{"id":11077,"date":"2014-08-14T00:17:39","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T00:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=11077"},"modified":"2020-09-11T12:49:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T16:49:14","slug":"a-little-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/14\/a-little-more\/","title":{"rendered":"A little more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/14722851930\/player\/\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This was our first day- after long hours in the car&#8230;. The first day is usually the best.  But this trip had so many great days.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/14722916208\/in\/photostream\/player\/\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed my two week break.  It was needed<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/14722853950\/in\/photostream\/player\/\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/14722854890\/in\/photostream\/player\/\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I love being at the beach- it clears my head.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/14909530235\/in\/photostream\/player\/\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday as our first pod was delivered and we started unpacking stuff that I haven&#8217;t seen in a year and a half I realized that living the way we have has made me feel so vulnerable.  Seeing my stuff again gave me a comfort I haven&#8217;t felt in a very long time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/14722920218\/in\/photostream\/player\/\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Such history.  So many good times.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/14909532405\/in\/photostream\/player\/\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One of the great things about having a blog is to see where you have been and where you want to go. And I miss what I had.  I miss our home.  Our home life.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/14722922408\/in\/photostream\/player\/\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Because this is what is so important to me.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/14886549816\/in\/photostream\/player\/\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Austin heading out for a run in our gorgeous beach neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/14886550986\/in\/photostream\/player\/\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I love my family more than anything in the world.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/14722978167\/in\/photostream\/player\/\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It has been a rough year and a half.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/14722890179\/in\/photostream\/player\/\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Taking a step back is what I needed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/14722980947\/in\/photostream\/player\/\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And as we settle slowly back into our house and start to feel a sense of home that we haven&#8217;t felt in a couple years there is a peace that makes me very happy.<\/p>\n<p>So many new changes ahead- Andy changing jobs, deciding Eva needs another year of preschool, total refocus- total moving on.<\/p>\n<p>These pics were taken with my Samsung nx300.  no editing.  just capturing \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>I will talk about where we stay in my next post- since some of you have asked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was our first day- after long hours in the car&#8230;. The first day is usually the best. But this trip had so many great days. I enjoyed my two week break. It was needed I love being at the beach- it clears my head. Yesterday as our first pod was delivered and we started unpacking stuff that I haven&#8217;t seen in a year and a half I realized that living the way we have has made me feel so vulnerable. Seeing my stuff again gave me a comfort I haven&#8217;t felt in a very long time. Such history. So many good times. One of the great things about having a blog is to see where you have been and where you want to go. And I miss what I had. I miss our home. Our home life. Because this is what is so important to me. Austin heading out for a run in our gorgeous beach neighborhood. I love my family more than anything in the world. It has been a rough year and a half. Taking a step back is what I needed. And as we settle slowly back into our house and start to feel a sense of home that we haven&#8217;t felt in a couple years there is a peace that makes me very happy. So many new changes ahead- Andy changing jobs, deciding Eva needs another year of preschool, total refocus- total moving on. These pics were taken with my Samsung nx300. no editing. just capturing \ud83d\ude42 I will talk about where we stay in my next post- since some of you have asked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,8],"tags":[781],"class_list":["post-11077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beach","category-family","tag-rosemary-beach"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Q14A0776copy.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11077"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17576,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11077\/revisions\/17576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}