Science Experiment and Pumpkin Carving

Trevor is very, very, very into doing science experiments lately.  He tells us what he does during Discovery Time at school and then wants to come home and recreate it.  On this particular night we only needed a 2 liter of soda, pop rocks and a balloon.  He knew exactly what to do and what would happen! 
He was so happy when it worked exactly as he said it would!

After that it was time to carve pumpkins!  Well make that pumpkin because the one we bought at Target on Saturday had mold on it by Wednesday :(

Trevor wasn't as into pumpkin carving as Daddy so he drew a family pic instead :)

But the end result turned out pretty well and Trevor sure liked eating the roasted pumpkin seeds.  He wanted to keep one uncooked though so that he could plant it in the desert and grow his own pumpkin patch!

Soccer

We think Trevor found his position in soccer....goalie! 

He loved playing goalie and had an awesome throw out too!

Cool Carats on Zulily!

Big things are starting to happen for Cool Carats!  Starting with placement on Zulily!

Mommy and Ashley who are the packaging models even made it on the site :)

Other big news on the business front is we hired a product sourcing company, fulfillment company and a PR/SEO/Social Ad Agency!  Things are running smoothly and we can't wait to see what the next few months hold.  Don't forget to get yours...or get one for a friend or parent.  They make great Christmas gifts :-)

AZ State Fair

On Sunday morning we finally agreed to check out the AZ State Fair with our friends the Nolans who had been asking for years.  We figured on a Sunday morning it probably wouldn't be too busy and in the day time it had to be safe :)  Plus it was $2 entrance and kids 5 and under are free so what was there to lose? 

The Nolans are experts at the AZ State Fair so we followed their lead and got Trevor an unlimited ride wrist band.  Tanner also got one so the three amigos went on ride after ride.

With that wrist band they also got a few free games.  Trevor popped a balloon on his first try so he won a prize!

 And the favorite water shooting game.  It was so sad that there were 6 of us and neither of the three times did any of us win!!  Sara usually is so good at this game!

Weeeeeeeee....down the giant slide!

You can kinda see on the left of this next picture that a giant bee swarm moved in right as they were going down the slide.  So we were yelling at them to hurry up and exit!

Ashley LOVED watching the bigger kids go on all of the rides.  She was laughing and laughing as brother went round and round on the Tilt-a-Wheel.  Mommy had to get a picture!  Two happy people here!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Tried our best at the ball racing game.  Sharon won!

And while the boys were in the haunted house Kennedy and Sharon took another shot at the water shooting game!  Sharon won again!  She was on a roll!

Trevor thought the haunted house was hilarious!
 
Next Tanner took the kids on the ferris wheel!

Trevor loved it!!

So cool!

Crossed that off Trevor's to do list.  He spotted it right when we pulled up and for sure wanted to go on it!

 Silly boy!

We think their favorite ride though was probably the fun house!  They went over and over and over! 

Mommy used to avoid the fun house when she was a kid because of the spinning tube thing at the end but Trevor, it was no problem!

Fire truck!

Pretty girl!  She was so happy to be at the fair today!

Even extra smiley when she gets a sucker!  Can't you just see/hear her saying cheese in this pic? 

And before we headed out we checked out the dinosaur exhibit.  Mommy's favorite dinosaur was there :)

So we only got a sprinkle/chocolate covered frozen banana at the fair before heading out (it was nap time) but we'll be back again.  It wasn't as ghetto as some people made it out to be and they had lots of yummy looking food that we will have to check out!
Nap time was important though because that evening we were invited over to Bobby and Julie's for our first Korean BBQ!!  The food was so so so delicious!!!!  And it was just a fun time as usual with that family and we got to meet some of their neighbor friends.  Brian was the favorite person for all three kids!  

