{"id":806,"date":"2009-07-07T21:00:32","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T04:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=806"},"modified":"2009-07-07T20:55:14","modified_gmt":"2009-07-08T03:55:14","slug":"tanks-ablaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/tanks-ablaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanks Ablaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-797\" title=\"The competitors\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-008.jpg\" alt=\"The competitors\" width=\"398\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-008.jpg 398w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-008-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As a warm-up for July 4th the next day, Paul and Care invited us to Tank Wars at their house. After dinner, Paul shared his fireworks and we doctored up some tanks so they had some real power. Here, the competitors assembled for the carnage&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-796\" title=\"Timothy and Mark's tanks\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-003.jpg\" alt=\"Timothy and Mark's tanks\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-003.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-003-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They proudly displayed their arsenals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-795\" title=\"Paige and Mom's arsenal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-001.jpg\" alt=\"Paige and Mom's arsenal\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-001.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-001-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Paige and I even prepared some Barbie Carnage Tanks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-804\" title=\"Timothy reacts\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-071.jpg\" alt=\"Timothy reacts\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-071.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-071-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It was dearly entertaining to watch the reactions of the kids&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-803\" title=\"Mark reacts\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-068.jpg\" alt=\"Mark reacts\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-068.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-068-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This was Mark&#8217;s first experience with fireworks. He was mesmerized.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-801\" title=\"Ruby and Timothy react\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-064.jpg\" alt=\"Ruby and Timothy react\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-064.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-064-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It was loud, but most of the kids watched from the edge of the curb, which is as close as we would let them sit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-799\" title=\"Solomon reacts\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-028.jpg\" alt=\"Solomon reacts\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-028.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-028-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cutie Solomon was amazed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-794\" title=\"Paige and Ruby\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/4th-of-July-010.jpg\" alt=\"Paige and Ruby\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/4th-of-July-010.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/4th-of-July-010-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ruby and Paige were less impressed, but found some things to chat about.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-807\" title=\"Isaac &quot;likes smoke&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-020.jpg\" alt=\"Isaac &quot;likes smoke&quot;\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-020.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-020-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Isaac confessed, &#8220;I like smoke!&#8221; as he chased it down the street.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-802\" title=\"Ammon reacts\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-066.jpg\" alt=\"Ammon reacts\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-066.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-066-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ammon was just happy to be there.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-809\" title=\"Charlotte reacts\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-067.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte reacts\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-067.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-067-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Charlotte blew patriotic bubbles since she was too young to make a tank.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-805\" title=\"Tank Carnage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-083.jpg\" alt=\"Tank Carnage\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-083.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Tank-wars-at-Pauls-083-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tank Wars Day 1 was a fiery success. Tank Wars Day 2 took place at the Round House with even more competitors with a larger army of tanks. Installing that hornet rocket on my Big Mama Tank was definitely <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">against my better judgment <\/span>a great idea!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a warm-up for July 4th the next day, Paul and Care invited us to Tank Wars at their house. After dinner, Paul shared his fireworks and we doctored up some tanks so they had some real power. Here, the competitors assembled for the carnage&#8230; They proudly displayed their arsenals. Paige and I even prepared &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/tanks-ablaze\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tanks Ablaze<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-extended-family","category-family-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806","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=806"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":839,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806\/revisions\/839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}