{"id":18426,"date":"2012-03-01T14:52:07","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T20:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/?p=18426"},"modified":"2012-03-01T23:33:41","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T05:33:41","slug":"surprise-take-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/01\/surprise-take-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise! Take 2!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3995.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3995\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3995_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"396\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wow, Cindy really got me this time!&#160; It felt weird being on the receiving end of the surprise.&#160; While I was at a meeting, Mike and the girls went to the airport to pick up Cindy!&#160; We met at Trail Dust, and out pops Cindy with the girls!&#160; I thought I was seeing things.&#160; It was crazy cool\u2026 she needed this, and I did too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3997.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_3997\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_3997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_3997_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mike was joking with me earlier during the day on Saturday, saying we only go to Trial Dust when someone from California comes to visit.&#160; We even looked in the blog archives at a previous dinner with Clarissa and another with the entire Cali gang at Trail Dust.&#160; You would think I would pick up on it, but I had NO clue!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4001\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4001_thumb.jpg\" width=\"239\" height=\"382\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4006\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4006\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4006_thumb.jpg\" width=\"305\" height=\"382\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Man, that slide is tall!&#160; I was definitely more scared than Anna Kate!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4008\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4008_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"371\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cindy brought the girls perfect little presents (when she had time to shop for them is beyond me)!&#160; Anna Kate got boxing gloves (does she know my child or what!?!) and rabbit ears, she gave Rose a way cool ball and a sunflower headband, and Noelle got silly glasses and a butterfly headband.&#160; Thanks Cindy!!!&#160; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/photo-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"photo 3\" border=\"0\" alt=\"photo 3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/photo-3_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since it was a surprise, I had already committed to working a consignment sale, so Cindy helped out.&#160; She got a glimpse into a crazy subculture that is fun and exciting (and hard work) for us moms who dress our kids on a budget!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4012\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4012_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aww\u2026 this picture makes me smile!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4023\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4023_thumb.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"344\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunday we had a soccer kick off party!&#160; The girls had a blast together again celebrating the start of a new season!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4028.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4028\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4028\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4028_thumb.jpg\" width=\"276\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4031\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4031\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4031_thumb.jpg\" width=\"269\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Curt skyped us while Poppa Jim looked on in confusion!&#160; This picture is SO funny!&#160; Mom came to help me consign the girls clothes, and she and Cindy got to hang out on Monday for a bit before Cindy\u2019s quick trip came to an end.&#160; We love you, Cindy!&#160; As always, thanks for the memories!&#160; You\u2019re the best!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, Cindy really got me this time!&#160; It felt weird being on the receiving end of the surprise.&#160; While I was at a meeting, Mike and the girls went to the airport to pick up Cindy!&#160; We met at Trail Dust, and out pops Cindy with the girls!&#160; I thought I was seeing things.&#160; It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18426"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18426"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18428,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18426\/revisions\/18428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}