{"id":8750,"date":"2020-11-20T02:16:21","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T09:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/?p=8750"},"modified":"2020-11-19T18:16:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T01:16:57","slug":"moments-to-be-thankful-for-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/?p=8750","title":{"rendered":"MOMENTS TO BE THANKFUL FOR IN 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the Thanksgiving holiday next week, I wanted to look back at the year and reflect on happy and important moments to be thankful for. With most of 2020 in a COVID maelstrom, everything takes on special significance. I’ll begin On January 3rd at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver. Our daughter invited us to a classic and wonderful Holiday Tea<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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January: I worked with our daughter Stacy on a video production project of hers in Dallas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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January: A fun dinner out at Shanahan’s.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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January: A super fun dinner party at home with family.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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February: A fabulous Valentine’s Day dinner with friends in Colorado Springs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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February: A very special formal event for the Twins at the Dallas Country Club.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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March: An evening with family to see Colorado Ballet.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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March: Marla with the Girls on Anaehoomalu<\/strong> Beach on the Big Island.<\/strong> Precious memory!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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March: With The Boys.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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March: With my favorite Girls!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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March: With my nephew Kekoa and brother Gary on the Big Island.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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March: Big Island sunsets!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May: A hike at Mount Falcon Park.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May: Lisa and Ray had a graduation celebration for Paxton.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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June: Cycling has been important therapy during these COVID times!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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July: Marla crossing a stream on the Anne U. White Trail in Boulder County.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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August: A socially distant dinner party for Lisa’s birthday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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August: Breakfast with The Boys before Paxton went off to College in Boston.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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September: We loved watching Logan compete in Cross-Country! Marla and I set up early to see him run.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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September: Hiking with Logan on Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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November: Making pancakes for Marla with my Mother’s recipe.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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November: Hiking in the neighborhood with Marla was one of our very favorite activities this year!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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November: “VICTORY!”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos: Dick Gentry (except the last image). Not to be used without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the Thanksgiving holiday next week, I wanted to look back at the year and reflect on happy and important moments to be thankful for. With most of 2020 in a COVID maelstrom, everything takes on special significance. I’ll begin On January 3rd at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver. Our daughter invited us to a classic and wonderful Holiday Tea. January: I worked with our daughter Stacy on a video production project of hers in Dallas. January: A fun dinner out at Shanahan’s. January: A super fun dinner party at home with family. February: A fabulous Valentine’s Day dinner with friends in Colorado Springs. February: A very special formal event for the Twins at the Dallas Country Club. March: An evening with family to see Colorado Ballet. March: Marla with the Girls on Anaehoomalu Beach on the Big Island. Precious memory! March: With The Boys. March: With my favorite Girls! March: With my nephew Kekoa and brother Gary on the Big Island. March: Big Island sunsets! May: A hike at Mount Falcon Park. May: Lisa and Ray had a graduation celebration for Paxton. June: Cycling has been important therapy during these COVID times! July: Marla crossing a stream on the Anne U. White Trail in Boulder County. August: A socially distant dinner party for Lisa’s birthday. August: Breakfast with The Boys before Paxton went off to College in Boston. September: We loved watching Logan compete in Cross-Country! Marla and I set up early to see him run. September: Hiking with Logan on Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder. November: Making pancakes for Marla with my Mother’s recipe. November: Hiking in the neighborhood with Marla was one of our very favorite activities this year! November: “VICTORY!” Photos: Dick Gentry (except the last image). Not to be used without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thanksgiving-memories"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1-Jan-2020-brown-palace_result.jpg?fit=837%2C628&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8750"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8801,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8750\/revisions\/8801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}