{"id":1546,"date":"2008-06-02T22:19:04","date_gmt":"2008-06-03T04:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandmpond.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/02\/big-surprise\/"},"modified":"2008-06-02T22:19:04","modified_gmt":"2008-06-03T04:19:04","slug":"big-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/02\/big-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Surprise!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blogimages\/BigSurprise_CFCE\/IMG_5140.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"374\" alt=\"IMG_5140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blogimages\/BigSurprise_CFCE\/IMG_5140_thumb.jpg\" width=\"250\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>&#160; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blogimages\/BigSurprise_CFCE\/IMG_5148.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"375\" alt=\"IMG_5148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blogimages\/BigSurprise_CFCE\/IMG_5148_thumb.jpg\" width=\"264\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>Noelle was so excited to go swimming!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blogimages\/BigSurprise_CFCE\/IMG_5141.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"354\" alt=\"IMG_5141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blogimages\/BigSurprise_CFCE\/IMG_5141_thumb.jpg\" width=\"521\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Poppa &amp; Rara set up their new pool and canopy for Noelle &amp; Drew, which was such a fun surprise! 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