Macdonald Ranch

Sunday we took Conor to Macdonald Ranch in north Scottsdale. He had so much fun running around. There was a petting zoo, horse rides, hayride to the pumpkin patch, steer roping and just lots of dirt to throw around. :)

Conor picking out a pumpkin

Ropin' a steer

Hee, hee...

Riding his very first horse - he did awesome! He was so serious the whole time...

Here is some video of him riding the horse...

Las Vegas!

State Farm hooked us up in Las Vegas last week! For the convention, they put us up in the Wynn hotel on the 51st floor - it was a gorgeous view in a gorgeous room, definately gonna try to stay there again... :) We had a blast. We played with friends, played in the pool, had some killer meals and showed Conor most of Vegas. the last night we were there we left Conor with his Grammy and went to "The Lion King" at Mandalay Bay - it was soooo good!

Chris and I met up with some friends at PURE nightclub Saturday night - we had a VIP table, which is the only way to go. This picture is of us at our VIP table with the strip behind us.

The next night we met up with a big group of friends at the Hofbrauhaus, which is one of our favorite places in Vegas.

With Grammy at the Bellagio gardens- the tree talks...kinda creepily...

Conor loving sitting on Daddy's shoulders - we're waiting for the Mirage volcano to erupt

Conor's little face the entire time the volcano was erupting.

At the State Farm convention celebration there was a bunch of confetti in the parking lot - we ended up playing there for an hour.

Some randoms...

Here are some random pictures and videos that needed to be posted... :)

Cute little smile - this is after he crashed on purpose on the carpet... :)

Cheese!

Playing Xbox with Daddy

Cheese! He is now "cheesing" for the camera - so funny!

I bought a temporary pass for a place called Imagination Avenue in north Phoenix to check it out. It is just a little minature town with a school, a police station, a Home Depot and other little buildings. It's stinking cute. Conor had a blast. Too bad it's kind of a trek for us to get there.

The other day we went to Bass Pro Shop to buy Conor a life vest for our Lake Powell trip. We spent over an hour in there just playing. The ATVs were just one of the highlights of the trip. He had to sit in every single one. Here he is "cheesing" again...

This video was taken over a month ago. Conor was just learning his animal sounds and we tested him at dinner one night.

This is just a cute video of Conor and his Daddy in the backyard swinging. Conor is making the cutest noises and I had to get them on video.

This is one of my favorites! Conor loves to watch "The Backyardigans" and also loves to dance to the opening song - he almost has the dance down! Watch him go along with the dancing on the TV...

Lake Powell

This is after only 15 minutes of being at the lake...
Driving the houseboat

Cheese! With Grammy Sherry and Ellie

What a view, right??
Conor in his little float - He and Chris were out there for a long time and he loved it.

Playing on the beach with Granny and Ellie

Floating again with Grammy this time

Cindy, Vickie, Clarise, Ellie and Chris

Gage going down the slide right at Dave

Thursday night rainbow -

This was the sunset Thursday night -

So, this past week we packed up the Terrain and drove up to Lake Powell for a couple of days. We were joined by Troy, Vickie, Ellie, Beau, Granny & Gramps, Grammy Sherry, Dave, Jarrod, Gage, Vickie's brother Wade, friend Cindy, niece Clarise and her husband Justin, and Dusty and his girlfriend Chelsie. We had a blast on the houseboats and in the water which was the perfect temperature for playing. Conor absolutely LOVED the water and spent most of his time on the beach going back and forth between the sand and the water. He usually only takes one nap a day, but on this trip he was taking two because he was having so much fun.

Besides one episode where the wind threatened to take the houseboats out to the middle of the lake, the trip was pretty relaxing. :)

Family pictures

Here are our family pictures. Our friend Kurt Von Rice took them for us at Scottsdale Civic Center.