{"id":3414,"date":"2018-02-28T19:51:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T03:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/?p=3414"},"modified":"2025-11-06T13:39:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:39:04","slug":"2018-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2018\/02\/28\/2018-february\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 – February"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hey,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February. That means Birthday month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My mom turned 60. I think she will be 59 next year. Let’s keep the progress going that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My parents traded in the Toyota Prius they had for another hybrid. A Hyundai Ioniq which netted a nice 59mpg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arabella also was filled with energy knowing that this was also her birthday month. Check out her dancing with Peppa Pig and doing a workout with mommy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also were trying to stay out of the house as much as possible to avoid conflict with my parents (as we were not used to living in someone else’s house, and vise versa). We found as many day trips as we could. Last month we did St. Francis Dam, and this month we did an airpark. This was kinda cool for me. The Boeing 747 that you see Elijah sitting in front of was the same one they used to fly the space shuttle into LA on its back. It still had the brackets for it too. We took photos of the kids on all sorts of aircraft. On some bombs too, because we think they are the bomb.com (I may have dated myself there a little bit).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last, but surely not least: Arabella’s birthday. This year she wanted to go with a Car theme – and as she loved Lightening McQueen, the wife went all out and got as much of that theme as she could. We had 4 MPH (for her turning 4) and dip sticks, pit stops and a bunch of balloons that were not pictured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Someone, please tell her that she needs to stop growing up so quickly. It was just yesterday that she was just a baby in my arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

just Pray<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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note: this post was published on 08\/09\/22 but moved the publish date back to the end of February 2018 to keep chronological order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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