{"id":15798,"date":"2018-07-21T19:13:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T19:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/?p=15798"},"modified":"2018-07-23T03:41:53","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T03:41:53","slug":"block-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/21\/block-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Block Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday we had our block party. My mom is the emergency preparedness coordinator for the ward, and the theme for the month of July was &#8220;get to know your neighbors.&#8221; So she planned a block party. It was a great success.<\/p>\n<p>My mom helped watch Clarissa while Abe blew up the balloons and I was helping a friend:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15809\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_2199-e1532315909793-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_2199-e1532315909793-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_2199-e1532315909793-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15810\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_2203-e1532315949629-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_2203-e1532315949629-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_2203-e1532315949629-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It started off with a water fight. Abe blew up 600 water balloons. It was his wildest dream come true.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15817\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9802-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9802-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9802-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9802-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15818\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9804-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9804-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9804-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9804-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Neighborhood water fight\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HCDus_0qAmU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Neighborhood water fight\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RbkLK6ZGQK8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Then we had a craft in the backyard. The kids decorated chef&#8217;s hats and made washi tape bracelets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15820\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9812-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9812-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9812-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9812-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15821\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9816-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9816-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9816-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9816-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15822\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9821-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9821-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9821-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9821-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15823\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9824-e1532316309819-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9824-e1532316309819-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9824-e1532316309819-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15824\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9826-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9826-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9826-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9826-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15827\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9831-e1532316287828-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9831-e1532316287828-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_9831-e1532316287828-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we had a picnic. It rained, but people stuck around and had fun anyway.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15812\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15812\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15812\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_2211-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_2211-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_2211-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_2211-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The girls LOVED Pauline&#8217;s LDS jokes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By that point, I was wilting in the heat and ready to put Clarissa down.<\/p>\n<p>Before the block party, the only thing of note that happened was a neighbor posted on Facebook that her husband was an alcoholic and was leaving her. She wrote that she was crying. I grabbed a box of tissues and headed to her house. Carolyn Blosil, the RS president, was already there. We stayed for an hour visiting. I felt so bad for my friend. I couldn&#8217;t imagine the pain she was in.<\/p>\n<p>When I came home, I felt more grateful for Abe than ever. Marriage is such a crap shoot, and even though I did absolutely nothing to deserve it, I just won the lottery.<\/p>\n<p>After the kids were all down for the night, Abe and I watched,\u00a0<em>Me Before You.<\/em> It was a sweet chick flick. We don&#8217;t do the chick flick genre often, but after that I wondered why. It was so delightful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday we had our block party. My mom is the emergency preparedness coordinator for the ward, and the theme for the month of July was &#8220;get to know your neighbors.&#8221; So she planned a block party. It was a great success. 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