{"id":3748,"date":"2016-02-25T01:54:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T00:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=3748"},"modified":"2016-02-25T01:54:52","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T00:54:52","slug":"happy-birthday-maddie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2016\/02\/25\/happy-birthday-maddie\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy birthday, Maddie!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The snow was pretty thick for a few days, BUT<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/blog-snow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3745\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/blog-snow.jpg\" alt=\"blog snow\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/blog-snow.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/blog-snow-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>just before Maddie&#8217;s birthday party, green grass once again appeared. \u00a0Roy was out checking over the dormant veggie garden and whatever green he could find when Emrie went running out to join him. \u00a0Whenever he&#8217;s around, you probably will find her shadowing him. \u00a0Twitterpated with her Grampadee who she calls Bucky.<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/blog-outdoor-buddies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3744\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/blog-outdoor-buddies.jpg\" alt=\"blog outdoor buddies\" width=\"299\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/blog-outdoor-buddies.jpg 299w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/blog-outdoor-buddies-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The kids painted beautiful pictures with acrylics on canvas, and played soccer in the backyard, barefoot in February! \u00a0I think the party was well enjoyed.<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/blog-bday1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3743\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/blog-bday1.jpg\" alt=\"blog bday\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/blog-bday1.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/02\/blog-bday1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a>As I write, the snow is falling again, an expected 7-10 inches for our little town. \u00a0Whoo boy!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=3748&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The snow was pretty thick for a few days, BUT just before Maddie&#8217;s birthday party, green grass once again appeared. \u00a0Roy was out checking over the dormant veggie garden and whatever green he could find when Emrie went running out &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2016\/02\/25\/happy-birthday-maddie\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Happy birthday, Maddie! 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