{"id":14967,"date":"2018-04-04T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/?p=14967"},"modified":"2018-04-05T16:19:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T16:19:23","slug":"this-is-the-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/04\/this-is-the-place\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the Place"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abe took the day off of work, and we all headed to This is the Place park. It is a recreation of a pioneer-times village with people in period costume, and kids can ride a train, pan for gold, visit a Native American Village, do a ton of crafts, ride ponies, and do farm chores. We didn’t do all of that, but we got a membership so we can go back and do all of the stuff we missed. Abe and I were busy talking to each other for a lot of the outing, and then we ran into our beautiful friend, Kathryn Sonntag, so I spent a lot of time talking with her.<\/p>\n

Kathryn\u00a0 writes poems, including this one,<\/a> which is one of my top favorite poems EVER. For me, “As a Mother” is right up there with “God’s Grandeur,” my favorite poem of all time. Kathryn and I spent the next hour reconnecting and talking about everything. I just love her and wish she lived closer.<\/p>\n

Here’s what we did when I wasn’t visiting with Kathryn:<\/p>\n

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Crafts in the hospital. This was originally a hospital with all women doctors and staff. I was so impressed!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Farm chores.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Ammon almost got trampled when this goat charged a bunch of the other animals. He got knocked over and the goat jumped over him. Ever since Ammon talks about how the “dog” stepped on him and “bwoke Ammon.” He says it was “sca-wy” and cries remembering it. \ud83d\ude41<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pony rides.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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After the outing, we drove through In-N-Out and fed the kids outside before baths and pj’s.<\/p>\n

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Picnic at home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then we all watched\u00a0The Greatest Showman\u00a0<\/em>together.<\/p>\n

Abe and I spent most of the day talking, talking, talking. We worked through our new-normal of being completely exhausted and burned out all the time. I forsook my diet a long time ago and have been stress eating like crazy, which makes me feel even worse than normal. During the last month we’ve had more tense moments than in our whole marriage, (at least it seems that way), but we’ve also talked our way into deeper love, compassion and understanding for each other. Abe is my hero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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