{"id":909,"date":"2015-10-25T09:48:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-25T14:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidcox.org\/family\/?p=909"},"modified":"2015-10-25T09:48:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T14:48:28","slug":"better-late-than-never","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidcox.org\/family\/2015\/10\/better-late-than-never\/","title":{"rendered":"Better late than never"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is time to catch up on a bunch of posts. It has been an exceptionally busy summer and fall and this blog is bereft of maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>First, the continuation of our trip to visit our family&#8217;s northern contingent in Nebraska &amp; South Dakota. See the first post: <a href=\"http:\/\/davidcox.org\/family\/2015\/07\/independent-on-the-mighty-mo\/\">http:\/\/davidcox.org\/family\/2015\/07\/independent-on-the-mighty-mo\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-w9SQ3xD\/0\/X2\/_MG_1793-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Maddie &amp; Taylor\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-TnFJggr\/0\/X2\/_MG_1798-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Maddie &amp; Jen\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-XdBhFKd\/0\/X2\/_MG_1805-X2.jpg\" alt=\"cotton candy\" \/><br \/>\nFirst Cotton Candy<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-Qb2XdHR\/0\/X2\/_MG_1803-X2.jpg\" alt=\"dancing with cotton candy &amp; mom\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-k53fs6G\/0\/X2\/_MG_1813-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Volleyball\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-VkQJ8Sm\/0\/X2\/_MG_1824-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Jen, Bernie &amp; Maddie\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-vFMHdf9\/0\/X2\/_MG_1858-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Bernie Dancing\" \/><br \/>\nI&#8217;m not really sure what&#8217;s going on here.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-fMVtFWX\/0\/X2\/_MG_1876-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Bernie &amp; Maddie looking up\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-VQQBNFH\/0\/X2\/_MG_1895-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Maddie &amp; Grandpa\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-ftShjJV\/0\/X2\/_MG_1904-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Maddie Flying with Jen\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-f8WMBzz\/0\/X2\/_MG_1968-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Maddie &amp; Cheryl\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-T6gdptW\/0\/X2\/_MG_1991-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Boatride\" \/><br \/>\nFirst Boatride &#8211; her eyes are watering from the wind&#8230; she&#8217;s not crying. She actually really enjoyed it though you can tell from her serious face that it was a new, different experience.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-2n4znWn\/0\/X2\/_MG_1992-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Cheryl, Jen, &amp; Maddie\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-6ppJZft\/0\/X2\/_MG_1996-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor\" \/><br \/>\nAunt Taylor<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-q79rGnr\/0\/X2\/_MG_1997-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Maddie &amp; little girls\" \/><br \/>\nBack in Bassett, Nebraska at grandma &amp; grandpa&#8217;s house, we celebrating (belatedly) Maddie&#8217;s 3rd birthday with family. Here is Maddie holding court with Allie, Jacie &amp; Kelcie (Jen&#8217;s cousin Barbie&#8217;s daughters).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-wcFhVP9\/0\/X2\/_MG_2001-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Maddie &amp; little girls\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-wf7btCq\/0\/X2\/_MG_2003-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Maddie &amp; Jacie\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-G3m58P9\/0\/X2\/_MG_2007-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Sprinker\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-p5hWXLQ\/0\/X2\/_MG_2032-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Birthday Cake\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-nWVMwbQ\/0\/X2\/_MG_2035-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Birthday cake\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-WVj7GJD\/0\/X2\/_MG_2042-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Cake!\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\/South-Dakota-Nebraska-July\/i-srr84Th\/0\/X2\/_MG_2046-X2.jpg\" alt=\"Maddie &amp; the girls\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy these posts, you can subscribe to this blog to receive updates instantly, daily, or weekly. Scroll to the bottom of the page and enter your email address.<\/p>\n<p>Want to see more pictures or get a print? Here&#8217;s the galleries:\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\" href=\"http:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family\">http:\/\/davidcox.smugmug.com\/Family<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is time to catch up on a bunch of posts. It has been an exceptionally busy summer and fall and this blog is bereft of maintenance. 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