{"id":6389,"date":"2013-12-02T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T18:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=6389"},"modified":"2016-09-26T14:58:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T19:58:38","slug":"thanksgiving-weekend-shenanigans-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=6389","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Weekend Shenanigans (Part II)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"DSC_0267\" href=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5548\/11162552514_a673bd4a07.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5548\/11162552514_a673bd4a07_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5518\/11162506236_91ca508a8d_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0243\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0192\" href=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5501\/11162628403_6ff2cf0741.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5501\/11162628403_6ff2cf0741_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0192\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0197\" href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2830\/11162630713_7a644764f7.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2830\/11162630713_7a644764f7_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0197\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A visit to my mom&#8217;s house was in order this past Thanksgiving weekend. We aren&#8217;t planning to travel at all near Christmas time, and going too long without seeing my mom just makes me crazy! Unfortunately my sister and her family were elsewhere, but my brother, sister-in-law, and their two boys came for a low key relaxing country visit.\u00a0<a title=\"DSC_0229\" href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2843\/11162499756_17c7ae46ab.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2843\/11162499756_17c7ae46ab_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0229\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0202\" href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3743\/11162505694_516f215962.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3743\/11162505694_516f215962_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0207\" href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3774\/11162450425_1ae5b98d56.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3774\/11162450425_1ae5b98d56_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0207\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0210\" href=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5544\/11162637533_8a245a3536.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5544\/11162637533_8a245a3536_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My mom made a\u00a0<em>huge\u00a0<\/em>feast for lunch&#8230; I&#8217;m not going to lie, we ate darn well on this trip! And of course, we trekked out to the meadow and woods around my mom&#8217;s house to explore a bit. Milo and his cousin Jack raced ahead with my brother while my mom, Kelly, and I tried to keep up with the little ones. It wasn&#8217;t easy! Those guys are getting faster!<a title=\"DSC_0213\" href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2857\/11162453555_88e3cb343e.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2857\/11162453555_88e3cb343e_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0213\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0220\" href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3782\/11162514164_c10a98cd04.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3782\/11162514164_c10a98cd04_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A highlight for the boys was awesome Uncle Jon bringing a real bow and arrow to shoot at some zombie dummies he made. How cool is that?!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0225\" href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3744\/11162461625_bac20e0d76.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3744\/11162461625_bac20e0d76_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0232\" href=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5537\/11162504526_9fdda3da53.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5537\/11162504526_9fdda3da53_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0232\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0252\" href=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7376\/11162667023_63806b96fa.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7376\/11162667023_63806b96fa_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0252\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0248\" href=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5504\/11162515606_1fd3c784c1.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5504\/11162515606_1fd3c784c1_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0248\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0259\" href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3684\/11162487235_d08bd3d5c6.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3684\/11162487235_d08bd3d5c6_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0259\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0271\" href=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5524\/11162555224_a2843e1d7a.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5524\/11162555224_a2843e1d7a_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0271\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0277\" href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3828\/11162558294_a612fba8d7.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3828\/11162558294_a612fba8d7_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0277\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I honestly can&#8217;t believe how quick the trip is, but sometimes it just happens that way. When we were heading home on Saturday evening with all three boys sound asleep in the back, Andrew and I were exhausted but happy, and ready to kick off the Christmas season. In fact, I have the first of three gift guides for you all ready for tomorrow. Can you believe it&#8217;s December?!<a title=\"DSC_0281\" href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2894\/11162560644_b4354efc17.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2894\/11162560644_b4354efc17_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Mom. We love you and miss you already!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A visit to my mom&#8217;s house was in order this past Thanksgiving weekend. We aren&#8217;t planning to travel at all near Christmas time, and going too long without seeing my mom just makes me crazy! Unfortunately my sister and her family were elsewhere, but my brother, sister-in-law, and their two boys came for a low &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=6389\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thanksgiving Weekend Shenanigans (Part II)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,187],"tags":[60,66,54],"class_list":["post-6389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-motherhood","tag-extended-family","tag-holidays","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6389"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12002,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6389\/revisions\/12002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}