{"id":1600,"date":"2009-05-21T01:00:52","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T08:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2009-05-21T08:27:41","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T15:27:41","slug":"relaxation-theme-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=1600","title":{"rendered":"Relaxation ~ Theme Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thought I&#8217;d hop back in on the Theme Thursday train. I haven&#8217;t joined in since it moved on over to <a href=\"http:\/\/cheeseparty.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Jo&#8217;s<\/a> house, but she suggested <strong>Relaxation<\/strong> for today&#8217;s theme, and I happened to have some photos from last weekend that might just work.<\/p>\n<p>One of my absolute favorite things to do is eat alfresco&#8230;I love to eat outside. Thankfully we can eat outside nearly year-round, but most of the time, we save it for the summer months.<\/p>\n<p>Most days during the summer the girls and I will take a picnic to the park for lunch, or take a cooler of snacks to the beach, or just host playdates, appetizers and drinks (for the Mommys, of course!) on the patio in the late afternoon. I don&#8217;t really care what it is we are eating, it is just so <strong>relaxing<\/strong> and fun to be eating out in nature.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of times during the summer we will grill out on Sundays evenings and eat out on the patio. This past week we resumed that summer ritual.<\/p>\n<p>Addie <strong>relaxing <\/strong>while waiting for dinner&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0004.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3550016403\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3553\/3550016403_2477292648_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0004.jpg\" width=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Emma recently discovered that she LOVES salmon. Plus we grilled asparagus, another of her favorites. Perfect dinner for her.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0006.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3550017921\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2471\/3550017921_40fc132015_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0006.jpg\" width=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And yummy in-season berries with cream for dessert?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0025.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3550826058\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3391\/3550826058_810ee2634c_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0025.jpg\" width=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That is one delicious and fun way to <strong>relax<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Ease on over for some more <a href=\"http:\/\/cheeseparty.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">R&amp;R<\/a> photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thought I&#8217;d hop back in on the Theme Thursday train. 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