{"id":11541,"date":"2013-12-30T21:35:59","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T02:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=11541"},"modified":"2013-12-30T21:39:03","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T02:39:03","slug":"sledding-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=11541","title":{"rendered":"Sledding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We spent the afternoon at Popcube&#8217;s house, sledding in his front yard. Not a huge hill, but a big step up from our neighbor&#8217;s gentle slope. :)  <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11542\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0801.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11542\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0801-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"sledding p1\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0801-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0801-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0801-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eve, head first.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11543\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0811.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11543\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0811-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"sledding p2\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0811-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0811-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0811-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me and Eve<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11544\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0812.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11544\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0812-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"sledding p3\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0812-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0812-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0812-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Important discussions on the hill.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11545\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0817.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11545\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0817-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"sledding p4\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0817-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0817-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0817-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lex<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11546\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0821.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11546\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0821-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"sledding p5\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0821-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0821-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0821-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s hard to take good sledding pictures!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11547\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0823.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11547\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0823-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"sledding p6\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0823-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0823-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0823-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lex and I moved to the bigger side of the hill!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11548\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0824.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11548\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0824-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"sledding p7\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0824-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0824-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0824-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lovely sky<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11549\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0825-e1388457037434.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11549\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0825-e1388457037434-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"sledding p8\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0825-e1388457037434-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0825-e1388457037434-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The hill looks pretty big from this perspective!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11550\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0827.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11550\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0827-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"creature\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0827-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0827-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0827-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I thought this little guy was a rock at first.  I bent over to pick it up and it scurried away.  I screamed like a girl and jumped out of the way.  Such a dumb automatic reaction!  The little mouse (vole?) buried it&#8217;s head in the snow and probably prayed we&#8217;d go away! :)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After sledding we went in to warm up.  The kids both took showers and we had dinner (homemade mac &#038; cheese, my fav!!).  <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11551\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0828.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11551\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0828-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"combing\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0828-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0828-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0828-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eve read quietly while Grandpa Tom combed her hair.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the way home we swung by La Salette to look at the lights.  This year they have a beautiful display of nativity scenes in the chapel.  I overheard someone there saying they were donated by an individual who had collected them over the years.  There were hundreds, from all over the world.  We spent a lot of time looking at them, though apparently I didn&#8217;t take any pictures of them!  The lights were beautiful, as usual.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wpid-IMG_20131230_191936.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_20131230_191936.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wpid-IMG_20131230_191936.jpg\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wpid-IMG_20131230_192026.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_20131230_192026.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wpid-IMG_20131230_192026.jpg\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wpid-IMG_20131230_192132.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_20131230_192132.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wpid-IMG_20131230_192132.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spent the afternoon at Popcube&#8217;s house, sledding in his front yard. Not a huge hill, but a big step up from our neighbor&#8217;s gentle slope. :) After sledding we went in to warm up. The kids both took showers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=11541\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11541"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11556,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11541\/revisions\/11556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}