I Heart Arizona

Last week, I mentioned we were in the Valley of the Sun. Oh how I love Arizona, especially this time of year! Cliff had a conference there, so it was only fitting to accompany him, and spend some fun time with my mom, and see many relatives. Rachel (Jordan's wife) and Gavin met us there, and we had a blast.

Stone and Gavin LOVE each other. Every time they were in the car, Gavin would just laugh at Stone. I'm so happy Rachel met us there, especially because I got to squish these chubby cheeks:
My mom just got two cute little dogs, Phoebe and Milo. Stone LOVED teasing the dogs, and they did not so much like him....at least at first. He's a little too active and loud for them, I think. By the last day there, Stone was hauling Milo around (as opposed to them [Stone and Milo] growling at each other). Here's my mom, Stone, and the 2 dogs:

We headed to Freestone, one of my favorite parks, to do a little photo shoot with Gavin. More to come of those! But here's Rachel and Gavin as a teaser:

While at the park, Stone thought it'd be funny to jump in a HUGE puddle of mud (boys will be boys), so he roamed the park bare foot after his little muddy moment:

We went back to Freestone a couple days later to have a picnic with Mark, Jacki, and Dallen, and then went to visit my Grandpa (my dad's dad) and Charisse (my dad's sister), as well as my mom's sisters...all in one night. Here are just a few pics from that night.

We put a wig on Gavin (and perhaps my mom). I know Gavin won't mind, by my mom might if I put up her pictures. :)
Below: Stone, Me, Charisse, Gavin

Below: Stone, Gavin, my Grandpa

And lastly, per my previous post, we had a mini photo shoot of the three boys (Stone, Dallen, and Gavin) in their costumes. Here are just a few more pictures because they are TOO CUTE!!!

I really must say, Halloween is SOOOOO fun with kids. We took Stone trick-or-treating, and he was in HEAVEN. I couldn't believe how empty the streets were, though. When I was a kid, our streets were PACKED, and EVERY SINGLE home had their porch lights on, ready to hand out candy. My, how the times have changed. I think the tradition of trick-or-treating is slowly fading, and I think we'll be seeing more trunk-or-treat functions in the future, and less door-to-door. Kind of sad, because we had a BLAST as kids.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!