Our sheltered existence continued in the Fall bringing us more distance learning, more sequestered celebrations, and Tyrian’s return from Vancouver. You can read about Tyrian’s harrowing escape from Canada in the pandemic roadtrip story.
Browse the new albums added to Behind the Mask in 2020 chronicling the second half of our year.
In February, we continued with our plan for the year by moving Tyrian to Vancouver to start film school.
But as they say, life is what happens when you’re making other plans. To chronicle our time during the pandemic, we’ve started a series of albums.
The second half of 2019 was packed with activities! Our Summer included swim season, a trip to England, and big family events like Evya’s 10th birthday.
Our Fall had the usual Halloween festivities, a visit from the North Carolina Engelbrechts, and a trip to Disneyland.
The Winter celebrations brought Matt and Tyrian’s birthdays, Christmas with family, New Years, and a trip to Tahoe.
Check out our seven new albums!
Thus far, 2019 has had nary a dull moment. With the usual and unusual school and extracurricular activities, we also had a splendiferous trip to Hawaii as well as Tyrian’s high school graduation. You can also see all the albums on our main gallery page.
We have four albums illustrating the last quarter of 2018, from fall activities to Tyrian’s 18th birthday and the holiday celebrations. Or view them all from the homepage.
Pardon our technical difficulties — we’re back online, with more pictures than ever! Please enjoy Winter, Spring, Summer, and Swimming 2018… or view all the pictures in the gallery.
A Chronicle of the latter half of 2017… from the first day of school through New Year’s Eve!
See all the fun in our Gallery!
We’re finally recovering from the swirl of summer activities, which yielded two packed albums. Check out Summer 2017 and Swim Team 2017!
Our December holiday/birthday extravaganza went off the beaten track this year as we spent most of December in Europe. The Engelbrecht side of the family met in Germany to launch a weeklong river cruise, Jewels Along the Danube.
Prior to the cruise, Evya, Allyndreth, Matt and Christina went to Munich a few days early to explore and experience German Christmas preparations.
After the cruise, the five of us spent a week in London, spanning either side of Christmas.
As a result of our globetrotting, our Christmas celebrations and the December birthday festivities for Matt and Tyrian spanned 6 weeks. Four birthday parties (x2) and four Christmas observances. We’ll be hibernating the rest of the Winter.
If you’d like to catch up on all the albums, visit the main gallery.