{"id":8882,"date":"2014-12-06T11:17:52","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T17:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/?p=8882"},"modified":"2023-12-22T15:19:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T21:19:16","slug":"2014-boyd-mad-lib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2014\/2014-boyd-mad-lib\/","title":{"rendered":"Look out! It&#8217;s the 2014 Boyd Mad Lib!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"\/news\/2014\/2013-boyd-mad-lib\/\">Yet again<\/a> this year, we are sending out a blank Mad Lib for the fun-loving among you to create your very own version of a Boyd holiday letter. But if you&#8217;re curious about the official version, read on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"770\" src=\"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Christmas-Card-2014-front-1000w.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Card 2014 front 1000w\" class=\"wp-image-8885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Christmas-Card-2014-front-1000w.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Christmas-Card-2014-front-1000w-128x98.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo by Ken White<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our 2014 Mad Lib<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lucy, age <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/u> (n\u00ba), and Rosie, age <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/u> (n\u00ba), got their <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/u> (body parts) pierced and performed in their first <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/u> (musical instrument) recital this spring. Our family grew with the addition of two <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/u> (animal species), named <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/u> (spice) and <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/u> (girl\u2019s name). This summer we all memorized two passages from <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/u> (work of literature). Jon bought a vintage <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/u> (adj.) <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/u> (n.) and Ann preached a sermon while making <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/u> (food dish) (seriously!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We wish you a <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/u> (adj.) Christmas and a happy <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/u> (n.)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The factual version<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lucy, age 8, and Rosie, age 6, got their ears pierced and performed in their first piano recital this spring. Our family grew with the addition of two cats, named Pepper and Franny. This summer we all memorized two passages from _A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream_ by William Shakespeare. Jon bought a vintage tenor saxophone and Ann preached a sermon while making watermelon salad (seriously!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We [sincerely do] wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet again this year, we are sending out a blank Mad Lib for the fun-loving among you to create your very own version of a Boyd holiday letter. But if you&#8217;re curious about the official version, read on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-kids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8882"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9968,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8882\/revisions\/9968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}