{"id":5344,"date":"2018-05-30T19:49:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T00:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/?p=5344"},"modified":"2018-05-30T19:49:17","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T00:49:17","slug":"sri-lanka-ct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/5344\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka, CT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So blessed on the weekend to visit friends in Connecticut.  The hospitality, fun, sri lankan cuisine, and the kindness and love of friends made it a special time.  These four young girls have a special friendship.<\/p>\n<p>When people ask Alice what the highlight of her trip was, she has been telling them; &#8220;going in the No Tresspassing Lake!&#8221;  When the pool is closed, you settle for the nearest water! They splashed around and even caught a little minnow.  \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/lakefun.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5355\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/lakefun-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"lakefun\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fishcatch.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5350\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fishcatch-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"fishcatch\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sanu.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5354\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sanu-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"sanu\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everyone gets a lesson in skipping stones.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/stonelesson.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5352\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/stonelesson-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"stonelesson\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" - \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gotta respect the stone master!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/stonemaster.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5353\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/stonemaster-360x640.jpg\" alt=\"stonemaster\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" - \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/treefriends.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5351\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/treefriends-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"treefriends\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"-\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Never too late to make a gingerbread house!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gingerbread.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5349\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gingerbread-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"gingerbread\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gingereat.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5348\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gingereat-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"gingereat\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And to eat it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ateit.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5347\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ateit-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"ateit\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> A lot of fun while Mr. Ben teaches &#8220;Egyptian War&#8221;.  Slap it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/war.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5346\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/war-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"war\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/war2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5345\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/war2-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"war2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you George and Bernadeen!  We loved our visit!  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So blessed on the weekend to visit friends in Connecticut. The hospitality, fun, sri lankan cuisine, and the kindness and love of friends made it a special time. These four young girls have a special friendship. 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