{"id":5234,"date":"2011-12-28T23:05:14","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T03:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/2011\/12\/happy-holidays\/"},"modified":"2011-12-28T23:05:14","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T03:05:14","slug":"happy-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=5234","title":{"rendered":"Happy Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/206.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"206\" border=\"0\" alt=\"206\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/206_thumb.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>from my family to yours!<\/p>\n<p>We really did have a wonderful time here on Chincoteague Island this year!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/0661.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"066\" border=\"0\" alt=\"066\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/066_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"463\" height=\"308\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Santa and his helper Elf passed out the gifts\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/0711.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"071\" border=\"0\" alt=\"071\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/071_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"163\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a>Meredith got a sword from our Whole family,(Allyson and Chad and Chad Tyulty&#160; as well)<\/p>\n<p>She is a Lieutenant Commander and needs a sword for ceremonial purposes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/084.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"084\" border=\"0\" alt=\"084\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/084_thumb.jpg\" width=\"163\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a>Willow had to check it out- it is pretty heavy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/147.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"147\" border=\"0\" alt=\"147\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/147_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a>The boys liked the toys.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/242.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"242\" border=\"0\" alt=\"242\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/242_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a>And everyone loves the Island.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/294.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"294\" border=\"0\" alt=\"294\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/294_thumb.jpg\" width=\"163\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a>from the light house\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1771.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"177\" border=\"0\" alt=\"177\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/177_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"163\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/178.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"178\" border=\"0\" alt=\"178\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/178_thumb.jpg\" width=\"152\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1471.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"147\" border=\"0\" alt=\"147\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/147_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"158\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026to the park.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/309.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"309\" border=\"0\" alt=\"309\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/309_thumb.jpg\" width=\"406\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We felted soap-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/347.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"347\" border=\"0\" alt=\"347\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/347_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a>and loved the results!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/439.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"439\" border=\"0\" alt=\"439\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/439_thumb.jpg\" width=\"407\" height=\"613\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And now, everyone has gone their own way- Meredith to Hawaii and then<\/p>\n<p>Australia, Jordan to Akron, Luke, Willow and the boys are leaving for Long Island<\/p>\n<p>in the morning and Cynthia,Frank and I are spending the next two days cleaning<\/p>\n<p>and winterizing the house before we leave.<\/p>\n<p>The gifts we gave and received do not compare to the joy we shared as family.<\/p>\n<p>I got lots of hugs and kisses from the little boys- and had the privilege of spending<\/p>\n<p>quality time with my children, sister and husband. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from my family to yours! We really did have a wonderful time here on Chincoteague Island this year! Santa and his helper Elf passed out the gifts\u2026 Meredith got a sword from our Whole family,(Allyson and Chad and Chad Tyulty&#160; &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=5234\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-stepsonthejourney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}