{"id":10139,"date":"2017-06-17T13:32:01","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T19:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=10139"},"modified":"2017-06-17T13:32:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T19:32:01","slug":"what-youre-still-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=10139","title":{"rendered":"What?  You&#8217;re still here?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Blog,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m sorry I&#8217;ve neglected you for months.  I&#8217;ve been&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Busy.<\/p>\n<p>So we&#8217;ll just nutshell it, shall we?  <\/p>\n<p>School year over.<br \/>\nNatalie graduated!<br \/>\nSpring Concert for Bells was AMAZING.  Seriously, the best concert we have ever done, which is a good thing, since we will be performing those songs again in California in a month for the National Handbell Convention.  Cool, right? They even did a live web broadcast of our concert, which was super cool.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/graduation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/graduation-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/graduation-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/graduation-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/graduation-676x380.jpg 676w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/graduation.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So far this summer Ryan went to Korea for a week, we took the whole clan (minus Megan, who had to work) to St. George, and then we all went to Lagoon for Ryan&#8217;s work Lagoon Day.<br \/>\nWhew!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hiking.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hiking-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hiking-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hiking-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hiking-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hiking-676x676.jpg 676w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hiking.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tuacahn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tuacahn-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tuacahn-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tuacahn-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tuacahn-676x380.jpg 676w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tuacahn.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lagoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lagoon-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lagoon-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lagoon-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lagoon-676x380.jpg 676w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lagoon.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week has also been busy, but it&#8217;s been emotionally draining.<br \/>\n&#8211;Ryan left Sunday morning for Serbia.  I got to drive him to the airport instead of going to Sacrament meeting and say goodbye. <\/p>\n<p>&#8211;John left for scout camp Monday morning.  I had to help him find and pack all his stuff and get him over there by 7:30 Monday morning.  <\/p>\n<p>Then it was just us girls for the week.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Thursday was the big goodbye for Kate.  It was hard. We cried.  I won&#8217;t go into that this post, but let&#8217;s just say I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;m strong enough to say goodbye to any more people in my life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/kate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/kate-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/kate-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/kate-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/kate-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/kate-676x676.jpg 676w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/kate.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sigh.  Emotional week.  I&#8217;m drained. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Blog, I&#8217;m sorry I&#8217;ve neglected you for months. I&#8217;ve been&#8230;. Busy. So we&#8217;ll just nutshell it, shall we? School year over. Natalie graduated! Spring Concert for Bells was AMAZING. 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