{"id":1038,"date":"2017-01-04T17:51:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T21:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-ketcham\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2017-01-04T17:51:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T21:51:08","slug":"firsts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/2017\/01\/04\/firsts\/","title":{"rendered":"Firsts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1041\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-ketcham\/files\/2017\/01\/Skating-600x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/files\/2017\/01\/Skating-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/files\/2017\/01\/Skating-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/files\/2017\/01\/Skating-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/files\/2017\/01\/Skating.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year we are on home assignment.\u00a0 While being here, we&#8217;ve experienced some firsts&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel meeting his Grandma (and lots of other family members).<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel experiencing snow for the first time (at age 4).<\/p>\n<p>Ethan driving (only once on a dirt road).<\/p>\n<p>Josiah playing tackle football.<\/p>\n<p>Summer playing on a soccer team.<\/p>\n<p>Josiah going to a public school.<\/p>\n<p>Going to a roller rink to skate.<\/p>\n<p>Kids ordering their own food at restaurants (we would do it for them in Brazil because of the language barrier).<\/p>\n<p>Doing school online.<\/p>\n<p>Riding with their Papa (grandpa) in his semi-truck.<\/p>\n<p>Angela getting a root canal.<\/p>\n<p>And more!<\/p>\n<p>In the grand scheme of things, these are not really important.\u00a0 However, it reminds me that our kids (and us)\u00a0don&#8217;t lead &#8216;normal&#8217; lives.\u00a0 (Well, it&#8217;s normal to us!)\u00a0 So far this year has been a good experience for all of us and we are so thankful for the time we have here.<\/p>\n<p>Although our hearts long to return to Brazil, we are soaking up the &#8216;firsts&#8217; and all the other things we are getting to experience while here.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s to the new year &amp; new experiences!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; This year we are on home assignment.\u00a0 While being here, we&#8217;ve experienced some firsts&#8230; Gabriel meeting his Grandma (and lots of other family members). Gabriel experiencing snow for the first time (at age 4). Ethan driving (only once on a dirt road). Josiah playing tackle football. Summer playing on a soccer team. Josiah [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":464,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[448,637],"class_list":{"0":"post-1038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-ethnos360","8":"tag-new-tribes-mission","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/464"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/angela-ketcham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}