{"id":14178,"date":"2015-08-04T00:48:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T00:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=14178"},"modified":"2016-01-29T15:38:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T15:38:30","slug":"day-6-in-dc-swimming-with-torie-the-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/day-6-in-dc-swimming-with-torie-the-twins\/","title":{"rendered":"Day #6 in DC: Swimming with Torie &#038; the Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[<em>Photos from 04 August 2015, posted on 03 October 2015. \u00a0How&#8217;d it get past midnight already?!<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>While our hosts were frolicking on the beach (that we would join them on the day after), we accepted Torie&#8217;s invitation to go swimming with her and her\u00a0twins\u00a0at their local pool. \u00a0(Todd was at work, poor thing.)  (13 images total)<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_14179\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7354.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14179\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14179\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7354.jpg\" alt=\"Cars loaded and ready to go!  We stopped by downtown first to get some greek food for the grownups for lunch.\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7354.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7354-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7354-450x301.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7354-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars loaded and ready to go! We stopped by downtown first to get some Greek food for the grownups for lunch.<\/p><\/div><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14180\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7362.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14180\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14180\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7362.jpg\" alt=\"Impressive pool!  They demand that the kids exit the pool for fifteen minutes every hour, so the grownups to swim in peace.  We used to opportunity to feed the kids before they jumped in.\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7362.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7362-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7362-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7362-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Impressive pool! They demand that the kids exit the pool for fifteen minutes every hour, so the grownups can swim in peace. We used to opportunity to feed the kids before they jumped in.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14181\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7364.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14181\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14181\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7364.jpg\" alt=\"Here be our stuff and the benches we've claimed!\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7364.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7364-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7364-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7364-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here be our stuff and the benches we&#8217;ve claimed!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14182\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7371.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14182\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14182\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7371.jpg\" alt=\"The kids got ice cream during one of the mandatory breaks.\" width=\"440\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7371.jpg 440w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7371-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The kids got ice cream during one of the mandatory breaks.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14183\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7374.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14183\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14183\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7374.jpg\" alt=\"There's always a lifeguard on duty.  \" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7374.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7374-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7374-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7374-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There&#8217;s always a lifeguard on duty.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14184\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7382.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14184\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14184\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7382.jpg\" alt=\"Mmmm, ice cream!\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7382.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7382-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7382-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7382-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mmmm, ice cream!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14185\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7385.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14185\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14185\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7385.jpg\" alt=\"Five kids heading into a sugar-high.\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7385.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7385-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7385-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7385-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Five kids heading into a sugar-high.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14186\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7392.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14186\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14186\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7392.jpg\" alt=\"Oh sorry, should I have warned you of this rather unhappy photo of my gnawed-upon feet?\" width=\"440\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7392.jpg 440w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7392-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oh sorry, should I have warned you of this rather unhappy photo of my gnawed-upon feet? \u00a0Tell me off in the comments!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14187\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7395.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14187\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14187\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7395.jpg\" alt=\"Emma hung out in the rather chilly kiddie pool for a long while with her daddy.\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7395.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7395-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7395-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7395-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma hung out in the rather chilly kiddie pool for a long while with her daddy. \u00a0Bjarki kept asking where the hot tubs were. \u00a0He&#8217;s not used to not having a selection of hot tubs to warm up in!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14188\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7402.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14188\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14188\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7402.jpg\" alt=\"Action! \" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7402.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7402-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7402-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7402-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Action!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14189\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7409.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14189\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14189\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7409.jpg\" alt=\"Play-structure surrounded by plastic mulch.  Weird stuff!\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7409.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7409-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7409-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7409-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Play-structure surrounded by plastic mulch. Weird stuff!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14190\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7408.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14190\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14190\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7408.jpg\" alt=\"After a few hours, we'd had enough and packed up to go home.\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7408.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7408-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7408-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7408-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After a few hours, we&#8217;d had enough and packed up to go home.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14191\" style=\"width: 499px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_20150804_170854.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14191\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14191\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_20150804_170854.jpg\" alt=\"I'm pretty sure I went shopping (probably with Anna), and then Finnur sent me this image.  Oh, Emma!\" width=\"489\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_20150804_170854.jpg 489w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_20150804_170854-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_20150804_170854-450x607.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;m pretty sure I went shopping (probably with Anna), and meanwhile\u00a0Finnur sent me this image. Oh, Emma! \u00a0You and sunscreen are quite a pair!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[<em>Photos from 04 August 2015, posted on 03 October 2015. \u00a0How&#8217;d it get past midnight already?!<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>While our hosts were frolicking on the beach (that we would join them on the day after), we accepted Torie&#8217;s invitation to go swimming with her and her\u00a0twins\u00a0at their local pool. \u00a0(Todd was at work, poor thing.)  (13 images total)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14179\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7354.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14179\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14179\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7354.jpg\" alt=\"Cars loaded and ready to go!  We stopped by downtown first to get some greek food for the grownups for lunch.\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7354.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7354-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7354-450x301.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7354-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-14179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars loaded and ready to go! We stopped by downtown first to get some Greek food for the grownups for lunch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/day-6-in-dc-swimming-with-torie-the-twins\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-usa","post-container col-md-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14192,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14178\/revisions\/14192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}