{"id":7997,"date":"2011-08-31T10:13:21","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T14:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/?p=7997"},"modified":"2011-08-31T10:13:21","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T14:13:21","slug":"summer-activities-a-hammock-full-of-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/?p=7997","title":{"rendered":"Summer Activities – A Hammock Full of Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Swinging and relaxing for a few minutes in the Hammock!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A few months ago for Mother’s Day Jake gave me a hammock!\u00a0 It wasn’t until this Summer that I realized how much the gift meant to me.\u00a0 As a family we have spent some wonderful time together talking, laughing, reading, and just relaxing together in the hammock.\u00a0 Jake hung the hammock in the shady part of our yard near the jungle gym, swimming pool, and where I can see the majority of the yard, house and driveway.<\/p>\n

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Karlie hanging out with us on the hammock!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once Karlie was done swimming she ran inside the house to change so she could have some relaxing time on the hammock with Mom and Dad.\u00a0 I cannot count the number of times she has fallen asleep on the hammock as we enjoy time together.<\/p>\n

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Brina loving the extra time talking and relaxing with Mom, Dad and Karlie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The girls love getting a chance to swing on the hammock with Mom and Dad.\u00a0 They have a blast talking about anything and everything.\u00a0 It is a great location to have some heart to heart as well as reminisce about all the fun memories we have together as a family.<\/p>\n

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Skipper, our faithful guard dog while the family enjoys time on the hammock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After Skipper has made a complete loop around the entire property she will settle down at a spot right next to the hammock.\u00a0 She occasionally will look at us but for the most part she is checking out all the activity in the woods and creek area.\u00a0 Although she has never been on the hammock she seems to enjoy it when the entire family is outside nearby.<\/p>\n

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A moment of rest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every once in awhile when we are on the hammock the girls will fall asleep.\u00a0 It is such a great place to spend a few moments together.\u00a0 Life has a way of getting so busy that we need some time to stop, focus on each family member, enjoy being outside and relax.<\/p>\n

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A peaceful view of nature!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the view looking up from the hammock.\u00a0 You can enjoy the beautiful trees, baby blue sky, and white puffy clouds floating by.\u00a0 Just looking up and watching the leaves rustle in the breeze and the clouds drifting by makes the time relaxing even better.<\/p>\n

I have gone out many times over the last few months to relax, read, think, pray, do my devotions, write, brain storm, or hang out with Jake and \/ or the girls.\u00a0 I am thankful for a thoughtful husband who gave me a gift that not only helps me relax but to slow down and enjoy a few precious moments with him and the girls.\u00a0 Our hammock is so much more then just a hammock it is full of relaxing moments sharing memories together as a family.\u00a0 Sometimes it is the simple things in life that make the most treasured memories for our children.\u00a0 I am already looking forward to watching the leaves change colors as we move closer to the Fall season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few months ago for Mother’s Day Jake gave me a hammock!\u00a0 It wasn’t until this Summer that I realized how much the gift meant to me.\u00a0 As a family we have spent some wonderful time together talking, laughing, reading, and just relaxing together in the hammock.\u00a0 Jake hung the hammock in the shady part of our yard near the jungle gym, swimming pool, and where I can see the majority of the yard, house and driveway. Once Karlie was done swimming she ran inside the house to change so she could have some relaxing time on the hammock with Mom and Dad.\u00a0 I cannot count the number of times she has fallen asleep on the hammock as we enjoy time together. The girls love getting a chance to swing on the hammock with Mom and Dad.\u00a0 They have a blast talking about anything and everything.\u00a0 It is a great location to have some heart to heart as well as reminisce about all the fun memories we have together as a family. After Skipper has made a complete loop around the entire property she will settle down at a spot right next to the hammock.\u00a0 She occasionally will look at us but for the most part she is checking out all the activity in the woods and creek area.\u00a0 Although she has never been on the hammock she seems to enjoy it when the entire family is outside nearby. Every once in awhile when we are on the hammock the girls will fall asleep.\u00a0 It is such a great place to spend a few moments together.\u00a0 Life has a way of getting so busy that we need some time to stop, focus on each family member, enjoy being outside and relax. This is the view looking up from the hammock.\u00a0 You can enjoy the beautiful trees, baby blue sky, and white puffy clouds floating by.\u00a0 Just looking up and watching the leaves rustle in the breeze and the clouds drifting by makes the time relaxing even better. I have gone out many times over the last few months to relax, read, think, pray, do my devotions, write, brain storm, or hang out with Jake and \/ or the girls.\u00a0 I am thankful for a thoughtful husband who gave me a gift that not only helps me relax but to slow down and enjoy a few precious moments with him and the girls.\u00a0 Our hammock is so much more then just a hammock it is full of relaxing moments sharing memories together as a family.\u00a0 Sometimes it is the simple things in life that make the most treasured memories for our children.\u00a0 I am already looking forward to watching the leaves change colors as we move closer to the Fall season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[65,7,10,13,71,16,76,77,20,38,40,43],"tags":[7170,7171,7695,7790,12505,15953,19259,19707,22297,22305,22876,22908,23245,23262,23264,24023,24406],"class_list":["post-7997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-family-outings","category-freebies","category-gift-giving","category-heart-reflections","category-kids","category-life-lessons","category-life-simplified","category-local-activities","category-summer-activities","category-teaching-our-children-2","category-twins","tag-enjoying-time-with-the-kids","tag-enjoying-timetogether","tag-family-memories","tag-family-time-together","tag-how-to-relax-in-a-hammock","tag-memories-in-the-hammock","tag-reading-in-the-hammock","tag-relaxing-in-the-hammock","tag-spending-time-with-family","tag-spending-time-with-the-kids","tag-summer-activities","tag-summer-memories","tag-taking-the-time-to-spend-together","tag-talking-in-the-hammock","tag-talking-with-the-girls","tag-time-in-the-hammock","tag-treasuring-the-moments"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcnfwQ-24Z","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}