{"id":1351,"date":"2016-08-18T23:52:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T23:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2016-08-20T12:38:31","modified_gmt":"2016-08-20T12:38:31","slug":"the-family-visit-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/the-family-visit-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"The Family Visit in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following our beach trip in May, my youngest daughter and her three small boys stayed with us for a couple of weeks while her husband went home to participate in a professional and work on his Ph.D. dissertation.<\/p>\n<p>I love having them visit. It\u2019s exhausting, exciting, and a reminder of what\u2019s important to me in life.<\/p>\n<p>These three little guys are little firecrackers, full of energy, high spirits, and a need to run, play, and learn. They can spend hours on the playground or in the backyard, running, jumping, drawing with sidewalk chalk on the patio, and digging in the dirt, but they also adore having someone read stories to them. Even the oldest, who at (almost)\u00a0five is already adept at reading himself, still enjoys letting someone else read to him.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1352\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1352\" class=\"wp-image-1352 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FV1.jpg\" alt=\"FV1\" width=\"400\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FV1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FV1-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family dinner with some of the crew. Several more were off screen right then.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1353\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1353\" class=\"wp-image-1353 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FV2.jpg\" alt=\"FV2\" width=\"400\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FV2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FV2-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visit to the zoo!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1354\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1354\" class=\"wp-image-1354 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FV3.jpg\" alt=\"FV3\" width=\"400\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FV3.jpg 400w, https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FV3-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time out for an ice cream treat during the visit to the zoo.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1355\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1355\" class=\"wp-image-1355 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FV4.jpg\" alt=\"FV4\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FV4.jpg 400w, https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FV4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The younger two boys playing in the pool.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1356\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1356\" class=\"wp-image-1356 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FV5.jpg\" alt=\"FV5\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FV5.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FV5-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All three had a blast playing with an upside-down garden cart.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1357\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1357\" class=\"wp-image-1357 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FV6.jpg\" alt=\"FV6\" width=\"400\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FV6.jpg 400w, https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/FV6-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sandbox at the park down the street got much use.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following our beach trip in May, my youngest daughter and her three small boys stayed with us for a couple of weeks while her husband went home to participate in a professional and work on his Ph.D. dissertation. 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