{"id":9513,"date":"2023-11-21T20:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/?p=9513"},"modified":"2025-11-06T10:38:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T18:38:05","slug":"2023-november-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2023\/11\/21\/2023-november-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 – November part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hey again<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year due to our odd schedule of having to work evenings and being forced to sacrifice our weekends, things have been off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We ended up doing our pumpkin carving after Halloween. These are the designs the kids helped to design and carve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luca ended up falling asleep when we set them outside, so this was the best we could get from him. You can see a Spiderman, a princess who got sick, and a baby pumpkin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are also switching away from Xfinity. We will be trying out Ziply for a little while and see if it’s any good. The speed is higher than Comcast offers, and the prices are (so far) lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hmm.. the day is drawing near, seems to be doing so at a pretty good pace too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have decided to celebrate Thanksgiving early to allow for the time we will spend (over Thanksgiving weekend) at the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We planned it out. We even contacted the local tree farm, which allowed us to come before they officially opened to get our tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few photos of the fun times we had:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arabella wanted to pose for a photo next to Mt. Hood, and I caught my dad tying down the tree to the car on the way home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next photos are of the Christmas lights up and running (before Thanksgiving this year). Our dinner was at the Cheesecake Factory (we went all out to make it a little more special).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next day, we had a semi-normal Thanksgiving feast with most of the fixings. Finally, on the 21st, we went to get some Sushi for dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day is upon us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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