{"id":10501,"date":"2017-11-27T22:03:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T02:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=10501"},"modified":"2017-11-27T22:05:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T02:05:04","slug":"penelope-turns-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=10501","title":{"rendered":"Penelope Turns 2!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Added more material to my Twitter feed last night. I have tweets scheduled into March of 2018!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-turns-22-\/i-kv4j4BZ\/0\/0c066b0d\/M\/2017112720345924-IMG_5611-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nStudied Portuguese! Certo!<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-turns-22-\/i-4DvrJRN\/0\/2fdb202a\/M\/2017112720345924-IMG_5618-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nLotta days in a row!<\/p>\n<p>I recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery this morning. A friend of mine had ALL his stuff stolen along with his car. Heart breaking. When I feel a lot of emotion, my recordings are always way more powerful. I&#8217;ll release it tomorrow. It&#8217;s called &#8220;Rising Kite.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Saw this truck on the way into Chamblee. I wonder what country THAT is?<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-turns-22-\/i-p6P6twH\/0\/1c14a505\/M\/2017112720374826-48886208_Unknown-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Penelope turned TWO today! I met up with the girls around noon. I needed a lot of time with them today!<br \/>\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-turns-22-\/i-jbfCdHQ\/0\/77eaddbc\/M\/2017112720374826-48886448_Unknown-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nWe went to the Simply Mac store in Norcross first. Ashley&#8217;s computer had dropped and had stuff poured on it. (Whoops, Penelope!) When we got to the store, it powered up perfectly! Thank you, Jesus!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been in a primarily vegetarian mode these days. We went to a S. Indian vegetarian food place today called Udipi. We thought it was excellent!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-turns-22-\/i-HWM35RS\/0\/a71a35e9\/M\/2017112720374826-48886400_Unknown-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nIt was great to hang out with the girls!<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-turns-22-\/i-rv3g2QB\/0\/617399e5\/M\/2017112720374826-48886352_Unknown-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nOn the way back home, we stopped at the Goodwill in Duluth.  I got Penelope lots of fun things for her birthday including this slide and blue dinosaur!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-turns-22-\/i-2JmHt8z\/0\/8e658ed1\/M\/2017112720374826-48886416_Unknown-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nIt was fun to watch her sliding down over and over and over again!<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful Full Sun Moon today.  My Indian name.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-turns-22-\/i-HTTmLkd\/0\/db3259f0\/M\/2017112720374826-48886432_Unknown-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nHelped the kids with their homework.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-turns-22-\/i-JmsvCt6\/0\/4076d92e\/M\/2017112720374826-48886480_Unknown-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-turns-22-\/i-Xw44mxn\/0\/4a88badd\/M\/2017112720374826-48886496_Unknown-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nI spent most of my time playing with Penelope and the kids outside.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-turns-22-\/i-Kqz9RXt\/0\/7958e94e\/M\/2017112720345924-48886544_Unknown-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nBeautiful sunset!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-turns-22-\/i-CpLpvSG\/0\/f6c12762\/M\/2017112720374826-48886512_Unknown-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nLovely moon!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-turns-22-\/i-xFQGN4Q\/0\/eaf2efbb\/M\/2017112720345924-48886624_Unknown-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nWe had a fun party for Penelope!  Kids had pizza and cookies!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-turns-22-\/i-v53Hw6t\/0\/91628a0b\/M\/2017112720345924-48886656_Unknown-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nEveryone sang Happy Birthday!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-turns-22-\/i-fwsL6BW\/0\/96e28358\/M\/2017112720345924-48886688_Unknown-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nPenelope got a little shy with EVERYONE singing so loudly!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-turns-22-\/i-bZfL3xb\/0\/696ced22\/M\/2017112720345924-48886720_Unknown-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nShe liked the big cookie!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-turns-22-\/i-vBX2qH3\/0\/d304a566\/M\/2017112720345924-48886768_Unknown-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nGREAT to see the Kendalls!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Penelope-turns-22-\/i-g5VQgPF\/0\/4824e3b0\/M\/2017112720345924-48886784_Unknown-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nGot to talk with my Mom this evening, too!<\/p>\n<p>Biggest news was that I heard from my mentor Fred Sorrells today!  We worked together a lot in Africa.  He&#8217;s bringing a team from Haiti to the ATL this week.  I&#8217;m helping him get lodging and some media coverage as well as inside the soccer establishment here locally.<\/p>\n<p>Had coversations with my friends Larry Lawrence and Austin Alridge about it!<\/p>\n<p>Always fun to be around Fred.  He&#8217;s a blessing!<\/p>\n<p>Admin duties now.  Feeling pretty tired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Added more material to my Twitter feed last night. I have tweets scheduled into March of 2018! Studied Portuguese! Certo! Lotta days in a row! I recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery this morning. A friend of mine had ALL his stuff stolen along with his car. Heart breaking. When I feel a lot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10501"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10503,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10501\/revisions\/10503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}