{"id":15911,"date":"2022-05-10T20:45:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T00:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=15911"},"modified":"2022-05-10T20:47:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T00:47:11","slug":"grandgirls-picnic-bank-5-10-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=15911","title":{"rendered":"Grandgirls! Picnic! Bank! 5.10.22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OYB!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-7gDc6d8\/0\/e99bb18b\/L\/67387276070__636C8511-B2A2-4DBD-A454-6E84FE87A7A6-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Love my girls!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-XDHwtKr\/0\/4ac6c6c2\/L\/IMG_5622-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Everly and I went to Publix this morning to get fruit.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-HXzjTq4\/0\/67e87f09\/L\/IMG_5624-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-4rf2pWb\/0\/bc3ef488\/L\/IMG_5625-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Espa\u00f1ol!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-BjtLdsG\/0\/a888c532\/L\/IMG_5484-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-LwPpr5Q\/0\/e096c642\/L\/IMG_5485-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the students I&#8217;m competing against is named Heike.  I wondered where her name came from. I&#8217;ve found the Germans to be serious competition.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-grVhC5w\/0\/92070668\/L\/IMG_5486-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They may not do much in the weeks before I get to them, but they definitely rise to the challenge and are difficult to beat. She more than doubled what she&#8217;d been doing.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-3Vv8NW2\/0\/59a3ce24\/L\/IMG_5487-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Everly ate great. I like her eating vegetarian, although I never insist on it.  For lunch I bought her a hamburger. Next time, I&#8217;ll get her an incredible burger and ask her if she can tell the difference.  I doubt she&#8217;ll be able to.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-BFRsvbV\/0\/ef9bfab1\/L\/IMG_5488-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Palabras!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-fCDpqrV\/0\/5e0e35ef\/L\/IMG_5489-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beauty!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-v5RRhjQ\/0\/34040b1a\/M\/IMG_5626-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gorgeous weather.  Still very cool in the morning.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-Jc5c65v\/0\/266ff9bc\/L\/IMG_5490%202-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Picked up Penelope.  We hung out at the house for a while, then went to QT for a treat.  They get slushies and a candy bar.  Today I had a picnic with them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-zCL4sFh\/0\/c28faaf7\/M\/IMG_5491-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They broke their candy bars into pieces.  I&#8217;d ask one a question like, &#8220;Who is the oldest?&#8221;  Then Penelope would take a bite.  &#8220;Who&#8217;s the youngest?&#8221; Everly would eat a bite.  Penelope came up with the game.  Maybe they did something like that in class, not sure.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-M9kMNSJ\/0\/122db061\/M\/IMG_5492-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-C52Dwq9\/0\/e43d728b\/M\/IMG_5493%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-DdSDwQV\/0\/4f0afb0a\/M\/IMG_5494-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They really enjoy animals, although I never trust cats.  This one was pretty chill.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-z3nJCfp\/0\/35393b4a\/L\/IMG_5495-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Full sun moon.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-wvxWRbx\/0\/cd9d59f6\/M\/IMG_5627-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Went by my office to get the mail.  Processed the checks.  I sign and alphabetize them, then take pictures and add them all up.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-VwfwJkP\/0\/3cbc1d1a\/M\/IMG_5501-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I deposited them when I got to the bank near my house. I always feel safer there.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-mPDZz5k\/0\/c893c960\/M\/IMG_5628%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All this studying is really paying off.  I got almost everything I heard this afternoon.  I listen for about thirty minutes a day.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-3zLVQvH\/0\/cbd73066\/L\/IMG_5506-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dropped off a squirrel.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Family-2022\/Grandgirls-Picnic-Bank-51022\/i-3RbdRpW\/0\/623e27ad\/M\/IMG_5629%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OYB! Love my girls! Everly and I went to Publix this morning to get fruit. Espa\u00f1ol! One of the students I&#8217;m competing against is named Heike. I wondered where her name came from. I&#8217;ve found the Germans to be serious competition. They may not do much in the weeks before I get to them, but [&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\/15911"}],"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=15911"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15914,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15911\/revisions\/15914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}