{"id":96,"date":"2004-08-18T21:02:22","date_gmt":"2004-08-19T02:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/?p=96"},"modified":"2007-01-05T22:51:38","modified_gmt":"2007-01-06T04:51:38","slug":"first-passport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2004\/first-passport.html","title":{"rendered":"First Passport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/1passport.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" border=\"3\" alt=\"passport\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">We just went to get passport photos today, and this is Nathanael&#8217;s. As you know, you&#8217;re not allowed to <a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2003\/new-passport-regulations.html\">smile in passport photos<\/a> here in Canada, so he fits in just fine.   \ud83d\ude15<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, this will be his first passport, and Hannah&#8217;s too I suppose. It&#8217;s a great day for the young travellers!<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of travelling, yes, we did get back from camp. It went well, but you can read more about it on our main page (unless you&#8217;re reading this blog in the archives, in which case you might have to just ask us how it went!). We&#8217;re just getting back into the groove here in Calgary, and we&#8217;re just about over our colds or flus or whatever they all were!  So there&#8217;s lots to thank God about.   \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We just went to get passport photos today, and this is Nathanael&#8217;s. As you know, you&#8217;re not allowed to smile in passport photos here in Canada, so he fits in just fine. \ud83d\ude15 Anyway, this will be his first passport, and Hannah&#8217;s too I suppose. It&#8217;s a great day for the young travellers! 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