{"id":7068,"date":"2014-10-31T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T22:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/?p=7068"},"modified":"2025-11-06T14:42:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T22:42:54","slug":"2014-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2014\/10\/31\/2014-october\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 – October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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This year is quickly speeding by! Time is a funny thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of funny, the other day we were eating some ice cream and Arabella started licking the outside of the bowl. She really wanted some. The photo is pretty hilarious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have been taking her to the park that is next to the church and we play with her before we go, or sometimes after we go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Birthday! Jake had a birthday recently! Look at the dapper cat all decked out in his tie and everything for his big day. This is the loot that he got. Yeah, you heard me – we celebrate his birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gas has been inching up and is now at 2.95! It is getting costly to fill up. Speaking of cars – Sanderson cut me check to get rid of me and so that I would take my car elsewhere. I took it to Bell Ford and they fixed it in 5 minutes. Amazing. We got a good price for a rental (67.45 for the week) not shabby. If you want a good deal then use Costco Travel and you will get those types of prices too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At work I donated some money to a charity as part of their Give 2Gether event – and I got a wristband! Go, team! It is also nearing the time for pumpkin patches. We found this really cute one over in the Tempe\/Chandler area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a picture of the rental they provided for us. I won’t complain – these cars get amazing fuel economy. We get like 50 to 60 MPG each time we get them. I will have to consider getting a hybrid in the future because gas prices ALWAYS go up, and these cars take away the sting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I took another random photo at work to show you inside the building. This was late a night after every left, one of the connecting hallways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the rental, we took a trip up north to get into some cooler temps and to visit more pumpkin patches. Here is a photo of Ara with Grammy and Grampy followed by a few other random shots. One of a pretty sunset we caught with golden clouds, and another of Arabella being all giggles before we saw some leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The wife decided to dress her up in her Anchor outfit and take photos next to all of the nautical items that we had in the house. How does she react to seeing mommy? See the photo where she was sitting on me?! She lights up the room when she is with her mom, no joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were able to go to the Arizona State Fair for free (thanks to you Fry’s for making this possible). After you spend a certain amount in-store they automatically print off a ticket to the fair. Since we had done it more than once, we were able to go for free. It was cool, we saw a concert and even pet a little roo (fitting since I handle the Australia\/New Zealand accounts at work).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arabella gives mommy a ton of her best smiles, but there is one below where she was just looking at mommy’s face to know what she should do (but couldn’t tell, as told her in the face she made). The end of the month means Halloween. We dressed her up in all sorts of outfits including the one below as a fairy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emily stopped by to say hello since we were in her area. It was nice to meet up with her. Arabella took right to her, which is nice to see, especially since she was such a close friend of mine for so long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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note: this post was published on 09\/30\/22 but moved the publish date back to the end of October 2014 to keep chronological order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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