{"id":764,"date":"2008-06-07T13:03:57","date_gmt":"2008-06-07T20:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realphotography.com\/blog\/?p=764"},"modified":"2008-06-07T13:03:57","modified_gmt":"2008-06-07T20:03:57","slug":"my-parents-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/my-parents-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"my parents&#039; visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My parents came to visit a couple of weeks ago and I got a chance to play with some of the pictures from their trip this weekend.  (And before you say it, I&#8217;ll preempt you: yes, they really are my parents, yes, they really do look too young to be my parents, and yes, they really do like each other this much.  But don&#8217;t let that stop you from leaving comments saying how young and cute they are&#8211;they love that stuff.)  ;)<\/p>\n<p>We took them to Manitou Springs for a little local tourism and lapsed into an impromptu photo shoot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-779 aligncenter\" title=\"visit1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/visit1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"702\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-780\" title=\"visit2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/visit2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"753\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is your standard photographer&#8217;s kid reaction to impromptu photo shoots:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-781 aligncenter\" title=\"will-annoyed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/will-annoyed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"475\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My parents were much more willing subjects:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-770 aligncenter\" title=\"momanddad\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/momanddad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"742\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-771 aligncenter\" title=\"momanddad1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/momanddad1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"742\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-772 aligncenter\" title=\"momanddad3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/momanddad3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"742\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We let Will run for a while on the Manitou Library grounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-765 aligncenter\" title=\"will-runs-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/will-runs-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"742\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That kid can run.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-782\" title=\"will-runs\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/will-runs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"742\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-783\" title=\"will-runs1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/will-runs1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"742\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s Nic&#8217;s job to catch him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-773\" title=\"nictrapswill\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/nictrapswill.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"475\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We decided it was time for a little ice cream and lemonade.  (I like how Will is clearly checking out the money here&#8211;you know it won&#8217;t be long before he knows who to go to for presents.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-766 aligncenter\" title=\"buying\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/buying.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"475\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We got lemonade, but Will wasn&#8217;t about to share it.  Every time my mom asked for a sip, he glared at her and held it tighter&#8230;which made us all laugh.  Not really reinforcing Goodness, but he&#8217;s usually very generous, so this no-lemonade-for-you amused us greatly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-769\" title=\"lemonade\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/lemonade.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"742\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-784\" title=\"hug-for-grandpa1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/hug-for-grandpa1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"742\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-768\" title=\"icecreambest\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/icecreambest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"742\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And then we went to the arcade and Will got to ride the little kiddie rides for the first time in his life.  He unleashed his full cuteness power and I have 100 pictures that totally slay me.  Feel badly for me&#8211;no mother should have a toddler this cute.  How could I ever say &#8220;no&#8221; to this cute little face?!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-778 aligncenter\" title=\"ride4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/ride4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"742\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-777\" title=\"ride3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/ride3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"742\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-776\" title=\"ride2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/ride2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"742\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-774\" title=\"ride\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/ride.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"742\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-775\" title=\"ride1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blog-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/ride1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"742\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My parents came to visit a couple of weeks ago and I got a chance to play with some of the pictures from their trip this weekend. (And before you say it, I&#8217;ll preempt you: yes, they really are my parents, yes, they really do look too young to be my parents, and yes, they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[183,172],"class_list":["post-764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-portrait-photographer-colorado-springs","tag-colorado-springs-family-photographer","tag-manitou-springs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}