{"id":16025,"date":"2018-12-29T18:15:35","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T00:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=16025"},"modified":"2018-12-29T18:22:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-30T00:22:25","slug":"some-good-memories-from-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2018\/12\/some-good-memories-from-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Some good memories from December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181218_204411552-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16033\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181218_204411552-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181218_204411552-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181218_204411552-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>We visited Temple Square on one of the warmest December nights we have known. We were able to listen to the Nativity narration outdoors and noticed for the first time that there is a star mounted on top of the Tabernacle. We had just fed the missionaries dinner before we came, and their message was to &#8220;Look up!&#8221; Amen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181222_144217_152-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16027\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181222_144217_152-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181222_144217_152-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181222_144217_152-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181222_144217_152-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181222_144217_152.jpg 1049w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Timothy and I played a medley of German Christmas carols at church and for family. He is a great pianist and accompanist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181221_150244026-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16028\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181221_150244026-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181221_150244026-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Timothy got his license.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7011-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16029\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7011-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7011-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7011-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7011.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>We had a birthday party for Tim and my parents came.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7009-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16030\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7009-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7009-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7009-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7009.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"826\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181220_152801396-1024x826.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16031\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181220_152801396-1024x826.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181220_152801396-300x242.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181220_152801396-768x619.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Mark made raspberry jam for his dad&#8217;s Christmas present. \ud83d\ude0d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181210_152036931-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16032\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181210_152036931-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181210_152036931-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181210_152036931-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>I shopped for stuffed animals. The giraffe!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7017-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16034\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7017-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7017-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7017-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7017.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7016-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16035\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7016-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7016-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7016-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC_7016.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Christmas morning fun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were able to do a video call with Daniel and we didn&#8217;t need all of those questions we planned to ask. He talked non-stop, with enthusiasm, zeal, and happiness pouring forth. I didn&#8217;t know how much I needed to just see him and hear him speak. I didn&#8217;t take a picture of the screen, but imagine light, clothed in the Christmas tie that I was told he probably wouldn&#8217;t receive in the mail, a short haircut, sunburned neck, and speaking a mixture of Spanish and English, really fast. That was Daniel. Nothing sad about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paige is with us, and moves from her room, where she is catching up on some reading, to the piano, every few hours throughout the day. Chopin, Debussy, and Jane Austen scores are now in the mix played on our piano. She is all things lovely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were able to do a video call with Daniel and we didn&#8217;t need all of those questions we planned to ask. He talked non-stop, with enthusiasm, zeal, and happiness pouring forth. I didn&#8217;t know how much I needed to just see him and hear him speak. I didn&#8217;t take a picture of the screen, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2018\/12\/some-good-memories-from-december\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Some good memories from December<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13,21,20,34,4,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventurous-kids","category-family-time","category-home","category-life-according-to-angela","category-missionary","category-motherhood","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16025"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16038,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16025\/revisions\/16038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}