{"id":11816,"date":"2018-12-24T23:48:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T03:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=11816"},"modified":"2018-12-24T23:50:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-25T03:50:42","slug":"cumminskendall-christmas-eve-12-24-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=11816","title":{"rendered":"Cummins\/Kendall Christmas Eve! 12.24.18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Studied Espa\u00f1ol.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-hQ8DXSZ\/0\/6beaab50\/M\/2018122420202105-IMG_1602-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-JqtQQ3F\/0\/bab1d062\/M\/2018122420202105-IMG_1603-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nToday marks the near half-way mark to my previous streak when I studied Portuguese for 248 days straight.  The streak was broken because my phone could not connect with the internet while we were in Rio de Janeiro.<br \/>\nI also studied vocabulary and sentence construction with Clozemaster.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-pNB4WrK\/0\/ad5d9490\/M\/2018122420202105-IMG_1604-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nI think 132 is a high score for me.  The computer decides how many points to give depending on the difficulty of the vocabulary in their estimation.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-HD4KdCz\/0\/4e08c4d5\/M\/2018122420202105-IMG_1605-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nAshley sent me this wonderful picture of Everly.  I&#8217;m sorry she&#8217;s not feeling that well.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-9RGjMsv\/0\/e02ec51f\/M\/2018122420202105-IMG_1606-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nI swapped out the batteries in my outdoor weather gauge. It was reading 57 degrees outside of the last couple of days.  I KNEW that wasn&#8217;t right!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-tpQdgNW\/0\/ebad126f\/M\/2018122420202105-10752911680_IMG_8360-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nChecked the bird feeders and feed supply.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-HSgZpZN\/0\/e0e34a5d\/M\/2018122420202105-10752971792_IMG_8361-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The family got together at Metro Cafe Diner.  It was very good.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-M8RXxVN\/0\/6900612a\/M\/2018122420202105-10752918176_IMG_8362-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-vM3CcTM\/0\/1d17f897\/M\/2018122420202105-10752915040_IMG_8363-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-BtncB3p\/0\/c816afee\/M\/2018122420202105-10753002400_IMG_8364-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-mQffH6n\/0\/07d1bd15\/M\/2018122420202105-10753002304_IMG_8367-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-jzwJs6x\/0\/7eafba2c\/M\/2018122420202105-10752982400_IMG_8373-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-ZFPTT5n\/0\/f65a465f\/M\/2018122420202105-10752889440_IMG_8375-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then back to the house for the gift exchange. We normally do all our gift giving on Christmas Eve.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-pjkPq5N\/0\/6a2afe07\/M\/2018122420211450-10753011808_IMG_8380-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-whqNDDL\/0\/98c10085\/M\/2018122420211450-10753085952_IMG_8382-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-wPMkw8M\/0\/3c08a0fc\/M\/2018122420211450-10753093872_IMG_8385-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-4dbHJDm\/0\/000574ed\/M\/2018122420211450-10752923024_IMG_8386-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-mz42P5L\/0\/a7b2a690\/M\/2018122420211450-10752976880_IMG_8387-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-wRFmWR2\/0\/0e0557e9\/M\/2018122420211450-10752995952_IMG_8389-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-PTvv6G8\/0\/1f2e8e0b\/M\/2018122420211450-10752941520_IMG_8392-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-QLzDDv4\/0\/f40ae1b1\/M\/2018122420213303-10752888192_IMG_8396-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-RN5fz6R\/0\/46c6efbf\/M\/2018122420213303-10752890496_IMG_8397-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-L4d2j93\/0\/c3168d69\/M\/2018122420214497-10752886848_IMG_8399-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family\/Cummins-Kendall-Christmas-Eve--1\/i-9cxNk3X\/0\/c3ef7e2e\/M\/2018122420214497-10752099072_IMG_8402-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nGREAT family time together.  Everyone seemed to really like their gifts.  Ashley got me a constellation globe.  Groovy.  <\/p>\n<p>Playing God of War.<\/p>\n<p>Admin duties now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studied Espa\u00f1ol. Today marks the near half-way mark to my previous streak when I studied Portuguese for 248 days straight. The streak was broken because my phone could not connect with the internet while we were in Rio de Janeiro. I also studied vocabulary and sentence construction with Clozemaster. I think 132 is a high [&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\/11816"}],"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=11816"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11821,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11816\/revisions\/11821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}