Lance, Suzanne, & Ellie Cummard: Our Weekend Update

.. FRIDAY FUN DAY ..

Since the kids had "fall break for preschool" we took a lil field trip of our own to Superstition Farms.

It was really obvious that we were "city folks".

These 2 were so excited to see farm animals.

We fed them,

pet them,

and even watched them go to the bathroom.

I know... so exciting!!

BUT, the weather was good, & the kids were thrilled to get out of the house.

We met up with Crystal & kids for a quick bite.

{quick due to nasty farm flies & busy kiddos}

After lunch, we went on a HAY RIDE around the farm.
(We did this all 2 years ago... but I'm not sure the kids remembered that.)

After the ride, Ellie & Noah loved talking to all the cows.

If the kids would see a cow that had its heads stuck out to eat, they would run up & the cows would back up and just stare at them.

Were they afraid of the kids or the balloon?

THEN we found some friendly cows that let the kids pet them.....

and even feed them.
Noah and Ellie kept asking the cows things like:

"Hey, are you the grandpa cow?"

And then Noah thought it would be COW TALK to say to them:

"Hey COWaBUNGa!"

On our way to the car we said hello (and goodbye) to these cute calfs.

This one was barely a day old.

Ah, it was fun, but after smelling THAT SMELL, and having dust & hay all over you.. it was time to scadaddle.

Look kids he just said........

Yes, that cow was licking the metal fence- over & over & trying to eat it.

Time for anti bacterial x 10!

Crystal told us about something fun for kids in downtown Mesa that was later on that night.

Since it was free - Lance & I decided to take Ellie.

The kids got to wear costumes & get a very early start at trick-or-treating. Since Ellie's costume is not finshed, she picked something out from her dress up trunk. She felt like a true PRINCESS.

Since daddy was with us... Ellie was spoiled.
She wanted her face painted with a rainbow... so he let her.

We walked up & down Main Street.

We ran in to this PIG....

Could this have been the same PIG STATUE that potty trained Elle before she was 2? Seriously, I think it was. Look at these celebrities we ran into? (Cousin Calee with some of her girl cousins!)
We did finally meet up with Crystal. (who told all of us about it)

... SATURDAY ...

Ellie and I decided to finally take back some stuff to Chandler Mall.

Luckily, we were joined by Roxy, Alisse, Shalae, & my mom.

After that I had so much to do.

Instead of getting things done, I went outside, got comfy on the hammock, and read my new cook book -

"Deceptively Delicious" by Jessica Sinfield.

Auburn joined me as we just watched our girls play. It was so nice outside. Soon it even turned to jacket weather! CRAZY!

When Lance took Ellie over to Cummards that night, Roxy was so sad/mad that her Elle Belle left. She entertained herself for awhile... but soon she ran up to my dad (who had to relax for once in his life due to surgery). My dad said she ran up to him, put her head on his shoulder & never moved. She just needed to crash. It was so cute.

Auburn took us in her new ride to dinner. And we made sure to play it's theme song: We enjoyed lots of freeness at Paradise Bakery & then Ocean Blue.