{"id":488,"date":"2010-11-25T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/11\/happy-thanksgiving-2.html"},"modified":"2010-11-25T14:43:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T14:43:00","slug":"happy-thanksgiving-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/11\/happy-thanksgiving-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Thanksgiving!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mobile-photo\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_yz59FVsseJY\/TO6OdXPvG_I\/AAAAAAABOEA\/eD2x6QmPvwQ\/s1600\/photo-751200.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543524826447027186\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_yz59FVsseJY\/TO6OdXPvG_I\/AAAAAAABOEA\/eD2x6QmPvwQ\/s320\/photo-751200.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>This fellow &#8220;Major Mom&#8221; is currently spending Thanksgiving at Camp Eggars, Afghanistan.  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