{"id":2925,"date":"2011-12-31T08:59:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-31T08:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/12\/and-a-happy-new-year.html"},"modified":"2011-12-31T08:59:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-31T08:59:00","slug":"and-a-happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/12\/and-a-happy-new-year.html","title":{"rendered":"And a Happy New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: left\">\ufeffThis and that\u00a0 As the less than stellar 2011 comes to\u00a0a close, I leave everyone with images of a fun wrap up and hopefully a sign of enjoyable things to come.\u00a0 Our annual visit to the Columbus Zoo\u2019s lights spectacular.\u00a0 Alas, the pictures I took of my Mom, Sister, and grand-niece didn\u2019t come out.\u00a0 I will see if any others come out down the road.\u00a0 For now, here\u2019s the gang wishing everyone a blessed and joyful New Year!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/715\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-g_nJheP7ozk\/Tv8TqoKxTTI\/AAAAAAAAAmk\/LEL0yFyJWLg\/s1600\/IMG_20111229_172555.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/715\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-g_nJheP7ozk\/Tv8TqoKxTTI\/AAAAAAAAAmk\/LEL0yFyJWLg\/s400\/IMG_20111229_172555.jpg\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\">The boys, complete with picture of their adorable Mom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/715\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7q51zowYhhk\/Tv8TxH88uuI\/AAAAAAAAAms\/lTwGvoskK_Q\/s1600\/IMG_20111229_172636.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/715\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7q51zowYhhk\/Tv8TxH88uuI\/AAAAAAAAAms\/lTwGvoskK_Q\/s400\/IMG_20111229_172636.jpg\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\">The boys and one proud Dad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/715\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZI-ffffSBAE\/Tv8T3Sn-NSI\/AAAAAAAAAm0\/C652p_3Qaok\/s1600\/IMG_20111229_171236.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/715\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZI-ffffSBAE\/Tv8T3Sn-NSI\/AAAAAAAAAm0\/C652p_3Qaok\/s400\/IMG_20111229_171236.jpg\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\">I don\u2019t know, but he has to be thinking something<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/715\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-rLzyzaZw8Fo\/Tv8T8BIRxPI\/AAAAAAAAAm8\/v0Cr8QO9wxE\/s1600\/IMG_20111229_171248.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/715\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-rLzyzaZw8Fo\/Tv8T8BIRxPI\/AAAAAAAAAm8\/v0Cr8QO9wxE\/s400\/IMG_20111229_171248.jpg\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\">Never afraid to cheese it up for the camera<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/715\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-5b7n87NpozA\/Tv8UBDrmtzI\/AAAAAAAAAnE\/PdaPA7JkxKg\/s1600\/IMG_20111229_171223.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/715\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-5b7n87NpozA\/Tv8UBDrmtzI\/AAAAAAAAAnE\/PdaPA7JkxKg\/s400\/IMG_20111229_171223.jpg\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\">It\u2019s not easy looking cool at Zoo Lights, but by goodness they gave it a try<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/715\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-kxJcluWr10A\/Tv8UGTenn1I\/AAAAAAAAAnM\/FAQqSRRzbEI\/s1600\/IMG_20111229_185103.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"298\" 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