{"id":1159,"date":"2015-12-23T07:24:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T13:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2015-12-23T14:25:04","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T20:25:04","slug":"2015-christmas-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/2015-christmas-update\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Christmas Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So it has been a crazy busy year and we&#8217;ve made little time to update the blog, but I thought I would at least post something incase you wondered over to the site because of our Christmas card.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12339589_10153670679065568_849214496374875222_o.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1161\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1161\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12339589_10153670679065568_849214496374875222_o-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"12339589_10153670679065568_849214496374875222_o\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12339589_10153670679065568_849214496374875222_o-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12339589_10153670679065568_849214496374875222_o-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12339589_10153670679065568_849214496374875222_o-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12339589_10153670679065568_849214496374875222_o.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jennifer has been working towards a teaching certification over the last few years, through Northwestern online. This Spring she reached the point in her study that she had to student teach or get a teaching job as part of the alternative certification program. \u00a0God opened the door for to teach 1st Grade at Simsboro. \u00a0It has been some refining by fire, having not student taught before, but she has had tremendous support at Simsboro and is plugging away at it. The above picture is from Book character day, and I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll pay for posting it later, ha!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12369242_723740007725479_3653122428741859458_n.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1160\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1160 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12369242_723740007725479_3653122428741859458_n-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"12369242_723740007725479_3653122428741859458_n\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12369242_723740007725479_3653122428741859458_n-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12369242_723740007725479_3653122428741859458_n-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12369242_723740007725479_3653122428741859458_n.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>Caden is now in the 3rd grade and is an Orange with black stripe Belt in Taekwondo. His good friend Sawyer (on the left) also in Taekwondo, but I&#8217;m sure you figured this out?<\/p>\n<p>He still loves being outside, Star Wars, Legos (don&#8217;t know where he gets that from), and Caleb and him love rough housing, all the time. \u00a0Caden has accepted Christ and was Baptized\u00a0\u00a0in October!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12274273_10100929394822618_7402808466824971897_n.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1162\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1162\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12274273_10100929394822618_7402808466824971897_n-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"12274273_10100929394822618_7402808466824971897_n\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12274273_10100929394822618_7402808466824971897_n-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12274273_10100929394822618_7402808466824971897_n-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12274273_10100929394822618_7402808466824971897_n.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Caleb started preschool this Fall and loves it. \u00a0He also loves Legos, cars, and Star Wars He has one speed, go, go, go, until he passes out. \u00a0He brings lots of laughter to all of us, all the time. We never know what is going to come out of his mouth.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still working for Donnie Bell Design and loving it. With Jennifer teaching, my routine has changed a bit, I take late lunches and pick up the boys during &#8220;lunch&#8221; which is usually between 2 and 3, ha!. \u00a0They come hang out at the office with me until it is time to go home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/11061955_10100830659269458_8108347502261385618_n.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1166\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1166\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/11061955_10100830659269458_8108347502261385618_n-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"11061955_10100830659269458_8108347502261385618_n\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/11061955_10100830659269458_8108347502261385618_n-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/11061955_10100830659269458_8108347502261385618_n-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/11061955_10100830659269458_8108347502261385618_n.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do I even need to say that I love Legos, Star Wars, and being outside? Yea, I didn&#8217;t think I did?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/11666196_10100830649104828_9197077155240535115_n.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1164\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1164\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/11666196_10100830649104828_9197077155240535115_n-428x600.jpg\" alt=\"11666196_10100830649104828_9197077155240535115_n\" width=\"428\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/11666196_10100830649104828_9197077155240535115_n-428x600.jpg 428w, http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/11666196_10100830649104828_9197077155240535115_n-214x300.jpg 214w, http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/11666196_10100830649104828_9197077155240535115_n.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This summer we went to see my mom in South FL and got lost in Orlando for a few days at Disney, staying at Old Key West. \u00a0The last day before we found our way to mom&#8217;s they boys were able to participate in the Jedi Training Academy. They had a blast, see the video below.<\/p>\n<p>Of course we enjoyed another season of LA Tech Bulldog Football!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12299135_718152128284267_2317225365748681025_n.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1165\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1165\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12299135_718152128284267_2317225365748681025_n-500x411.jpg\" alt=\"12299135_718152128284267_2317225365748681025_n\" width=\"500\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12299135_718152128284267_2317225365748681025_n-500x411.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12299135_718152128284267_2317225365748681025_n-300x247.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12299135_718152128284267_2317225365748681025_n-768x632.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12299135_718152128284267_2317225365748681025_n-365x300.jpg 365w, http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12299135_718152128284267_2317225365748681025_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So here is the\u00a0Jedi Training Video \u00a0(yes it is a little long, but worth at least skipping around and watching the boys fight Darth Vader, and starting around 13 minutes or so is a slideshow of the picture that were taken during the &#8220;training.&#8221;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LyelMYQSjN4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And not to be left out, but Emma, the dog, is still plugging along, at almost 13 years old. We thought we were gonna lose her earlier this year, but we have a great vet and he pulled her through the rough spot.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year! \u00a0We are much better about updating our Facebook pages, so look for us there if you wonder what is going on with us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So it has been a crazy busy year and we&#8217;ve made little time to update the blog, but I thought I would at least post something incase you wondered over to the site because of our Christmas card. Jennifer has &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/2015-christmas-update\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,31,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caden-charles","category-caleb-gene","category-random"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1167,"href":"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159\/revisions\/1167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nealbreeding.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}