{"id":885,"date":"2013-12-10T08:20:14","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T16:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/?p=885"},"modified":"2013-12-11T08:41:52","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T16:41:52","slug":"a-very-happy-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/?p=885","title":{"rendered":"A Very Happy Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bd.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-886\" alt=\"bd\" src=\"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bd-1024x758.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bd-1024x758.png 1024w, http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bd-300x222.png 300w, http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bd-624x462.png 624w, http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bd.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, I am now in my late 20&#8217;s. How the heck did that happen? I had a great birthday this year. The day started off great. I was spoiled with flowers, a balloon, a happy birthday message on the window, and a donut on the way to work.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bds.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-887\" alt=\"bds\" src=\"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bds-1024x758.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bds-1024x758.png 1024w, http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bds-300x222.png 300w, http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bds-624x462.png 624w, http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bds.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After work, Casey too me to Solvang where we enjoyed all the holiday decorations around town, went into the neatest shops (Casey&#8217;s favorite was the cuckoo clock shop!), and stopped at my favorite bakery for an almond raspberry tart (or two!) and a chocolate chip cookie for him.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/pb.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-889\" alt=\"pb\" src=\"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/pb-1024x758.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/pb-1024x758.png 1024w, http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/pb-300x222.png 300w, http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/pb-624x462.png 624w, http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/pb.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dd.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-891\" alt=\"dd\" src=\"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dd.png\" width=\"1000\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dd.png 1000w, http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dd-300x116.png 300w, http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dd-624x242.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the streets began to sparkle with holiday lights, we headed into Dos Carlitos for enchiladas and fajitas. So good. So full.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/rr.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-890\" alt=\"rr\" src=\"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/rr-1024x392.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/rr-1024x392.png 1024w, http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/rr-300x115.png 300w, http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/rr-624x239.png 624w, http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/rr.png 1424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the way out of town, I spotted a house covered in lights in the distance. I asked Casey if we could drive by and it ended up being a place called the <a title=\"Recovery Ranch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.therecoveryranch.com\" target=\"_blank\">Recovery Ranch<\/a>, a structured sober home for men. They were giving out the best hot chocolate and cookies to raise money for their scholarship fund. So glad we stopped!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SgP9ZNa_p4A\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>Check out this video for a tour of the lights we saw. They started putting up lights on Halloween!<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #0f3647;\" href=\"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/pb.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-888\" alt=\"bp\" src=\"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bp.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bp.png 990w, http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bp-300x146.png 300w, http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bp-624x303.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We came home to the rest of the family and enjoyed banana cream pie. YUMM. Thank you all for a wonderful day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I am now in my late 20&#8217;s. How the heck did that happen? I had a great birthday this year. The day started off great. I was spoiled with flowers, a balloon, a happy birthday message on the window, and a donut on the way to work. After work, Casey too me to Solvang &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/?p=885\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Very Happy Birthday<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=885"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":893,"href":"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885\/revisions\/893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pandaberrytrail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}