{"id":178,"date":"2008-07-06T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-06T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/07\/isnt-the-point-of-a-vacation-to-rest-and-be-ready-to-work-again.html"},"modified":"2008-07-06T13:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-06T13:15:00","slug":"isnt-the-point-of-a-vacation-to-rest-and-be-ready-to-work-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/07\/isnt-the-point-of-a-vacation-to-rest-and-be-ready-to-work-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Isn’t the Point of a Vacation to Rest and Be Ready to Work Again?"},"content":{"rendered":"

But after a weekend like this one, it’ll be hard to plunge back into move-preparations! The packers are coming in 24 hours! We had a wonderful time with friends who we’ll miss when we move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Linville Falls with the Warlicks: Chuck, Wendy and Daniel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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My new favorite picture of my boys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Linville “upper” Falls.<\/p>\n

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Discovery Place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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In celebration of July 4th, the “Einstein’s Corner” did a science lecture for the kids about the “fire triangle” (fuel, oxygen, heat) and how to make explosions. Here’s the fireball from igniting a balloon filled with hydrogen. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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The Kapla blocks. I could not peel Dave away from this…Jake’s participating in a building contest here, whoever made the tallest structure in 10 minutes won a prize. Jake didn’t win.<\/p>\n

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After the contest, Timmy continued his structure all by himself — the one on the left. The one on the right is mine.<\/p>\n

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