Meeting Santa

A couple of weeks ago we saw Santa at the Scottsdale Fashion Square mall - at first, Conor was not sure about him, but since we were the only ones there we were able to hang out for a minute for Conor to get comfortable with him - the girls working the photos were awesome and got a great picture-

Park fun, lunch dates and cuteness...

Sunday we met Evelyn and her mommy Adrianne at the park for snacks and fun. It took them a little time to play together but once they did it was stinking cute.

The other day we headed up to Imagination Avenue, but it was closed. So we headed up a little further and hung out at Desert Ridge. This is us at lunch - my handsome lunch date!

This is just cuteness overload - sitting at Zipps watching football and waiting for food.

Halloween

The night before Halloween Chris, Ryker and I carved our pumpkins, while Conor painted his.



To start out our Halloween, we took Conor up to his Granny and Papa'a house to trick-or-treat. They took him to a couple of their neighbor's houses to trick-or-treat too.


Then we dressed up again that night and walked around our neighborhood to trick-or-treat. Conor didn't understand it at first, but he quickly got the hang of it. He ended up with a bucket-full of candy that he now asks for constantly... :)

We got Conor home just before it got dark. Chris and Ryker decided to dress up to sit on the front porch and scare little kids. It worked...

We had a great Halloween! Hope everyone else did too!

Boo at the Zoo!

Last night Conor was carrying his pumpkin around so I got the camera out - we are practicing his "Trick-or-Treat"... it's pretty stinkin' cute...

Today we went to the farmer's market - As soon as Conor saw these apples he wouldn't let up until I got him one. He then proceeded to chow through half of this apple! He usually only gets apples cut up, but he had no problem eating it like this... getting so big... :(

After the farmer's market we headed to the zoo for "Boo at the Zoo". They had all sorts of things set up there for kids. It was pretty cool. We went through the hay maze, once again Conor led us right through it. He also won a movie for throwing bean bags through the big pumpkin's eyes. He actually did really good, impressing the girls running the booth... :) There was also a play area set up with some stick horses and hula hoops. Conor just used the stick horses as golf clubs.

We met Puss n'Boots at the zoo too - Conor liked him from afar, but was not thrilled with being so close to him... :)

Tonight I think we are going to go out for dinner, then come home and watch a movie. We've been having fun while daddy's been gone hunting, but we'll be glad to have him back!! :)

Desert Botanical Garden "Pumpkin Fest"

Today, Conor and I headed to the Pumpkin Fest at the Desert Botanical Gardens. It was a gorgeous day and we had alot of fun. Conor rode a pony, went to the petting zoo and loved on a tiny little pony and a pig, found his way through a hay maze (with no help from me, the boy is a pro!) and picked out his own pumpkin (a big one too that I had to lug around). I truthfully didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did! My only complaint was that we had to wait in line for awhile for the hayride to take us back and forth from the gardens to the actual pumpkin patch. Otherwise, it was a great morning adventure!!

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.