les Miserables" (a.k.a. "Les Charitables")
Chase learns to swim
Tony creates a video game called "Punchout" and it receives over 10,000 views on Scratch
Symphony says her first word: "Dada"
2017
Charity, Chase, Angel, and Harmony participate in a camp production of "Seussical the Musical"
Tony takes 1st place two months in a row at Google's CoderDojo
Harmony and Charity travel to Tulsa to visit their second cousin Haven
Angel goes gluten-free
Angel writes several original songs and accompanies herself on guitar on piano
Angel turns 13
Chase learns from his siblings how to do addition, subtraction, basic multiplication, division, and writing his name
Jeremy and Christine attend the Angular Developer Conference in Salt Lake City
Family visits Great Wolf Lodge during a staycation
Jeremy and Christine begin writing and illustrating their first book "Code for Kids" (later renamed "Code for Teens")
Robbie and Norie get married!
Grandpa Rob buys a theater: "Dramatic Impact Theater and Event Center (DITEC)"
Jeremy breaks his left index finger in a sports injury
Harmony gets baptized
Chase starts gymnastics classes
The family buys an 8-passenger van
Jeremy and Christine visit the Creation Museum and Ark encounter in Kentucky
Christine completes over 25 construction and remodeling projects around the house
Symphony is born!
2016
Angel's YouTube channel DeerAngel celebrates 20th video and over 50 subscribers!
Tony and Angel get their first experience of summer camp
Christine's brother John and his wife Mel welcome their first baby Julia
Harmony celebrates "Moving Day" (moving into Angel's room) with cupcakes and a party
Tony gets baptized
Tony legitimately beats his dad in a competitive game of Table Tennis with no handicaps
Charity starts gymnastics classes
Jeremy leaves Parnell to work as a Senior Software Engineer at National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
Jeremy's brother Davey and his wife Megan welcome their first baby Erick
Jeremy and Tony go on a ski trip with Grandpa Rob and Uncle Andrew
Christine travels to Canada for her sister-in-law Melanie's baby shower
Angel gets braces
Tony earns his first computer (by learning to write HTML, CSS, use email, Google Docs, and type 30wpm)
Christine's Sister Stacy and her husband Clint welcome their first baby Winnie
Chase creates his 25th level on Super Mario Maker
Tony begins drum lessons
Christine and Jeremy discover they're pregnant again (sadly this ended in a miscarriage)
2015
Harmony gets baptized
Christine leaves Blues to Bach to become a full-time stay-at-home mother and homeschool teacher
Chase becomes the scissor bandit and opens random food packages with scissors
Angel starts her bi-weekly YouTube channel: DeerAngel
Christine builds a stage in Harmony and Charity's room
Jeremy leaves UnitedLex to work as a Senior Digital Technology Developer at Parnell
Christine's brother John gets married to Melanie
Tony begins public school
Jeremy and Davey create an immersive escape game called "The Game Escape"
Angel chooses to come back to homeschool
Harmony participates in her first chess tournament (and wins a TROPHY!... for last place)
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"
Charity builds a giant Keva blocks structure
2012
Tony takes gymnastics classes
Immeasurable Productions performs "Footloose"
Tony takes Karate classes
Chase is born!
Christine, Jeremy, and Chase are flown out to Oregon to be guests of honor at the west coast premiere of Rhythm City
Jeremy begins work as a full-time software engineer contractor at Solidify Software
2011
Jeremy gets LASEK (not LASIK) eye surgery
Immeasurable Productions performs and films "Rhythm City Junior"
Tony begins homeschool
Jeremy creates a new production company: Immeasurable Productions
"Rhythm City" is performed by multiple schools around the country
Christine begins teaching piano lessons at Blues to Bach
Jeremy and Christine create "Rhythm City Junior" to market to middle schools
2010
"Rhythm City" makes its world premiere performance!
Jeremy begins participating in multiple clinical research studies
Harmony learns to use/break the microwave and sets a juice bottle on fire
Angel has her first supporting role as Young Cosette in Les Miserables
Jeremy quits coaching chess
Angel begins homeschool
Jeremy begins freelancing as a web developer
Charity is born!
2009
Harmony is born!
Jeremy quits working at American Income Life
Angel has her first dance recital at Miller-Marley
Jeremy begins working at American Income Life Insurance (mistake)
2008
The family moves to a new house
Tony proves to be a master foam swordsman
Jeremy begins working as a landlord renting out the old home (mistake)
Angel begins dance classes at Miller-Marley
2007
Angel dresses as Dorothy for Halloween
Jeremy and Christine go on a cruise to Western Caribbean (again)
Jeremy studies fight choreography and performs in an all-fighting stunt show
Tony inspires the renaming of KFC to "Badguy's Chicken"
2006
Jeremy and Christine open life insurance policies
Jeremy begins teaching chess classes and coaching competitive chess students
Jeremy, Christine, and sister Mindy direct, music direct, and choreograph The Jungle Book" for CYT
Tony is born!
Angel has her first snow day
Jeremy is promoted to CEO of Cities Unlimited
2005
Jeremy, Christine, and sister Mindy direct, music direct, and choreograph "Honk! Jr." for Indian Woods M.S.
Jeremy and Christine perform together in West Side Story at The Theatre in the Park
Jeremy learns to write HTML and program in PHP
Angel crawls to cell phones
2004
Jeremy and Christine leave Praire Fire Children's Theater and move to Shawnee, KS
Jeremy starts working at Cities Unlimited as Director of Marketing
Angel is born!
2003
Jeremy and Christine produce/direct/perform in Jeremy's Senior Concert at WSU
Jeremy graduates from Wichita State University with a BFA degree in Musical Theater
Jeremy and Christine take a snowboarding trip to Colorado
Jeremy and Christine move to Minnesota to begin a 47-week tour as directors for Prairie Fire Children's Theater
Christine begins writing accompaniment for "Rhythm City"
2002
Christine starts work at Applebee's
Jeremy learns to play chess
Christine lands a job as a server at Red Rock Canyon Grill (with Jeremy)
Christine and Jeremy move into their first apartment in Wichita: Cross Creek Apartments
Christine and Jeremy go on a mission trip to Mexico with SoulTeam Missions
Christine begins coaching cheerleaders for Word of Life School
Christine begins teaching piano lessons
2001
Jeremy starts work as a server at Red Rock Canyon Grill
Christine and Jeremy get married!
Christine and Jeremy honeymoon in Florida for a week and a cruise to Caribbean
2000
Christine and Jeremy meet online!
1999
Jeremy directs and choreographs his first musical "Schoolhouse Rock Live!"
Jeremy begins writing the musical "Rhythm City"
1993
Christine starts cheerleading
Jeremy performs in his first musical
1986
Christine starts homeschool and Jeremy starts Maranatha Christian school