{"id":1570,"date":"2012-12-18T00:29:33","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T05:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2012-12-18T00:36:17","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T05:36:17","slug":"a-quickie-post-to-let-you-know-im-not-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/12\/a-quickie-post-to-let-you-know-im-not-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"A Holiday Post to Let You Know I&#8217;m Not Dead&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"JacobPeppermintParade\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-_u_Z3sPed_M\/UM-bIkp8GTI\/AAAAAAAButg\/halVDSzaQrc\/s640\/DSC_1661.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This has been an insane holiday season! \u00a0But let me just toss up some You Tube videos showing off the kids. These were all taken with our new camera&#8230;with the telephoto lens zoomed in as far as it would go.<\/p>\n<p>I promise I have so much more to write about this week, bear with me, thanks!<\/p>\n<p>The first four are from the boys&#8217; piano recital last Friday night. \u00a0The first two are Timmy, the second two are of Jacob.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube_sc  fluid widescreen\"><div class=\"inner block\"><noscript><style type=\"text\/css\">.youtube_sc iframe.yp{display:none;}<\/style><object width=\"560\" height=\"340\" class=\"yp\" title=\"YouTube video player\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uML-Op_aeWk?version=3&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uML-Op_aeWk?version=3&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" class=\"yp\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" 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title=\"Install from Adobe\">Get the latest Flash Player<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4YOswAOW_zw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Watch on YouTube\">Watch this video on YouTube<\/a>.<\/span><\/object><\/noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4YOswAOW_zw?version=3&amp;fs=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" class=\"yp\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"youtube_sc  fluid widescreen\"><div class=\"inner block\"><noscript><style type=\"text\/css\">.youtube_sc iframe.yp{display:none;}<\/style><object width=\"560\" height=\"340\" class=\"yp\" title=\"YouTube video player\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1bLYfzPIKyA?version=3&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><embed 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