{"id":795239,"date":"2019-12-11T00:40:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T00:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/?p=795239"},"modified":"2019-12-11T00:41:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T00:41:53","slug":"christmas-with-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2019\/12\/11\/christmas-with-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas with Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our annual get together. We love this. We cherish this. We protect this time. A tradition that started about nine years ago.  Gathering for a full day together around Christmas.  This year, due to busy schedules, we had to gather a little earlier.  No problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First stop. Meet at Shanti&#8217;s&#8230;Eun gave us her gift first thing. Snuggly bears to hug.  We all needed bears to snuggle this past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4278-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-795240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4278-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4278-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4278-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next stop, breakfast at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kcklincoln\/\">Kim&#8217;s Country Kitchen<\/a> in Lincoln. We exchanged gifts and fortified ourselves for the big day ahead.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sfbaycoffee.com\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4280-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"795241\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/?attachment_id=795241\" class=\"wp-image-795241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4280-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4280-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4280-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_3572-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"795242\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/?attachment_id=795242\" class=\"wp-image-795242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_3572-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_3572-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_3572-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Next stop, the Coffee Harvest Festival at <a href=\"https:\/\/sfbaycoffee.com\">SF Bay Coffee&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4160-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"795243\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/?attachment_id=795243\" class=\"wp-image-795243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4160-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4160-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Next stop, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandarinfestival.com\">Mountain Mandarin Festival<\/a>, in Auburn&#8230;I did not take any pictures here, but we had a nice time.  Picked up some artisan Christmas gifts here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dinner at <a href=\"https:\/\/monkeycat.com\">Monkey Cat.<\/a> Then back to Shanti&#8217;s to watch three episodes of &#8220;Modern Love&#8221; on Netflix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4303-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-795244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4303-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4303-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4302-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-795245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4302-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4302-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4302-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I love these precious women. Grateful for their love and friendship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4165-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-795246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4165-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4165-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4165-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our annual get together. We love this. We cherish this. We protect this time. A tradition that started about nine years ago. Gathering for a full day together around Christmas. This year, due to busy schedules, we had to gather a little earlier. No problem. 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