![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/myfaithandjoy.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2354.jpg?resize=640%2C480\")
<\/p>\nI love the few minutes I spend with the kids waiting for the bus in the morning.\u00a0 All the hectic getting-ready stuff is done and we can just relax together a bit before I send them off to school.\u00a0 Becky likes to sketch:<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And Susie likes to read:<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/myfaithandjoy.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_23561.jpg?resize=640%2C480\")
<\/p>\n
I love these kids!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I love the few minutes I spend with the kids waiting for the bus in the morning. All the hectic getting-ready stuff is done and we can just relax together a bit before I send them off to school. Becky likes to sketch:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
And Susie likes to read:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I love these kids!<\/p>\n
[…]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","odd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pKyNb-1UF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4033,"url":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=4033","url_meta":{"origin":7357,"position":0},"title":"RV Camping Trip 2","author":"Emily","date":"August 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I love these post-ice cream shots of Danny, especially the one where he's gawking at something in the sky! S'more time! Good thing Jim likes getting such roomy RVs so we can hold 7 kids! The kids were a big help in the camping clean-up process!","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_7439","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/myfaithandjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_7439.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3872,"url":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=3872","url_meta":{"origin":7357,"position":1},"title":"Boston-Bound","author":"Emily","date":"June 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"We made the last-minute call this weekend to drive up and back to a Boston-area church conference on Saturday.\u00a0 We\u2019re so glad we did \u2013 it was wonderful to catch up with friends up there, as well as hear the ministry (well, hear as much as five kids will allow!).\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":" photo 20170603_161319293_iOS.jpg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/pbarch\/PB\/0001blog\/0001blog001\/20170603_161319293_iOS.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1956,"url":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=1956","url_meta":{"origin":7357,"position":2},"title":"Bike Trail","author":"Emily","date":"July 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"We hit our favorite bike trail Sunday night, and the kids all rode their big-wheel trikes down the path as fast as their little legs would carry them. See them way down there? They wouldn\u2019t stay still long enough for a decent picture! Danny was eager for his turn: \u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":" photo IMG_1107.jpg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/pbarch\/PB\/0001blog\/IMG_1107.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2302,"url":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=2302","url_meta":{"origin":7357,"position":3},"title":"Bike Park","author":"Emily","date":"June 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"We\u2019ve been spending a lot of time at a local park where the kids can practice riding their bikes (with training wheels). Our pace is awfully slow since Danny likes to poke at ants and gape at airplanes, but we all enjoy being outside, especially with our friends! \u00a0","rel":"","context":"With 1 comment","block_context":{"text":"With 1 comment","link":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=2302#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":" photo IMG_8705.jpg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/pbarch\/PB\/0001blog\/IMG_8705.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1623,"url":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=1623","url_meta":{"origin":7357,"position":4},"title":"Having a Ball at the Mall","author":"Emily","date":"September 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I did it!\u00a0 I got out of the house, and out of the car, with all four children by myself!\u00a0 I took the kids to the mall today, and it went really well.\u00a0 Danny slept most of the time, Jimmy sat happily in his stroller, and the girls were absolutely\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 2 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 2 comments","link":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=1623#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"Photobucket","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/pbarch\/PB\/blog\/b1\/5fe104aaff8e_127F5\/017_zpsa959a9b4.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3136,"url":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/?p=3136","url_meta":{"origin":7357,"position":5},"title":"Thankful Pumpkins","author":"Emily","date":"November 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I signed up to read a story and do a craft in Susie\u2019s class last week, so I started scouring Pinterest for a Thanksgiving-related craft that I could feasibly do with 20 second-graders in a short amount of time.\u00a0 I found this paper pumpkin idea, and was excited that it\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":" photo IMG_3632.jpg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/pbarch\/PB\/0001blog\/0001blog001\/IMG_3632.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7358,"href":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7357\/revisions\/7358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myfaithandjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}