{"id":4566,"date":"2010-12-12T18:42:08","date_gmt":"2010-12-12T23:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=4566"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:12:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:12:49","slug":"deck-the-halls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/12\/deck-the-halls\/","title":{"rendered":"Deck the Halls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5253879411\/5-of-5.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"(5 of 5)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5208\/5253879411_d75bc99e1f_b.jpg\" alt=\"(5 of 5)\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>We are now in the midst of our first big snow of the season and I have no pics to prove it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5253879223\/4-of-5.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"(4 of 5)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5167\/5253879223_20075755ed_b.jpg\" alt=\"(4 of 5)\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>But I do have some of yesterday, before it hit<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5254521602\/1-of-10.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"(1 of 10)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5005\/5254521602_74c0a46083_b.jpg\" alt=\"(1 of 10)\" width=\"544\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>These two were busy decking some halls, or the front porch<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5253910565\/2-of-10.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"(2 of 10)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5081\/5253910565_3239ae6b2b_b.jpg\" alt=\"(2 of 10)\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>She tries to be helpful, well at least I am assuming she has good intentions.  <\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s more like get out everything I can find and drag it all over the place<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5254522150\/3-of-10.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"(3 of 10)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5285\/5254522150_72308e9c8a_b.jpg\" alt=\"(3 of 10)\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And I try to take pictures of her but she just tries to steal my camera, so I hand it over.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5254522400\/4-of-10.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"(4 of 10)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5170\/5254522400_1da89a442c_b.jpg\" alt=\"(4 of 10)\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And say, &#8220;hey take a pic of us&#8221; while wishing I hadn&#8217;t just spent the last 3 hours watching Blake play basketball or driving to and from the away location.  Wishing maybe I had a chance to &#8220;prepare&#8221; to get my picture taken.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5254522640\/5-of-10.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"(5 of 10)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5248\/5254522640_ae75d498b8_b.jpg\" alt=\"(5 of 10)\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>But then that wouldn&#8217;t be real life now would it?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5253912101\/8-of-10.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"(8 of 10)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5010\/5253912101_740eddc756_b.jpg\" alt=\"(8 of 10)\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And she makes really funny faces so I tell her how silly she is<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5253912357\/9-of-10.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"(9 of 10)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5204\/5253912357_4c6a02581e_b.jpg\" alt=\"(9 of 10)\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And then it&#8217;s picture time with Daddy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5255875994\/7-of-10.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"(7 of 10)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5206\/5255875994_525fb8a566_b.jpg\" alt=\"(7 of 10)\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5255262727\/8-of-10.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"(8 of 10)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5162\/5255262727_a4173b3a99_b.jpg\" alt=\"(8 of 10)\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5255876594\/9-of-10.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"(9 of 10)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5089\/5255876594_9c9fe8da25_b.jpg\" alt=\"(9 of 10)\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And then it&#8217;s time to admire the work<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5253953563\/8-of-9.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"(8 of 9)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5204\/5253953563_120ffd3b41_b.jpg\" alt=\"(8 of 9)\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5254564508\/9-of-9.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"(9 of 9)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5169\/5254564508_52f31b90aa_b.jpg\" alt=\"(9 of 9)\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And now it&#8217;s time to snuggle in front of the fire and watch the snow come down!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are now in the midst of our first big snow of the season and I have no pics to prove it. But I do have some of yesterday, before it hit These two were busy decking some halls, or the front porch She tries to be helpful, well at least I am assuming she has good intentions. But it&#8217;s more like get out everything I can find and drag it all over the place And I try to take pictures of her but she just tries to steal my camera, so I hand it over. And say, &#8220;hey take a pic of us&#8221; while wishing I hadn&#8217;t just spent the last 3 hours watching Blake play basketball or driving to and from the away location. Wishing maybe I had a chance to &#8220;prepare&#8221; to get my picture taken. But then that wouldn&#8217;t be real life now would it? And she makes really funny faces so I tell her how silly she is And then it&#8217;s picture time with Daddy And then it&#8217;s time to admire the work And now it&#8217;s time to snuggle in front of the fire and watch the snow come down!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"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":[8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-life"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4566","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=4566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21100,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4566\/revisions\/21100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}