Halloween

Sam's 2nd Halloween was much more
eventful than her first...lol
She dressed up as a pink poodle (what else)
She wore her outfit around the mall
and Toys R us during the day and went
trick or treating for about 20 minutes
before it was bedtime. One of the houses
we went to had their two poodles out
front with them and Sam ran up and hugged
them, we were afraid she might try to
drag them home with her. Here are some pics


Chilling at home in the costume

What a cute poodle :)

the end of trick or treating....Sam was pretty

wiped.

who could resist the ball of pink cuteness?

Walking with daddy down the street

Fall in Arizona

Pumpkin Carving
We went over to my sister in law's home and
carved pumpkins with the family. We had so
much fun..even Sam got into it. We are pretty
impressed with how they turned out.

A haunted house, four ghosts and wolves
howling at the moon...pretty impressive huh?


Close up of our joint effort at carving the
pumpkin



Our nephew Adrian cutting his haunted house
out


Sam and I pulling the pumpkin guts out

putting the guts in the bowl...not in our mouths

AZ STATE FAIR

We took Sam to the AZ State Fair, didn't ride

any rides, but she enjoyed the animals, food,

and plethora of kids running around.


They had a big play area with big legos.

Sam had fun stacking them up.

Attempting to ride the tractor :)

A little help from mom.

Attempting to milk the faux cow

She liked the brown cow better than the black

and white one....didn't know there was a difference.

We bought her a little Dora doll, she wouldn't

put it down.

Samantha and Daddy on the fareway

Pumpkin Patch

I took Sam to a small farm in Phoenix and she

got to run around, play with other kids, and point

at every pumpkin she saw....that took awhile. :)


Dancing in the pumpkin patch

Pointing at the pumpkin

enjoying the petting zoo

Sam's new friend

Sam was playing in a huge pile of corn kernels..

interesting change from a sandbox.

pointing at more stuff

Hanging at the Ballpark

here we are enjoying a Dbacks game...well Sam
enoyed it most of the time, but she also enjoyed
napping with Daddy.

Naptime with daddy

enjoying a little snack.....or so she thought.

Samantha and I

She never leaves the poor people in front of us

alone, but they love her so they don't mind.

Working on pulling myself up!

Alright, so this post is a little late :) but here are
some pics of Samantha pulling herself up on the
furniture. We were so hesitant to let her start
moving around cause we were afraid she would
fall and hit her head...but that is now a daily
occurence.

First Mercury Game

We took Samantha to opening night of the WNBA
season and watched the Phoenix Mercury win the
first game of the season. Samantha appeared to
have a good time.

Can't decide whether to clap or chew

Sitting in her own seat

Playing with grandpa Larry

Standing up on Grandma Karen....Sam stands

up as often as she can, she doesn't care where

its at

Samantha with Grandpa and Grandma Ellis

The view of the court

Our family

Staring contest :)

Having a good time

Walking around..with a little help

Watching the game intently


The view from the cheap seats....pretty cute

view huh?

Sam's first trip to Vegas

Anthony was in the Employee event of the World
Series of Poker and we tagged along to support
him. He did very well, but did not make the money.

There's always next year :) We also had a little fun

while we were in Vegas, including dinner at Toby

Keith's I love this bar restaurant.

Samantha and her daddy outside the casino

where the tournament was held

Sam hanging out with Uncle Scott

Waiting outside while daddy plays some cards

Samantha and Grandpa Larry spending some

quality time together

Anthony playing in the tournament

What a poker face!

Samantha and Anthony

Our family outside the bar

The residents of Charter Oak

Me and Anthony

Samantha having a good time

She was having more fun playing with the sweet

potato than eating it

Scott accepd the challenge at the restaurant,

which made all of our stomach turn. He ate a 32

oz burger with a 16 ounce bun, 32 oz beer, 16

ounces of fries, a full pickle, tomato and onion...i

think that was all he had to eat. He did finish it

and got a t shirt and a picutre on the wall so if you

ever visit the Toby Keith's I Love This Bar bar and

restaurant at the Harrahs' Casino in Vegas, check
out his picture on the wall.

That smile did not last long, but this is what it

looked like when it arrived.

Much bigger than it sounded! Amazing!

Probably an hour later and half way through

Yeah she fell asleep waiting for him to finish

Standing up to try to "move things around" so

he could finish

Proof he completed the task

Samantha just hanging out on the strip

She loves Vegas

Samantha saw this dog in the store and lit up

everytime we walked past it, and now she

sleeps with it every night...so cute