{"id":58,"date":"2010-04-11T21:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/?p=58"},"modified":"2010-04-11T21:05:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T04:05:00","slug":"spring-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/?p=58","title":{"rendered":"Spring is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been thoroughly enjoying the delightful spring weather (well, up until yesterday that is!)<\/p>\n<p>Last week we took care of some gardening.  The weeds were overgrown and taking over!  We showed them who&#8217;s boss&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8Kc5gcmzdI\/AAAAAAAAA_Q\/4PzX4kMF1lg\/s1600\/IMG_6218.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8Kc5gcmzdI\/AAAAAAAAA_Q\/4PzX4kMF1lg\/s320\/IMG_6218.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459098210102857170\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">And we even found a cute little critter (we think it was a salamander!)<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8Kc6mBMqUI\/AAAAAAAAA_Y\/hoYWTa6N81o\/s1600\/IMG_6213.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8Kc6mBMqUI\/AAAAAAAAA_Y\/hoYWTa6N81o\/s320\/IMG_6213.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459098228778379586\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>On Friday 4\/9 we made the most of my furlough day and took a trip to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parksconservancy.org\/visit\/park-sites\/fort-funston.html\">Fort Funston<\/a>, which is basically dog heaven.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KihZpmFuI\/AAAAAAAABBw\/QbCsMC18dFA\/s1600\/IMG_6365.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KihZpmFuI\/AAAAAAAABBw\/QbCsMC18dFA\/s320\/IMG_6365.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459104393031194338\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Lola enjoying the views off the cliff<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8Kig924yUI\/AAAAAAAABBo\/B57w5S0WTBY\/s1600\/IMG_6366.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8Kig924yUI\/AAAAAAAABBo\/B57w5S0WTBY\/s320\/IMG_6366.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459104385570752834\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Let&#8217;s just say we kept our eyes on the sky<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KigTgTtRI\/AAAAAAAABBg\/mR4UoEYGEik\/s1600\/IMG_6368.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KigTgTtRI\/AAAAAAAABBg\/mR4UoEYGEik\/s320\/IMG_6368.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459104374201758994\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The extremely steep climb down the cliff to the beach!  It was kind of comical watching the dog walkers trying to walk 5+ dogs on leash down this hill (or back up the hill).<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KifxryniI\/AAAAAAAABBY\/kYbu2AVwHng\/s1600\/IMG_6369.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KifxryniI\/AAAAAAAABBY\/kYbu2AVwHng\/s320\/IMG_6369.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459104365123116578\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8Kfv2EzBQI\/AAAAAAAABBQ\/1cR2Oz6qvdo\/s1600\/IMG_6379.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8Kfv2EzBQI\/AAAAAAAABBQ\/1cR2Oz6qvdo\/s320\/IMG_6379.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459101342644765954\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KfvbYaDZI\/AAAAAAAABBI\/pyVKrc0BAYU\/s1600\/IMG_6383.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KfvbYaDZI\/AAAAAAAABBI\/pyVKrc0BAYU\/s320\/IMG_6383.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459101335479258514\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8Kfu9wSnsI\/AAAAAAAABBA\/dsviUXhvAUs\/s1600\/IMG_6387.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8Kfu9wSnsI\/AAAAAAAABBA\/dsviUXhvAUs\/s320\/IMG_6387.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459101327526371010\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Lola is a huge fan of the water, even the cold SF ocean water!<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KfubzGBSI\/AAAAAAAABA4\/MXf90szuwgg\/s1600\/IMG_6404.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KfubzGBSI\/AAAAAAAABA4\/MXf90szuwgg\/s320\/IMG_6404.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459101318411322658\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KfP299hAI\/AAAAAAAABAo\/HPV3wbXXOAI\/s1600\/IMG_6410.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KfP299hAI\/AAAAAAAABAo\/HPV3wbXXOAI\/s320\/IMG_6410.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459100793128715266\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Lola&#8217;s one happy pup!<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KfPH31GGI\/AAAAAAAABAg\/w29AConHcDI\/s1600\/IMG_6413.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KfPH31GGI\/AAAAAAAABAg\/w29AConHcDI\/s320\/IMG_6413.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459100780486531170\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">And then we had to climb back UP the hill&#8230;<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KfOLk38YI\/AAAAAAAABAY\/NHmoubQWSn8\/s1600\/IMG_6417.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KfOLk38YI\/AAAAAAAABAY\/NHmoubQWSn8\/s320\/IMG_6417.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459100764300898690\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">A very satisfied Lola (she rarely sleeps in the car, so we knew we did a job well done)<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>On Saturday 4\/10 Jessie hosted her first-ever Game Night (right up our alley!)<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8Kfts8nNwI\/AAAAAAAABAw\/ZtqCGPw7_jY\/s1600\/IMG_6442.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8Kfts8nNwI\/AAAAAAAABAw\/ZtqCGPw7_jY\/s320\/IMG_6442.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459101305834780418\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>It was a potluck and we feasted that night!<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KfNQUD4gI\/AAAAAAAABAQ\/tIRYTsvCGzM\/s1600\/IMG_6421.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KfNQUD4gI\/AAAAAAAABAQ\/tIRYTsvCGzM\/s320\/IMG_6421.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459100748392686082\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>We brought just a few of our many games&#8211;Balderdash, Taboo and Apples to Apples.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KfM_FMu5I\/AAAAAAAABAI\/Fl995gxJ0hY\/s1600\/IMG_6427.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KfM_FMu5I\/AAAAAAAABAI\/Fl995gxJ0hY\/s320\/IMG_6427.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459100743766948754\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Cathy trying to get Team Intuition to guess her word, and Josh ready to &#8220;zap&#8221; her if she said one of the off-limits words.<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8Keqioj6GI\/AAAAAAAABAA\/wh0pRcUkqwA\/s1600\/IMG_6428.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8Keqioj6GI\/AAAAAAAABAA\/wh0pRcUkqwA\/s320\/IMG_6428.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459100152015087714\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Kevin, Jessie P. and Lisa R.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8Kep2ZyfII\/AAAAAAAAA_4\/2ttRsIgX8CI\/s1600\/IMG_6430.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8Kep2ZyfII\/AAAAAAAAA_4\/2ttRsIgX8CI\/s320\/IMG_6430.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459100140141968514\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Jessie working hard to get her team to guess her word!  And can you tell I loved being the &#8220;zapper&#8221;? \ud83d\ude09<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KepIZfH-I\/AAAAAAAAA_w\/JPR7aD78v1c\/s1600\/IMG_6432.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KepIZfH-I\/AAAAAAAAA_w\/JPR7aD78v1c\/s320\/IMG_6432.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459100127792668642\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">A reenactment of some fun Taboo moments<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KeoVVa7tI\/AAAAAAAAA_o\/WMwAWGt_3nM\/s1600\/IMG_6435.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KeoVVa7tI\/AAAAAAAAA_o\/WMwAWGt_3nM\/s320\/IMG_6435.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459100114085408466\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KenoeTllI\/AAAAAAAAA_g\/gU87zSV1Cms\/s1600\/IMG_6438.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S8KenoeTllI\/AAAAAAAAA_g\/gU87zSV1Cms\/s320\/IMG_6438.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459100102043080274\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Jessie&#8217;s game night was a total success!  Good games, good food and good company.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been thoroughly enjoying the delightful spring weather (well, up until yesterday that is!) Last week we took care of some gardening. The weeds were overgrown and taking over! We showed them who&#8217;s boss&#8230; And we even found a cute little critter (we think it was a salamander!) On Friday 4\/9 we made the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-garden","category-lola","category-parks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}