{"id":4834,"date":"2014-12-06T14:12:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T19:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/?p=4834"},"modified":"2023-07-02T19:40:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T23:40:14","slug":"home-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/archives\/4834","title":{"rendered":"Home Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is nice to visit family, but there is no place like home. I spent 3 weeks with my son\u2019s family helping out with the new baby. A fun time to say the least\u2026but it was the longest amount of time we\u2019ve spent apart in our 10 years of marriage. Yes we survived but neither of us are anxious to repeat the experience.<\/p>\n

John is busy working 11 hour days at Amazon so I have been keeping busy cleaning and doing all of the little things I have a hard time getting done when John is under foot. One of those tasks is decorating for Christmas. Some RV\u2019ers do nothing, some go over the top, I feel that I fall somewhere in the middle.<\/p>\n

I hang a few lights, this year I also put lights on the cactus and got a little Christmas tree.<\/p>\n

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Bernie is of course dressed up for the holidays. I think I might get him a new outfit next year\u2026.maybe an elf! I can have an elf on a wall instead of an elf on a shelf\u2026ha ha ha\u2026Ok maybe all this alone time isn\u2019t good for me.<\/p>\n

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According to my Me-Me (RIP) it isn\u2019t Christmas without a Poinsettia, so\u2026.<\/p>\n

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Another task I like to do is go through pictures, and after 3 weeks with my Grandson Liam and his new brother Ryan, I have PLENTY to go through. When taking pictures of kids I tend to just start snapping and hope that I get something good.<\/p>\n

Occasionally I\u2019ll get a series of pictures that \u201ctell a story\u201d so to speak. I\u2019ve got several of each child. In this post I\u2019ll share one set for each kid. See if you can come up with a story of what might be going through their minds\u2026(I\u2019ll share the others later)<\/p>\n

Liam is playing with my Kindle Paperwhite.<\/p>\n

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and here is little Ryan\u2019s. We were riding in the car (obviously) after taking Liam to play at the park.<\/p>\n

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Enjoy!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is nice to visit family, but there is no place like home. I spent 3 weeks with my son\u2019s family helping out with the new baby. A fun time to say the least\u2026but it was the longest amount of time we\u2019ve spent apart in our 10 years of marriage. 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