{"id":841,"date":"2010-07-11T21:00:09","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T05:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/?p=841"},"modified":"2010-07-12T07:05:22","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T15:05:22","slug":"independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/?p=841","title":{"rendered":"Independence Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan&#8217;s parents came for a visit on the 4th.\u00c2\u00a0 Xander had a blast playing with them and we loved having them visit.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-841 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/DSC_0007.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/DSC_0007-150x99.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Xander and Ricky\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-842\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/DSC_0007-150x99.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/DSC_0007-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/DSC_0007-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-842'>\n\t\t\t\tXander playing with Grandpa Ricky&#8217;s watch.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/DSC_0012.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/DSC_0012-150x99.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Xander grin\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-843\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/DSC_0012-150x99.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/DSC_0012-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/DSC_0012-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-843'>\n\t\t\t\tXander grinning for Grandma.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/FourthWeekend-018.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/FourthWeekend-018-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Xander and Grandma\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-844\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/FourthWeekend-018-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/FourthWeekend-018-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/FourthWeekend-018-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-844'>\n\t\t\t\tXander and Grandma Suzanne\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000006-Copy1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000006-Copy1-112x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Popper\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-846\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000006-Copy1-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000006-Copy1-224x300.jpg 224w, http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000006-Copy1-767x1024.jpg 767w, http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000006-Copy1.jpg 1749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-846'>\n\t\t\t\tXander playing with his popper toy.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000014-Copy.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000014-Copy-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Walking trail\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-847\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000014-Copy-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000014-Copy-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000014-Copy-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-847'>\n\t\t\t\tRyan and Suzanne on the trail.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000016-Copy.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000016-Copy-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Me and Xander\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-848\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000016-Copy-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000016-Copy-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000016-Copy-1024x769.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-848'>\n\t\t\t\tXander and I.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000020-Copy.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000020-Copy-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"group shot\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-849\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000020-Copy-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000020-Copy-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000020-Copy-1024x766.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-849'>\n\t\t\t\tGrandma Suzanne, me, Xander, and Ryan.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000023-Copy.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000023-Copy-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"stacking\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-850\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000023-Copy-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000023-Copy-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/P1000023-Copy-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-850'>\n\t\t\t\tXander and Grandma Suzanne stacking the cups.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan&#8217;s parents came for a visit on the 4th.\u00c2\u00a0 Xander had a blast playing with them and we loved having them visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[85,1,9,12,10],"tags":[108,91],"class_list":["post-841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alexander","category-general","category-highlights","category-home","category-walking","tag-grandparents","tag-xander","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Xt8g-dz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=841"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":853,"href":"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions\/853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}