{"id":9749,"date":"2018-12-14T15:16:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T21:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/?p=9749"},"modified":"2019-12-16T18:12:49","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T00:12:49","slug":"the-2018-boyd-mad-lib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2018\/the-2018-boyd-mad-lib\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2018 Boyd Mad Lib"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/news\/2018\/our-2017-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\u2019re curious about the official version, read on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8483-e1544824554671.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8483-e1544824554671.jpg\" alt=\"2018 Boyd Mad Lib postcard\" width=\"3088\" height=\"2320\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9755\"><\/a> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>h2. Our 2018 Mad Lib<\/p>\n<p>This year Lucy, age ______ (number), played ______ (person) in a theatrical production of ______ (author)\u2019s ______ (book title). Rosie, age ______ (number), built a ______ (musical instrument) and learned to play it. She can&#8217;t stop doing ______ (body part) bends. Ann was elected ______ (piece of furniture) of our church council and joined a ______ (job)\u2019s circle. While on our second family trip to ______ (country), Jon steered us in a rented ______ (vehicle) on ______ (body of water). He did it very ______ (adv.).<\/p>\n<p>We wish you a ______ (adj.) Christmas and a happy ______ (n.)!<\/p>\n<p>h3. The factual version<\/p>\n<p>This year Lucy, age 12, played Hooey the Parrot in a theatrical production of Dr. Seuss&#8217;s <em>Oh Say Can You Say!<\/em> Rosie, age 10, built a ukulele and learned to play it. She can&#8217;t stop doing back bends. Ann was elected chair of our church council and joined a writer&#8217;s circle. While on our second family trip to England, Jon steered us in a rented punt on the River Cam. He did it very badly.<\/p>\n<p>We [honestly do] wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!<\/p>\n<p>h2. Alternate Photos<\/p>\n<p>We had a hard time deciding on the photo to put on this year&#8217;s Christmas card. What do you think of these, instead?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8417-e1544824668614.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8417-e1544824668614.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3088\" height=\"2320\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8417-e1544824668614.jpg 3088w, https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8417-e1544824668614-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8417-e1544824668614-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8417-e1544824668614-1024x769.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8527-e1544825085421.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8527-e1544825085421.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3088\" height=\"2320\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8527-e1544825085421.jpg 3088w, https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8527-e1544825085421-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8527-e1544825085421-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8527-e1544825085421-1024x769.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/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\u2019re curious about the official version, read on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-kids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9749","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=9749"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9807,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9749\/revisions\/9807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}