Weekend of Popsicles, Target, Bethany, & Halloween Party

Time is just flying around here probably because there is never a dull moment and we all stay super busy!  Work is busy for Daddy, Mommy is busy balancing work with the kids schedules, and the kids are busy just being adorable!  One thing that has continued since Nana and Papa Steve left was the outside popsicle routine!  We should start buying stock in popsicles :)

On Saturday morning we loaded up our bike trailers and rode to Target to get Trevor's favorite donut...apple fritters!  While we were there Trevor decided he no longer wanted to be the airplane that he had in his costume box, so look out for Darth Vader!

That afternoon after naps our favorite babysitter Bethany came over to see the kids.  It's so apparent that she loves them so so much and as you can see the feeling is mutual.  Ashley didn't want to let go for a long time!

Trevor was so excited to play, play, play.  He even asked if we could go out somewhere so that Bethany could stay and play.  We are lucky to have her in our life!
 
On Saturday night Trevor and Mommy went to Gabriella's annual 'Mummy and Me' Halloween party.  We both had a lot of fun with our friends.  So much fun that we were there super late (some of us until 1am!!).  It was a good thing that Trevor took a 3+ hour nap that day because he was up until 11:30 partying with Gabriella!

May the force be with you!

Lisa throws the most amazing parties!  This is one of the favorite games.  Makes for fun pictures...no Trevor didn't do it!

Trevor and Charlie!

And another highlight from the night is Sara getting to hold 12 day Madeline for like an hour to help out her Mommy who was attending to her big sister Sophie.  It's no secret that Sara loves loves loves babies so she soaked up every minute with this little cutie!

What did Daddy and Ashley do during their special time?  Shopping and dinner at CostCo of course! 

Last but not least...this was probably around 9pm so you can imagine what happened from there.  But actually what happened was Lisa made a game out of cleaning up and her courtyard was back together in no time.  She's a smart lady :) 

MacDonald's Ranch

Our friend Katie organized a little outing at MacDonald's Ranch for their Fall festivities.  We are so glad that Friday's are family day and we could go! 

It is still crazy warm here in Phoenix and this day was no exception but we kept moving from activity to activity having fun.  Probably the event the kids stayed the longest at was lassoing (is that a word?).  They weren't so much lassoing as they were pulling the bull like when winning a game of tug-o-war.

The hay maze was also loads of fun for Liam, Jack, Trevor, Tripp and Claire:

There's Claire!

Shooting gallery:

Cow milking:

Water pumping duck races:

Horse racing:

 

Petting zoo!  (Trevor wasn't so sure about that!)

He's a smart boy and found a tractor in the shade!

'Take my picture Mommy'

Between the two boys they hit each of the targets twice!  They have some good arms!

Panning for gold with Liam:

At the end they could turn their gold in for candy!

The Feather clan:

And Ashley, poor Ashley just wasn't herself.  She kept rubbing her tummy and saying she was hungry so she spent some time in the stroller snacking and just not being her happy self :(

And then while waiting for the hay ride to take us to the pumpkin patch Ashley threw up all over Mommy.  Poor girl didn't feel good!!  So Mommy cleaned her up and then rushed her to the car because Sara's friends that were also there agreed that they would watch Trevor and bring him home (how awesome are those friends).  Ashley fell asleep within minutes of leaving MacDonald's Ranch and transferred to her crib where she slept for 3+ hours.  The heat must have gotten to her because she woke up fine and kept down food.

Trevor seemed to do just fine without Mommy and Ashley around as can be seen in all the pictures Katie took for Mommy.  He picked out a nice round medium size pumpkin.

Trevor with some of his besties...Claire and Jack.

And the whole crew!

Little Gracie included this time!  Too bad Ashley was missing but we'll have next year!

We were just glad that she woke up okay and was her normal cheerful self.  We were so confident that she was okay that we kept our plans that evening with our sitter so that we could go out for teppanyaki with our friends Nick and Kaelyn.  They are expecting their baby very soon so it was one last hurrah.  Always a fun time with those two and we weren't out too late!  Home by 10 :-)