{"id":799,"date":"2010-02-15T16:25:36","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T23:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/?p=799"},"modified":"2010-02-15T16:25:36","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T23:25:36","slug":"a-lovely-day-in-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/a-lovely-day-in-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lovely Day&#8230;&#8230;in photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had an amazing day yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>We wanted to spend some time together as a family and well&#8230;&#8230;everyone needs to eat, and I figured that we could plan a fun lunch to have with the kids and to make it a fun and memorable time for all.<\/p>\n<p>The kids love it when we have a &#8220;fancy&#8221; meal and so we decided to set up the dining room table and have a party.  Jon and I threw a few ideas around and decided to make pizza for lunch.  <\/p>\n<p>We figured that we could make heart shaped pizza shells&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/4360852824\/\" title=\"Heart Shaped Pizza by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2679\/4360852824_638b85624c.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Heart Shaped Pizza\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We also cut up heart shaped pieces of ham and red peppers.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/4360114719\/\" title=\"Pepper's by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2727\/4360114719_eba0fe9e92.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Pepper's\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I set up plates of strawberries, raspberries, tomatoes and watermelon balls to snack on.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/4360854752\/\" title=\"Strawberries by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4002\/4360854752_91ef582bc8.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Strawberries\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The kids thought the table looked so fun.  In reality it looked a bit like Valentine&#8217;s had thrown up all over the table.  Hearts, and red and white overload&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>The kids, hyped up on sugar, brought their larger than life personalities to the table&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/4360856022\/\" title=\"Jer by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4032\/4360856022_580c31da97.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Jer\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/4360116405\/\" title=\"Siah by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4057\/4360116405_50db1d0e3e.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Siah\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Geli forced this smile on but in between having a MASSIVE sugar low and having stayed up past midnight babysitting the night before&#8230;&#8230;well, she was a joy to have around.  We eventually sent her to bed for an afternoon nap &#8211; which miraculously worked wonders for her attitude and disposition.  It&#8217;s amazing what a little sleep can do, eh?<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/4360856588\/\" title=\"Geli by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4043\/4360856588_06c4085e88.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Geli\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Jon&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/4360116115\/\" title=\"Jon by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2741\/4360116115_6a213328ff.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Jon\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;got me some flowers and a card.  While I think roses are lovely&#8230;..I LOVE tulips.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/4360118245\/\" title=\"My Tulips by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4049\/4360118245_64cf716d06.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"My Tulips\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Aren&#8217;t they beautiful?<\/p>\n<p>For once, we remembered to actually take a picture of me&#8230;..thereby proving that I actually was here.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/4360858588\/\" title=\"Me by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2702\/4360858588_9c64575621.jpg?resize=357%2C500\" width=\"357\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Me\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And not to be left out, here is my sweet girl, Xandra&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/xangelle\/4360117717\/\" title=\"Xani by Xangelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2787\/4360117717_b89765b7ea.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Xani\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We laughed and talked and laughed some more.  I love when we do things like this because the kids bring these times up later and I love helping to create these special memories for the kids.<\/p>\n<p>Did you do anything special or fun for Valentine&#8217;s Day?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had an amazing day yesterday. We wanted to spend some time together as a family and well&#8230;&#8230;everyone needs to eat, and I figured that we could plan a fun lunch to have with the kids and to make it a fun and memorable time for all. The kids love it when we have a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/a-lovely-day-in-photos\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Lovely Day&#8230;&#8230;in photos&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,13,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-kids","category-special-days"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":801,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions\/801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}