{"id":34,"date":"2015-01-21T16:04:49","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T16:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandybeachgirl.com\/?p=34"},"modified":"2015-02-13T01:42:01","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T01:42:01","slug":"the-never-ending-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandybeachgirl.com\/?p=34","title":{"rendered":"The Never Ending Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It started on Christmas Eve, family wise anyway. Lewis, Hilarey, Donny &amp; I took the bait and downloaded The Interview because our new Roku made it so easy and just really why not? It actually was entertaining if you kept your expectations low.<\/p>\n<p>Followed by a typical Santa filled Christmas morning with L&amp;H and later dinner with the usual cast of characters.<\/p>\n<p>Followed by a Second Christmas visit from SS&amp;EM the weekend after Christmas. In which E &amp; M introduced my thighs to a new level of intense workout on the trampoline. &#8220;Jump as high as you can!&#8221; followed by looks of, &#8220;You can do better than THAT,&#8221; no matter the level of bounce.<\/p>\n<p>Followed by Third Christmas aka New Year&#8217;s weekend with DT&amp;S and ME&amp;ML. In which Sea Bass reminded everyone how well he can chant, &#8220;Grandma Sandy&#8230;&#8221;-insert-&#8220;Where are you?&#8221; or &#8220;What can we do that&#8217;s fun?&#8221; In which M&amp;L got to take home a newly adopted kit-teen.<\/p>\n<p>And wrapped up by what I am calling Fourth Christmas although we already exchanged gifts via USPS because we still have this Dr Seuss delight gifted to us by Hotline not put away in the attic just yet. (Too much Valentine potential.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandybeachgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_3324.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-35 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandybeachgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_3324.jpg?resize=293%2C391&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG_3324\" width=\"293\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandybeachgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_3324.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandybeachgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_3324.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandybeachgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_3324.jpg?resize=300%2C400&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandybeachgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_3324.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandybeachgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_3324.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enter AJ&amp;BZP who took advantage of a four day school weekend to make a dash for the OBX.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights include PJ greeting his pizza dinner at Slice with a huge grin and, &#8220;Hi pizza!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Adventures to Sandspur Hill which is what we have renamed Run Hill and then a less prickly adventure to Jockey&#8217;s Ridge where the Sand People emerged and guided us to many Star Wars planets.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;listType=playlist&#038;list=PLkzfBY2SG22CRv6nOprB6D-Yon283yxlv\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>All in all, cliche intended, it was the best Never Ending Christmas.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;listType=playlist&#038;list=PLkzfBY2SG22CskfkaQy5J6-LtBCzBcRob\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I know right? Cheers to 2015 and love to all!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It started on Christmas Eve, family wise anyway. Lewis, Hilarey, Donny &amp; I took the bait and downloaded The Interview because our new Roku made it so easy and just really why not? It actually was entertaining if you kept &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sandybeachgirl.com\/?p=34\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26],"tags":[28,30,32,27,31,29],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-christmas","tag-dr-seuss-tree","tag-fourth-christmas","tag-i-know-right","tag-second-christmas","tag-star-wars","tag-third-christmas","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5CT4u-y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2884,"url":"https:\/\/sandybeachgirl.com\/?p=2884","url_meta":{"origin":34,"position":0},"title":"Christmas MAGIC","author":"sandy jett ball","date":"December 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Shhhh...listen. Hear that? It's the reindeer on the roof!\" We believe, my cousins and I. Never mind that we are teens, the closer it gets to Christmas Day the firmer our shaky faith becomes. 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