{"id":9800,"date":"2019-12-16T17:28:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T23:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/?p=9800"},"modified":"2024-12-18T20:23:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T02:23:55","slug":"the-2019-boyd-family-mad-lib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2019\/the-2019-boyd-family-mad-lib\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2019 Boyd Family Mad Lib"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"\/news\/2018\/the-2018-boyd-mad-lib\/\">Yet again<\/a>&nbsp;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\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0049.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2050\" height=\"1532\" class=\"wp-image-9803\" src=\"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0049.jpg\" alt=\"The Boyd Family 2019\" style=\"width: px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0049.jpg 2050w, https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0049-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0049-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0049-1024x765.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a> <!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our 2019 Mad Lib<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, Lucy, _____ (number), and Rosie, _____ (number), appeared in the musical <em>Once Upon a<\/em> _____ (n.). Rosie and Ann each drafted their first _____ (literary genre) while Lucy participated in _____ (annual event). Rosie learned all about the _____ (historical event) via the lyrics to _____ (musical). Jon\u2019s band, in which he plays_____ (instrument), played several gigs including twice at<strong> <\/strong>_____ (Chicago landmark). Our epic _____ (vehicle) trip to<strong> <\/strong>_____ (place) in May included _____ (gerund) but ended with two _____ (adj.) cases of _____ (disease). (Don&#8217;t worry: we\u2019re all _____ (adj.) now!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We wish you a _____ (adj.) Christmas and a happy _____ (n.)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The factual version<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, Lucy (<strong>13<\/strong>) and Rosie (<strong>11<\/strong>) appeared in the musical <em>Once Upon a <\/em><strong><em>Mattress<\/em><\/strong>. Rosie and Ann each drafted their first <strong>novel<\/strong> while Lucy participated in <strong>Inktober<\/strong>. Rosie learned all about the <strong>Revolutionary War<\/strong> via the lyrics to <strong><em>Hamilton<\/em><\/strong>. Jon\u2019s band, in which he plays <strong>sax<\/strong>, played several gigs including twice at <strong>the Hideout<\/strong>. Our epic <strong>train<\/strong> trip to <strong>Montana<\/strong> in May included <strong>zip-lining<\/strong> but ended with two <strong>horrible<\/strong> cases of <strong>pneumonia<\/strong>. (Don&#8217;t worry: we\u2019re all<strong> better<\/strong> now!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We [honestly do] wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet again&nbsp;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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9800","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=9800"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9806,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9800\/revisions\/9806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}