{"id":10662,"date":"2017-03-18T16:17:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T21:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=10662"},"modified":"2017-03-18T16:17:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T21:17:35","slug":"emma-and-eli-february-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=10662","title":{"rendered":"Emma and Eli: February 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Strange family kicked off February by joining in the Falcon fever here in Atlanta. \u00a0The hometown NFL team hadn\u2019t been to the Super Bowl in 20 years and they were back to take on the New England Patriots. \u00a0Unfortunately the Falcons ended up setting a record as the team with the biggest lead to eventually lose the Super Bowl. \u00a0But\u2026along the way, we all had lots of fun as new Falcon fans. \u00a0We celebrated with Falcon Friday at school and Faculty Sunday at church. \u00a0We got a lot of mileage out of our new shirts!<\/div>\n
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Eli continues to love putting together puzzles. \u00a0These last few months we have really seen him become such a curious learner. \u00a0He wants to be able to do everything that Emma can do. \u00a0If she is writing something down, he is trying to sound out the words. \u00a0If she is doing math homework, he is working on counting. \u00a0I love that! \u00a0He loves playing with his cars and is still a total sports nut. \u00a0He can go from football fanatic to baseball superstars in just a matter of seconds.<\/div>\n
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Emma loves learning and is having a great time with sports too. \u00a0Right now she is really interested in both basketball and softball. \u00a0We bought her a new softball glove a few weeks ago. \u00a0When we got home from the store, she wanted me to grab my glove and throw with her. \u00a0When we looked in my softball bag, we realized that I actually have three gloves\u2026one was identical to the one we had just bought her! \u00a0She asked me if she could have my glove\u2026so I gladly gave it to her and we took the other one back to the store. \u00a0We have had a great time throwing. \u00a0Clint still takes the kids to the batting cage on Saturdays when I have school commitments and they are both getting much better with their batting! \u00a0I got to go with them one Saturday morning and we had the best time taking turns as a family in the cages! \u00a0I pitched softballs to Emma and she was doing a great job hitting them!<\/div>\n
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Clint and Emma continued their tradition of attending the Father\/Daughter dance at NCCS. \u00a0They went to dinner at IHOP before the dance and then enjoyed dancing the night away at a 50\u2019s themed sock hop. \u00a0This worked perfect with Emma\u2019s newfound appreciation of Elvis! \u00a0Eli and I had a date night as well. \u00a0We chose to drive up to Darlington to watch the NCCS boys basketball team play in the region tournament. \u00a0They won the region championship that night! \u00a0On the way home, Eli took me out to eat at Johnny\u2019s Pizza. \u00a0He told me that he\u2019d pay next time\u2026I\u2019ll take him up on that!<\/div>\n
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Winter Break is a new thing for our family\u2026I think this is only the 2nd or 3rd year our school has done it and we love it! \u00a0We had Friday, Monday, and Tuesday off of school and the Stranges headed to South Florida to spend some time with our dear friends the Corbetts. \u00a0We had a blast! \u00a0We love this sweet couple and they have invested so much in our family these last several years. \u00a0Clint and I hope to grow up to be just like them! When we arrived in sunny West Palm Beach, we were greeted with a view of Air Force One as it seemed that President Trump had the same idea that we did\u2026head south for some sunshine! \u00a0We spent Saturday at the Corbetts enjoying a wonderful lunch, catching up with them, swimming, visiting the beach, and eating out at City Place. \u00a0We left our house that morning at 4:30am to make our flight and we definitely maxed out the day! \u00a0We went to Family Church with them on Sunday morning and really enjoyed learning more about the ministry of that great church. \u00a0We had lunch at the Corbetts and then went to Jupiter Beach for the afternoon. \u00a0It was a beautiful day\u2026the beach in February was quite a treat! \u00a0On the way to the beach, we stopped at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center and got to see some amazing sea turtles. \u00a0Emma and Eli played and played all afternoon at the beach and then we enjoyed a wonderful dinner on the water at the Rustic Inn. \u00a0We came back to the Corbetts and made s’mores on the patio and talked until we couldn\u2019t keep our eyes open! \u00a0Monday went too fast\u2026we had a great time visiting and hit the pool one last time before heading back to the airport to fly home. \u00a0Our hearts were full from this precious time full of laughter and learning so much from our dear friends! \u00a0We can\u2019t wait to go back!<\/div>\n
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The rest of February went quickly and we were grateful to enjoy unseasonably warm temperatures. \u00a0Our family spent a lot of time outside\u2026even some dinners with friends on the patio. \u00a0I love the South for that primary reason\u2026it\u2019s almost always a good time to be outside!<\/div>\n
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