{"id":59,"date":"2014-12-26T20:54:21","date_gmt":"2014-12-27T02:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashlenbrown.com\/shawnapepper\/?p=59"},"modified":"2014-12-26T21:16:44","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T03:16:44","slug":"christmas-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashlenbrown.com\/shawnapepper\/2014\/12\/26\/christmas-surprises\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hope all of you had a merry Christmas! \u00a0I sure did. \u00a0Had a great time with my family. \u00a0Pete and Larry came over for dinner, and Pete brought his parents and brother. \u00a0It was great! Great people, great food, great fun. \u00a0Watched some great holiday classics on TV, sang the heck out of some carols (I&#8217;m not the best singer). \u00a0Yep, an all-around fun time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been having a nice break from school. \u00a0Yep, I&#8217;m back in school. \u00a0Can&#8217;t really believe it, but I&#8217;m excited. \u00a0Larry and I have done some great work on his film project these last few days. I&#8217;ve been helping him with his script and ideas, but he really doesn&#8217;t need my help. \u00a0I think he just likes having another set of eyes and someone to assure him that it&#8217;s great. \u00a0And it really is.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As far as investigations, we&#8217;ve been taking a little break from going anywhere and have just been doing some research. \u00a0If anyone has any stories or sightings that we need to check out, please email me with your story and location. \u00a0We just may be able to head your way and check it out. \u00a0Currently, we&#8217;re sifting through some new encounters that were sent to us and hoping to have a new schedule of investigations soon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I got a wonderful package in the mail, too. \u00a0The sweet Thomas family sent me a package filled with gifts from each of the family members, including the hairy ones! \u00a0I&#8217;ll share a couple of its contents with you, but shhh, no telling anyone else!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ashlenbrown.com\/shawnapepper\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Jilly-Pic.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-60\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ashlenbrown.com\/shawnapepper\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Jilly-Pic.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"Jilly's drawing.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ashlenbrown.com\/shawnapepper\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Jilly-Pic.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ashlenbrown.com\/shawnapepper\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Jilly-Pic.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ashlenbrown.com\/shawnapepper\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Jilly-Pic.jpg?w=712&amp;ssl=1 712w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jilly&#8217;s drawing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first thing I&#8217;m sharing with you is a drawing by none other than Jilly Thomas. \u00a0She&#8217;s quite a talent, eh? \u00a0Apparently that&#8217;s Jilly with Scar and Charlie (check out those scars on Scar!). \u00a0Of course, Jim wrote that Scar and Charlie should be a lot bigger than they are in respect to Jilly&#8217;s size, but we won&#8217;t say anything to her, okay? \u00a0I think it&#8217;s wonderful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ashlenbrown.com\/shawnapepper\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Pinecones.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ashlenbrown.com\/shawnapepper\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Pinecones.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"Charlie's gift.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ashlenbrown.com\/shawnapepper\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Pinecones.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ashlenbrown.com\/shawnapepper\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Pinecones.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ashlenbrown.com\/shawnapepper\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Pinecones.jpg?w=712&amp;ssl=1 712w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlie&#8217;s gift.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So, according to Jim, this is what Charlie picked out for me. \u00a0They&#8217;re beautiful and smell nice, but do you think Charlie gets what gift giving is? \u00a0Or is Jim pulling my leg? \u00a0Either way, I&#8217;ll treasure these forever&#8230;or at least until they fall apart.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well, that&#8217;s it! \u00a0That&#8217;s all about my Christmas holiday. \u00a0Hope yours was just as wonderful and more!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope all of you had a merry Christmas! \u00a0I sure did. \u00a0Had a great time with my family. \u00a0Pete and Larry came over for dinner, and Pete brought his parents and brother. \u00a0It was great! 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