{"id":1810,"date":"2015-06-28T17:10:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T21:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.njphillipsfamily.com\/?p=1810"},"modified":"2015-06-28T19:35:21","modified_gmt":"2015-06-28T23:35:21","slug":"fathers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/?p=1810","title":{"rendered":"Father&#8217;s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sunday after we arrived was Father&#8217;s Day; a momentous occasion since it was Andy&#8217;s first. He enjoyed a nice long sleep-in, day by the pool and steak dinner that the kids (aka women) prepared for the three great dads among us; Andy, Paul and Gabe.<\/p>\n<p>And even though it&#8217;s only been seven months, Andy has already become a truly wonderful daddy to Andrew. My favorite moments have become watching Andy and Andrew play and laugh together each night. His unconditional love is obvious and he works so hard to create a beautiful life for our family. Andrew and I are so very blessed to have him in our lives!<\/p>\n<p>From first cuddles&#8230;.<a href=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0538.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-228\" src=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0538.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0538.JPG\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" \/><\/a>&#8230; to silly buddies! I can&#8217;t wait to see what this dynamic father-son duo has in store. I&#8217;m sure it will lead to lots of laughs, many adventures (a few gray hairs) and more memories to last a life time!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Phillips-Spring-Mini-7-of-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1658\" src=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Phillips-Spring-Mini-7-of-9-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Phillips Spring Mini (7 of 9)\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Phillips-Spring-Mini-7-of-9-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Phillips-Spring-Mini-7-of-9-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And I couldn&#8217;t write a post about Father&#8217;s Day without recognizing the first man in my life, my Dad. He&#8217;s taught me about hard work, the importance of family, unconditional love, loyalty and how to live life to the fullest. From climbing the Great Wall in China to rafting the Grand Canyon or simply sharing some sushi and wine while we discuss (and debate!) the ways of the world, I say &#8216;thank you.&#8217; They&#8217;ve helped me become the person I am today and I am forever eternally grateful!<a href=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1812\" src=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/016-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"016\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/016-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/016.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/phillips-101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1813\" src=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/phillips-101-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"phillips-101\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/phillips-101-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/phillips-101-681x1024.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy Father&#8217;s Day\u00a0to these two and\u00a0all the wonderful fathers out there who have helped shape, influence and love our little family!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sunday after we arrived was Father&#8217;s Day; a momentous occasion since it was Andy&#8217;s first. He enjoyed a nice long sleep-in, day by the pool and steak dinner that the kids (aka women) prepared for the three great dads among us; Andy, Paul and Gabe. And even though it&#8217;s only been seven months, Andy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}