{"id":17314,"date":"2014-11-28T14:51:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T19:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/?p=17314"},"modified":"2025-11-03T14:36:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T20:36:55","slug":"christmagiving-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/2014\/11\/28\/christmagiving-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmagiving 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17318\" style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tractor-paul-rb-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17318\" src=\"http:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tractor-paul-rb-01.jpg\" alt=\"Paul and I drive lawn tractors in a very fun &quot;just like grandpa&quot; moment. Paul drove his lawn tractor every day.\" width=\"648\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tractor-paul-rb-01.jpg 648w, https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tractor-paul-rb-01-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul and I drive lawn tractors in a very fun &#8220;just like grandpa&#8221; moment. Paul drove his lawn tractor every day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We just spent a week with the &#8220;Kids,&#8221; my wife Abby&#8217;s daughter Dawna Michele &#8220;Chele&#8221; Reeves, her husband Tom Reeves, and their son, our grandson Paul, who is about to turn four. Each year they alternate when they visit, Christmas or Thanksgiving, and this year we hosted them for Thanksgiving. Since we share Christmas gifts, we know it as &#8220;Christmagiving.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17321\" style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/paul-max-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17321 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/paul-max-01.jpg\" alt=\"Max the Chihuahua wears one of Abby's homemade sweaters as he sits in Paul's lap.\" width=\"648\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/paul-max-01.jpg 648w, https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/paul-max-01-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Max the Chihuahua wears one of Abby&#8217;s homemade sweaters as he sits in Paul&#8217;s lap.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Last year we gave Paul a motorized John Deere lawn tractor, but weather prevented him from playing with it. This year, he rode it every day, including one day with me riding our real law tractor.<\/li>\n<li>We had &#8220;Christmas morning&#8221; on Tuesday so everyone would have time to play with their gifts.<\/li>\n<li>Tom and I made some time to shoot. I saved some tea bottles over the past month or so, so we had plenty of targets.<\/li>\n<li>My admonitions about holiday meals in a previous blog post apparently carried some weight, because with Chele cooking and me assisting, we were able to make a nice meal that wasn&#8217;t too complicated, and everyone enjoyed it.<\/li>\n<li>Max the Chihuahua bonded with Paul since he was an infant, and on this trip, the two were best friends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Abby and I saw the Kids off this morning. Everyone had a great time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17319\" style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dinner-chele-tom-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17319\" src=\"http:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dinner-chele-tom-01.jpg\" alt=\"Chele was a bit apprehensive about being responsible for the big dinner, but in the end was elated at her success.\" width=\"648\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dinner-chele-tom-01.jpg 648w, https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dinner-chele-tom-01-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chele was a bit apprehensive about being responsible for the big dinner, but in the end was elated at her success.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17322\" style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/family-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17322\" src=\"http:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/family-01.jpg\" alt=\"Chele, Abby, Tom and Paul enjoy &quot;Christmas morning&quot; before Thanksgiving.\" width=\"648\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/family-01.jpg 648w, https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/family-01-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chele, Abby, Tom and Paul enjoy &#8220;Christmas morning&#8221; before Thanksgiving.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17325\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17325\" style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dorothy-paul-chele-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17325\" src=\"http:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dorothy-paul-chele-01.jpg\" alt=\"Dorothy, Chele's grandmother and Paul's great grandmother, dropped by for a short visit.\" width=\"648\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dorothy-paul-chele-01.jpg 648w, https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dorothy-paul-chele-01-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dorothy, Chele&#8217;s grandmother and Paul&#8217;s great grandmother, dropped by for a short visit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17326\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17326\" style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/chele-abby-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17326\" src=\"http:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/chele-abby-01.jpg\" alt=\"Chele and Abby posed for an image while we chased Paul around the pasture on his lawn tractor.\" width=\"648\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/chele-abby-01.jpg 648w, https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/chele-abby-01-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chele and Abby posed for an image while we chased Paul around the pasture on his lawn tractor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17317\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17317\" style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tom-paul-chele-pictures-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17317\" src=\"http:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tom-paul-chele-pictures-01.jpg\" alt=\"Tom, Paul and Chele: this picture idea is fun. We hope to keep doing it every visit as the years go by.\" width=\"648\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tom-paul-chele-pictures-01.jpg 648w, https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tom-paul-chele-pictures-01-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom, Paul and Chele: this picture idea is fun. We hope to keep doing it every visit as the years go by.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We just spent a week with the &#8220;Kids,&#8221; my wife Abby&#8217;s daughter Dawna Michele &#8220;Chele&#8221; Reeves, her husband Tom Reeves, and their son, our grandson Paul, who is about to turn four. Each year they alternate when they visit, Christmas or Thanksgiving, and this year we hosted them for Thanksgiving. Since we share Christmas gifts,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,20,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-abby-and-richard","category-our-patch-of-green-in-oklahoma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17314"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33165,"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17314\/revisions\/33165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/giantmuh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}