Horsey Ride!

Since Trevor was a little stinker at the PetSmart event Mommy (aka sucker) took him to MacDonald's ranch where he got to ride a big horsey around and around.  He was so proud sitting on the horse and riding it with the trail guide leading.  Afterward he told anyone and everyone about it!  That was worth every penny of the $5 for this Mommy! 

What a Cool Company!

Coming from a FFF (fast, fun and friendly) company at Target we weren't entirely sure what to expect PetSmart's culture to be (of course Brian researched before accepting the job but still) and we are happy to report that PetSmart too is FFF!  One night we attended family movie night where food and beverages were served and they had chairs, tables and beanbags(!) set up for the viewing of WallE!  What a fun time!!

Then a few weeks later they had Western Family night that was so cool it can't even be described in words!  Everything was done to the top including the invites and all of the activities in food.  You name it, they had it - facepainting, a band with dancing, old time photo booth, a petting zoo, a train ride, pony rides, cowboy hats and bandanas, picture stations....too much to even mention!

We started the evening with a horse and wagon ride complete with a cowboy serenade!

Trevor was all excited for the pony ride up until they assigned him his horse and he wouldn't get on.  Apparently he wanted the bigger horse.  So off he went and no ride for him :(

We devoured a fabulous dinner of pulled pork sandwiches (hot dog for Trevor of course), chips, beans and homemade root beer floats.  Another highlight of the evening was having dinner with the CEO Bob.  As it turns out he was sitting at the table right next to us but then everyone at the table got up and left (did they not realize they were dining with the CEO??) so Brian leaned over and said 'Bob if you'd like you can join us' which he did!  We had a great conversation and Trevor and Bob bonded over their love of potato chips...so much so that when Bob said there is no such thing as too many potato chips Trevor reached into his chips and handed one to Bob, which if we remember correctly he took!  In any case, the man with the blue bandana in this picture is Bob and his 9 year old daughter is in pink (she wasn't too happy about the outfit her Dad picked out for her to wear to the event!).

One of the last activities we participated in for the evening was a dog show that had various acts.  Here a dog climbs up the ladder and jumps off to his owner.  Trevor was very impressed with this and watches the video Mommy shot over and over on her phone!  Can't wait to see what event is up next at PetSmart!  What a cool company!

Train park

One of Trevor's favorite places in AZ is the train park...which you've all seen a million pictures of before but you know Mommy, she always has her camera ready to capture images that are precious memories.  Including this, Trevor waiting very patiently for his ride on the train!

She also captured Trevor looking very intensely at the other kids riding in 'our' train car:

As well as a tired Trevor fighting off the sandman for one quick train ride:

And then there were those darn ears!  Not sure if this is the start of an ear infection but we did learn at the end of March back in MN that one of his tubes did fall out.  Hoping that the dry, warm AZ climate helps keep the ear infections at bay!

Golf Course

After dinner each night, Trevor requests to go to the golf course.  Normally they just run around and chase each other but the other day Trevor found some golf balls and a golf club in the Hillins garage and just had to go try it out!

He's pretty good, although very stubborn and wouldn't listen to anyone on how to properly hold the club.  He just hits and hits until it goes in the hole and he does his happy dance!

Shoulders

Trevor is big into 'shoulders' lately.  Ask him if wants to do shoulders and he turns around so you can pick him up and says 'yes, sure!'  It really is the cutest thing and no one can really turn him down including Papa John!  It's not the easiest or most comfortable thing to do with a 32 pound grandson but he does it out of love.  Precious!

Yay - Furniture Shopping

Trevor found the perfect piece of furniture (or so he thought) when out shopping.  He is certainly a trooper and would probably out last Mommy when shopping!  Mommy isn't a fan of furniture shopping even though she has a 4,000 sq. foot house to now figure out.  Here's to hoping most of our current furniture will work (minus the pieces our MN home buyers purchased)!

Watering Flowers

Trevor is fascinated with helping Papa John water the flowers and his cactus.  It must be a kid thing to do because we remember well when our niece Lauren helped Papa with the same task!

AZ Zoo!

We had a family outing to the Phoenix zoo on a nice hot day at the end of April.  The heat will not stop us from having fun but thank goodness for misters!

Trevor really enjoyed all of the exhibits, especially the big turtles because they were on the move.  Usually when we'd see them in MN they'd be sleeping!

We stopped for a lunch break for Trevor (a hot dog of course) and he found some friends who wanted to share his lunch.  Trevor is like 'hey, what are you doing??'

Hey, Uncle Steve, Trevor is a John Deere boy at heart :)  Forget pilot or pianist, maybe his calling is a farmer?  He sure enjoyed pretending to drive the big green tractor!

Dentist

We attended story/play time at the local library and we just happened to be there when the county dentist hygienist was there teaching us all about good teeth habits.  She offered to check Trevor's teeth and he was a rock star.  Opened right up, she checked everything out and said they looked great!  They even put on a fluoride treatment for free which we later learned Sara's Mom paid $35 for!  Keep up the good brushing Trevor!

Sunglasses

We've been trying to get Trevor to wear his sunglasses given how bright it is in AZ all the time - seriously does it ever get cloudy and cold here?  In any case, Trevor is still getting used to them but he does pretty good!