Arizona State Fair

Matt won some tickets at work to go to the Arizona State Fair.  I have to admit that we don't usually go to the state fair because it's super expensive,and it doesn't usually end up being that much fun.  I hate all of those spinney rides because they make me sick!  Anyways we ended up having a blast.  Maybe it was because Caden was there to enjoy it or maybe it was just because we didn't have to pay to get in. :)

Caden had to ride the merry-go-round. 

He had fun on the big slide.  I thought that maybe he would be scared,but he said that he wanted to go on it and wasn't scared at all.

We went on this little mini roller coaster that Caden hated.  At first he kept telling me "get down,"  Then he started freaking out and yelled "all done" and kept trying to get out.  Maybe we will wait awhile before we try that again. 

We took a ride on the choo choo train. 

We didn't actually end up riding on the Ferris wheel because it was $5 per person, but it made a good backdrop for a picture. 

They were having a free monster truck show which we thought Caden was going to love since he is obsessed with trucks.  At first he was excited about it. 

When the show actually started Caden was freaking out because it was so loud, and we had to leave after like 10 minutes.   

Tractors are the next best thing to big trucks according to Caden. 

We also went to the livestock barn to check out all of the animals.  Caden got to pet a bunny 

and a whole lot of goats. 

The kangaroo was pretty cool.  He was really fast jumping all over the place. 

I thought that these little goats were so cute.   

Petting a pig.

Trick or Treat

Caden and Max went trick or treating around our neighborhood.  Mikey and Christina came too with Christina's niece and nephew.  It was really fun this year because he understood what was going on, and he was excited to run up to the houses.  I think that Caden was a little hot in his costume, and we had to stop trick or treating when Caden took off his shirt and wouldn't put it back on.  His bucket was almost full of candy though, so he did pretty good.

Trunk or Treat

We went to the trunk or treat at Amy's ward after we carved the pumpkins.

Caden, Ashlyn, Carter, and Austin 

Hadley 

Spiderman aka Noah



Playing games 

Curious Gerorge and Spiderman. Who knew that they were friends? 

It didn't take Caden long to catch on to the trick or treating.  He walked up to every car and held out his bucket.  He wouldn't budge until they put some candy in there.  If there was more then one person at a car he tried to collect candy from each person.  He was a little shy about talking though, and he wouldn't say trick or treat.  Here he was checking out his loot. 

He had to keep checking and make sure that he was getting the good stuff. :)

Carving Pumpkins

We went over to Matt's sister Amy's to carve pumpkins today.  Matt and I haven't carved a pumpkin in years, but we thought that it would be fun for Caden because he seems to be very interested in them.  We were a little skeptical about how it would turn out, but they actually ended up looking really good.

Sarah's Baby Shower

My sister Sarah and her family are in town right now.  This is the last time that we will see them until her baby girl comes in January, so we had a baby shower to celebrate.  I wasn't very good about taking pictures, but here are the few that I did take.

Me, Sarah, and my mom 

We had yummy breakfast foods. 

Sarah with her cute baby belly. 

Sarah, me, and Aunt Debbie 

This is an adorable blanket that my mom made along with some matching burp clothes.  I love it! 

While we were having fun at the shower Matt watched the boys.  He took them to Vertucci Farms on Power and Warner which had lots of fun things to do.   

A hay bale maze. 

Climbing 

They saw geese and several other animals.  Matt said that they both liked the turkey and kept saying "Hi turkey." 

Bouncing 

 and more bouncing

Swings

"Excuse Me"

When someone is in Caden's way he is not usually very polite and he says "move it."  We've been working on saying excuse me instead.  Yesterday Duke decided that he was going to sleep on Caden's changing table.  When I put Caden up there to change his diaper I figured that Duke would get down, but apparently he was unwilling to give up his spot because he didn't budge.  I guess that Caden was feeling a little crowded because he kept saying to Duke "Excuse me. Excuse me." and nudging him with his elbow.  It was cracking me up.  I guess that he does listen sometimes. 

Carnival

A preschool near our house had a free fall carnival last weekend so we decided to check it out.

 Caden loved the slide

and the jumping. 

He played a few games (yes he was cheating). 

We went for a ride on the train.  They also had music, cotton candy, popcorn, a petting zoo, and someone making balloon animals.  Caden had a blast. 

And this is what happened when we made him go home.  I know we are so mean.



Mother Nature's Farm

Last night we went to this place called Mother Nature's Farm which is right by our old house on Baseline between Gilbert and Stapley.  When we lived there I always thought that it would be fun to go if we had kids, so now we finally got to go there.

We went on a hayride. 

Caden got to pick out a little pumpkin. 

Then he decorated it with stickers. 

Here is the finished product. 

 Caden's favorite part was the bounce house.  We had to drag him out of there kicking and screaming.



Checking out the baby chicks.  They were so cute!  

Marley Farms Petting Zoo

We went to Marley Farms Petting Zoo which is on Val Vista and Riggs yesterday.  They have all sorts of different rescue animals, and it was cool to see them all up close.  Caden wasn't feeling well (which we didn't realize until later), so I don't think that he had as much fun as he usually would.  We will probably go another time, so that he can enjoy it more. 

 Petting the goat.

He wasn't too sure about the horns (and neither was I). 

I'm not sure if these were Llamas or Alpacas, but they were pretty cool to pet.  Their fur was really soft and really thick.  They didn't seem too friendly, and would only let us touch them for a second, 

This was a big camel.  He didn't come too close. 

Matt and Caden were checking out an animal that kinda looked like a cross between a Zebra and a Horse.  We also saw parrots, turtles, chickens, donkeys, cows, pigs, sheep and horses.