{"id":9473,"date":"2023-10-31T16:42:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T23:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/?p=9473"},"modified":"2025-11-06T10:40:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T18:40:49","slug":"2023-october-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2023\/10\/31\/2023-october-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 – October part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hey there<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, the last part of the month is upon us! I got some much-needed yard work done (pictured below) before my parents came to visit. The next day we went to a pumpkin patch. Arabella won a 25lb pumpkin thanks to hitting a target with an apple on a slingshot. Luca was hamming it up asking for pictures every moment he could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following day we went to MidCity Smashburger<\/a>. There was a news story on them a few weeks back and they said that they were the number 4 burger in the US. So we tried it out. The food was so good that I only took a picture before we got things (that is of the water cup mainly because I like the Winterhawks logo as it has Mt. Hood in it).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What else? Work is still work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since it is Halloween and we have a fully electric car while ours is getting fixed, we decided to go to as many decorated areas as we could find. Here are a few below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We spent a few nights getting out of the house and tracking these down. Some were new, and some were ones that we had been going to for a few years. We definitely added a few to our list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before we knew it, my parents we on their way back to Sacramento. See the photo of the kids waving goodbye. That night we went to a church event, a “fall fest” that was hosted. The kids enjoyed it, that’s the main thing (these kinds of events are rarely fun for the parents).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The next day we were notified that our vehicle was ready to be picked up – so thankfully were back in our own car. I will admit – I’m a little sad to see the fully electric part go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then today, yes today! We went and got the kids their flu shot, and on the way back home we stopped at “that” Japanese tree that we learned about a few years ago. It was blooming. Even the trees near the house are blooming. With the wind that we are having though, they likely won’t stick around for long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

until next time..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

just Pray<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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