{"id":1301,"date":"2012-03-31T03:24:52","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T02:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2012-03-31T03:27:37","modified_gmt":"2012-03-31T02:27:37","slug":"our-sweet-wa-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2012\/03\/31\/our-sweet-wa-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Our sweet WA family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had such a fun, wonderful, joy filled week with our son Sam and family. \u00a0Sam, Anna, Elaina, and Sawyer are an energetic crew and we had the chance to see them at work and play. \u00a0We got to see Elaina and Sawyer in action at their co-op school,including tumbling and ballet!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/03\/blog-ballerelaina-wa-3.121.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1302\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/03\/blog-ballerelaina-wa-3.121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/03\/blog-ballerelaina-wa-3.121.jpg 277w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/03\/blog-ballerelaina-wa-3.121-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/03\/blog-seas-wa-3.121.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1303\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/03\/blog-seas-wa-3.121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/03\/blog-seas-wa-3.121.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/03\/blog-seas-wa-3.121-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We built a treasure trove of memories to take back with us to Africa in a couple of months. \u00a0The time flew by too quickly, visiting Sam at work at the Moody hangar, and playing games, from basketball to board games to sardines. \u00a0That was my personal favorite. \u00a0Sardines. \u00a0Ever squish 5 bodies into a 3&#8217;x2&#8242; 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