{"id":312,"date":"2008-07-13T21:55:59","date_gmt":"2008-07-14T01:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=312"},"modified":"2008-07-14T10:50:53","modified_gmt":"2008-07-14T14:50:53","slug":"a-visit-from-the-folks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/312","title":{"rendered":"A visit from the folks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: top;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3243\/2665367649_bf68391c7b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yes, the obligatory &#8220;stairs&#8221; picture!\u00c2\u00a0 For some reason, that&#8217;s the place for group photos in this house.\u00c2\u00a0 This is my parents with their five grandchildren.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m an only child, and since we never intended on having more than 2 or 3 kids (God sure did change our minds&#8230;), they&#8217;re thrilled to have so many!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3267\/2665367819_f6d50d4a7e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Granpa was really entertaining Lainey, making her laugh her little head off.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3184\/2665367753_d41a6c23b1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And, granma was equally fun&#8230;here, Lainey is trying her best to steal her watch.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We really enjoyed our time together&#8230;the girls went shopping (the guys stayed home so Lainey could nap), we all went out to eat, grilled out steaks and chicken, went swimming in the pool, were lazy during an afternoon thunderstorm, and finally took a trip to our local museum of science and history&#8230;here are pictures of that!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3140\/2665367525_491af93bc1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A, M, P, and E and L in her snazzy pink stroller<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3200\/2665367423_e6729d20a0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love this picture!\u00c2\u00a0 Randy stood on the other side of the cage, so he could get Marley posing with one of her fav kinds of animals.\u00c2\u00a0 I think they&#8217;re both smiling!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3189\/2665367349_5feeea4ef5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Payton, the cool big brother that he is, shows his little sis the fish!\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3292\/2666191286_bbaee6450c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The museum had an exhibit called &#8220;Giant Insects&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0 They weren&#8217;t kidding, these things were HUGE and had very life-like movements.\u00c2\u00a0 Lainey was freaked and only wanted me to hold her&#8230;until Granpa rescued her by taking her out in the hall!\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3015\/2665367129_f2698a96fa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Payton and Ethan do a good imitation of fighting stag beetles!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3070\/2665367915_c3fcb2894c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They had a section that was a visual timeline of Florida history, which this homeschool mom enjoyed very much.\u00c2\u00a0 Abbey is really into the Little House series of books right now (she&#8217;s read all of them, and is now starting the Rose Years books).\u00c2\u00a0 So, she had to pose in front of this scene.\u00c2\u00a0 :)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3207\/2666191094_eec87e9cc4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This sign was in a room displaying the movies that have been made in Jacksonville throughout history&#8230;too funny.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3054\/2665366931_fba70464cc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was a beautiful fountain just down from the museum, so we stopped to see it.\u00c2\u00a0 Lainey loved feeling the mist coming off of it.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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