{"id":14230,"date":"2017-12-23T19:11:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T19:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/?p=14230"},"modified":"2017-12-28T16:18:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T16:18:20","slug":"christmas-eves-eve-with-our-dear-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/23\/christmas-eves-eve-with-our-dear-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve&#8217;s Eve with our dear friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday we spent the day with Jon, Shirley, Helena, Anthony, Malika, Emile, and Asfalta. It was the absolute best way we have ever spent Christmas Eve&#8217;s Eve. Instead of running around succumbing to the busy-ness of the season, we rejoiced in the company of these beloved friends and their sweet children. It was one of the highlights of my whole holiday. I just wish we all lived closer because I admire and love these two families so much.<\/p>\n<p>First we met up at the Museum of Natural Curiosity, and then we headed to Slab Pizza for lunch. After lunch we went to Harmon&#8217;s for gelato and had the entire upstairs almost to ourselves. It was such a delightful time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14171\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14171\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0569-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0569-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0569-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jon and Clarissa at the museum. Jon, Anthony, and Abe guarded the exit to this exhibit so Ammon could not escape.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14150\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0571-e1514346373973-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0571-e1514346373973-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0571-e1514346373973-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0571-e1514346373973-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14151\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14151\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14151\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0575-e1514346473201-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0575-e1514346473201-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0575-e1514346473201-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0575-e1514346473201-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These two became fast best friends. Later they held hands! We didn&#8217;t get a picture of that, probably because we were so busy cooing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14188\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_7021-2-e1514348586448-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_7021-2-e1514348586448-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_7021-2-e1514348586448-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_7021-2-e1514348586448-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14192\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14192\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14192\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_7024-2-e1514348487144-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_7024-2-e1514348487144-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_7024-2-e1514348487144-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gorgeous Asfalta.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After we came home and put the kids to bed, Abe, my mom and I stayed up late wrapping presents. We felt it was worth it at the end, even though staying up late is so painful now that we are on an earlier schedule.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday we spent the day with Jon, Shirley, Helena, Anthony, Malika, Emile, and Asfalta. It was the absolute best way we have ever spent Christmas Eve&#8217;s Eve. Instead of running around succumbing to the busy-ness of the season, we rejoiced in the company of these beloved friends and their sweet children. 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