{"id":1397,"date":"2009-06-19T21:08:03","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T02:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2009-08-04T23:00:20","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T04:00:20","slug":"a-few-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=1397","title":{"rendered":"a few words&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s been a relatively quiet couple weeks here.\u00a0 We&#8217;re keeping busy and happy (mostly!).\u00a0 Yesterday and today were the epitome of summer days&#8230; sprinkler, slip &#8216;n slide and water balloons on a hot day, popsicles and lightning bugs, a long day at the pool.\u00a0 It&#8217;s in the 90&#8217;s here, so you either stay inside in the air conditioned cool or you stay wet outside \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re leaving early in the morning for St. Louis, of course for a bike race!\u00a0 Analise still remembers the Arch from last summer.\u00a0 It made such an impact on her young mind!\u00a0 Josiah has grown up a bit, though he&#8217;s still torn between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=597\">playing princesses and following in his Daddy&#8217;s footsteps<\/a>.\u00a0 Brian&#8217;s racing in a big pro\/elite race, the Tour of Winghaven, on Sunday afternoon.\u00a0 His parents are joining us for the race, staying the night with us, and hopefully we&#8217;ll see the St. Louis Zoo on Monday, before the long drive back Monday afternoon.\u00a0 Look for short photo updates from my iPhone!<\/p>\n<p>Lastly&#8230; 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