{"id":7111,"date":"2014-11-30T21:39:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T05:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/?p=7111"},"modified":"2025-11-06T14:37:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T22:37:29","slug":"2014-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2014\/11\/30\/2014-november\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 – November"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November started off a little slow and a little bit warm. Fun news: Due to being an American Express employee, we get a 1-year membership for free. I’ll take it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jake and Arabella are best friends but that doesn’t mean that Jake doesn’t still come over to us for some attention. The photo below is funny because Jake is giving mom some attention, but Arabella is like, ‘hey, what about me?’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have been able to go to multiple Coyote games lately. It is nice because the tickets are cheap and the arena is cool. Makes for a nice mix when you live in a desert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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November means it is the wife’s birthday. This year we decided to take a trip to Vegas. We rented a car (see below) and were on our way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We stopped at an M&M factory where they had everything decked out for Christmas. It was a fun surprise along our travels. They even had some desert plants made out of chocolate. We generally don’t plan these trips far out in advance, and for this trip, we used “Hotel Tonight” and got to stay at the Platinum. This thing was big. It had its own hot tub, and kitchen – I mean it probably was as big if not bigger than the Condo that we rent. The view was great, the strip was right out the window. As we made our way outside to check things out, Arabella fell fast asleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The view of the strip was nice. We even saw the BURGR restaurant (Gordon Ramsay) – it is something we want to return and visit sometime. Maybe when Arabella isn’t already asleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next day we stopped by a hotel that was used in the filming of Back to the Future, before stopping at the Hoover Dam and heading back to the condo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanksgiving is upon us! We decided to travel to LA for Thanksgiving as my parent’s place is bigger than ours and they are set up more for visitors. Since we were going to be gone a little longer than normal we took Jake with us this time. Of course, he could be found next to Arabella once we arrived at the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is she dressed in? A cute little onesie that has a TURKEY BUTT (see photos below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After Thanksgiving, we visited the Downey McDonalds location (which is one of the very last locations that was opened by the McDonald brothers). We went all around LA, including the Hollywood walk of fame. After that, we got something to eat, before getting more. Why? well it was Small Business Saturday. American Express gives you free money to spend with small businesses as long as you use your American Express.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You should take advantage of it if you don’t already.<\/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 November 2014 to keep chronological order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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