{"id":2278,"date":"2006-03-13T08:29:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-13T08:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/austenandgage.com\/memorial-concert-weekend-in-maryland"},"modified":"2006-03-13T08:29:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-13T08:29:00","slug":"memorial-concert-weekend-in-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/?p=2278","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Concert Weekend in Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/archive?ID=64504&amp;size=medium\" \/><\/div>\n<p \/>Friday:<\/p>\n<p \/>Long day of packing for Mommy and Austen.  Smooth drive to the Famous Farm in Maryland.  Grandpa Earl greets Austen, who&rsquo;s half asleep in her car seat.<\/p>\n<p \/>Saturday:<\/p>\n<p \/>Morning visit with Reverend Benjamin who is so impressed with Austen&rsquo;s friendliness that he tells Mrs. Benjamin she has to come over and see baby Austen.   She brings with her a beautiful cake.  <\/p>\n<p \/>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/archive?ID=64601&amp;size=medium\" \/><\/div>\n<p \/>Susan, Grace and Jeff visit.<\/p>\n<p \/>Mommy, Daddy and Austen go to pick up pizzas and shop at Klein&rsquo;s (Uncle Mark&rsquo;s alma mater).<\/p>\n<p \/>Party at Grandpa Earl&rsquo;s house with the Bairs and Morrises and Grandma Judi&rsquo;s former students.  Aunt Gloria and Uncle John stop by.<\/p>\n<p \/>At Abby West&rsquo;s Thomas-the-Train-Engine-themed birthday party &hellip;<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/archive?ID=64478&amp;size=medium\" \/><\/div>\n<p \/>Austen meets Daisy &hellip;<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/archive?ID=64717&amp;size=medium\" \/><\/div>\n<p \/>&hellip; and stands on her own in Abby&rsquo;s pink jeep.  <\/p>\n<p \/>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/archive?ID=64465&amp;size=medium\" \/><\/div>\n<p \/>Daddy needs to buy Austen a battery-powered jeep:<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/archive?ID=64467&amp;size=medium\" \/><\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/archive?ID=64472&amp;size=medium\" \/><\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/archive?ID=64470&amp;size=medium\" \/><\/div>\n<p \/>More partygoing at Grandpa Earl&rsquo;s, hanging out with Aunt Janet, Aunt Heather, Mark, Jen, Emma, Erin, Tod, Holly, Morgan.<\/p>\n<p \/>Sunday:<\/p>\n<p \/>Special service at Emory.  Austen manages to smile at every single member the Emory congregation.  Afterward, Austen lays flowers at Grandma Judi&rsquo;s grave.  (See separate blog entry.)<\/p>\n<p \/>Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra concert dedicated to the memory of Judith Lloyd Famous.  [Scan program]  Austen dresses in her beaded silk gown from India and gold jewelry from Grandma and Grandpa Rodey.  Grandpa Earl is astonished at how Austen entertains herself with a board book on cows for 20 minutes and even enjoys the music, focusing on the section of the orchestra making the most sound.  There&rsquo;s no crying or shouting thanks to strategic use of the pacifier.  Daddy and Mommy don&rsquo;t want to press their luck, so Austen spends the second half of the concert in the hall napping in Daddy&rsquo;s arms.  <\/p>\n<p \/>A dinner and awards reception follows.  Grandma Judi is given a lifetime achievement award from the SSO.<\/p>\n<p \/>The family reassembles at the Famous Farm to hang out with the babies.  Morgan resists the &ldquo;Da cuddle.&rdquo;  You&rsquo;ll have to ask her about this someday, Austen.<\/p>\n<p \/>Monday:<\/p>\n<p \/>(See separate blog entry.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More partygoing at Grandpa Earl???s, hanging out with Aunt Janet, Aunt Heather, Mark, Jen, Emma, Erin, Tod, Holly, Morgan.Sunday:Special service at Emory. Austen manages to smile at every single member the Emory congregation. Afterward, Austen lays &#8230;<\/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-2278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}