{"id":10787,"date":"2016-07-08T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T17:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/?p=10787"},"modified":"2016-07-07T17:10:23","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T22:10:23","slug":"4th-of-july-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/?p=10787","title":{"rendered":"4th of July Fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4-of-july-kids-R.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10770\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4-of-july-kids-R.jpg\" alt=\"4 of july kids R\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4-of-july-kids-R.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4-of-july-kids-R-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had a fun and low key 4th of July. \u00a0We pretty much just hung out here in the morning and then the older kids went with Tim to the Chanhassen parade with some friends&#8211;Maddie was napping so I stayed home with her and met up with them afterwards for a BBQ at the same friend&#8217;s house.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some picture highlights of the afternoon:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10789\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-1-R.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10789\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10789 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-1-R.jpg\" alt=\"4th of july fun 1 R\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-1-R.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-1-R-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josiah playing with his buddies (all born within a month of each other!) on their cool tree house<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10790\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-2-R.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10790\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10790\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-2-R.jpg\" alt=\"4th of july fun 2 R\" width=\"400\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-2-R.jpg 680w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-2-R-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maddie hanging out with her friend Makaiya (born 2 days before Maddie)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10791\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-3-R.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10791\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10791 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-3-R.jpg\" alt=\"4th of july fun 3 R\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-3-R.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-3-R-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">They actually own a cotton candy machine!!!!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10792\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-4-R.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10792\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10792 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-4-R.jpg\" alt=\"4th of july fun 4 R\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-4-R.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-4-R-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I was very excited about the cotton candy!!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10793\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-5-R.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10793\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10793 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-5-R.jpg\" alt=\"4th of july fun 5 R\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-5-R.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-5-R-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The kids thought it was pretty cool too&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10794\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-6-R.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10794\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10794\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-6-R.jpg\" alt=\"4th of july fun 6 R\" width=\"400\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-6-R.jpg 680w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-6-R-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In process shot. Cotton candy is magical&#8230; \ud83d\ude09<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10795\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-7-R.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10795\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10795 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-7-R.jpg\" alt=\"4th of july fun 7 R\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-7-R.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-7-R-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This picture is cool because Maddie rarely cooperates when someone else wants to hold her these days. Not only did she let him hold her, but she was even SMILING!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10796\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-8-R.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10796\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10796\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-8-R.jpg\" alt=\"My beautiful Chloe...\" width=\"400\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-8-R.jpg 680w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-8-R-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My beautiful Chloe&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10797\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-9-R.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10797\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10797\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-9-R.jpg\" alt=\"4th of july fun 9 R\" width=\"400\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-9-R.jpg 680w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4th-of-july-fun-9-R-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cotton candy stick&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10798\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/toby-chloe-and-josiah-CR.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10798\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10798\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/toby-chloe-and-josiah-CR.jpg\" alt=\"toby chloe and josiah CR\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/toby-chloe-and-josiah-CR.jpg 683w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/toby-chloe-and-josiah-CR-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enjoying a BBQ<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a fun and low key 4th of July. \u00a0We pretty much just hung out here in the morning and then the older kids went with Tim to the Chanhassen parade with some friends&#8211;Maddie was napping so I stayed home with her and met up with them afterwards for a BBQ at the same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[43,47],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10787"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10799,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10787\/revisions\/10799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}