{"id":4848,"date":"2014-08-30T05:32:41","date_gmt":"2014-08-30T05:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abeandlily.darais.com\/?p=4848"},"modified":"2014-08-30T05:32:41","modified_gmt":"2014-08-30T05:32:41","slug":"friends-and-frozen-under-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2014\/08\/30\/friends-and-frozen-under-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends and Frozen under the stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I had a visit from my lovely former visiting teacher, Cierra Block. She moved to London a year ago, and she&#8217;s in town for a wedding. It was just like old times! We talked and talked&#8230;basically, I could talk to Cierra forever. I just love her. I woke up full of anxiety and struggled with that all day, so Cierra&#8217;s visit was a wonderful uplift out of that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9278.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4850\" alt=\"IMG_9278\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9278-e1409375846463-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a>Then I just kind of puttered until it was time for our play date with Jen Pe&#8217;a and Natalie.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/aug29pic1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4860\" alt=\"aug29pic1\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/aug29pic1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/aug29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4861\" alt=\"aug29\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/aug29.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/aug29pic3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4864\" alt=\"aug29pic3\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/aug29pic3.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Again, talking with Jen was basically balm to my soul. When I&#8217;m struggling with anxiety, nothing helps more than talking to a friend who I feel safe to be myself with.<\/p>\n<p>Mary found and tried to eat lemons when we got home&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4851\" alt=\"IMG_9280\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9280-e1409375859613-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a>Then Abe, the kids, and I all headed out to see\u00a0<em>Frozen<\/em> under the stars on the lawn outside of the Capitol. It was a gorgeous night, and the girls were enthralled. Mary is a little confused about stars, though. This is the second night that she&#8217;s looked up, pointed to the stars and cried, &#8220;Fishies! Blub blub!&#8221; \u00a0I explained that there are no fish in the sky and the stars go &#8220;twinkle twinkle.&#8221; Maybe after our camping trip it will sink in better.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, they had fun on the walk back to the car.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4853\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4853\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9283.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4853\" alt=\"It was 10:15 by the time the movie was over. Mary lay down on the sidewalk and asked us to put a blanket on top of her.\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9283-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was 10:15 by the time the movie was over. Mary lay down on the sidewalk and asked us to put a blanket on top of her.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4854\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4854\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9284.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4854\" alt=\"Lydia thought about joining her.\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9284-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lydia thought about joining her.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4855\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4855\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9286.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4855\" alt=\"Lydia and Mary both decided they wanted to sleep there. Good thing we're going camping tomorrow!\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9286-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lydia and Mary both decided they wanted to sleep there. Good thing we&#8217;re going camping tomorrow!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4856\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4856\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9292.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4856\" alt=\"Our climber.\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9292-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our climber.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4857\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4857\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9293.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4857\" alt=\"Abe had to carry her protesting little body away from the stairs.\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9293-e1409375896900-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abe had to carry her protesting little body away from the stairs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9297.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4859\" alt=\"IMG_9297\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9297-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4849\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9298.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4849\" alt=\"A praying mantis was on our car when we got back. Mary wanted to hold it.\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_9298-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A praying mantis was on our car when we got back. Mary wanted to hold it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Grandma, we&#8217;re going camping tomorrow and won&#8217;t be back until Monday. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll have internet, but I will take a lot of pictures and post when we get back. I love you and think about you every day!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I had a visit from my lovely former visiting teacher, Cierra Block. She moved to London a year ago, and she&#8217;s in town for a wedding. It was just like old times! We talked and talked&#8230;basically, I could talk to Cierra forever. I just love her. I woke up full of anxiety and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2014\/08\/30\/friends-and-frozen-under-the-stars\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Friends and Frozen under the stars<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14,19,20,31,40,41,49,52,58,63,75,77,78,80,93,95,108,109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abe-pics","category-book-of-mormon","category-clean-the-upstairs-bathroom","category-conference-talk","category-errands","category-floor-time-with-my-children","category-folded-laundry","category-k","category-lily-pics","category-lydia-pics","category-mary-pics","category-phone-call-with-mom","category-piano-practice","category-piano-with-lydia","category-play-date","category-school-work","category-scriptures","category-time-outside","category-time-with-friends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}