Halloween part 3 of 3

I am so glad to be getting all of this blogging done. I guess I have been busy lately and it is just piling up.

On actual Halloween night the cousins came over to go trick or treating in our neighborhood with Nais. They brought a friend with them too. Before trick or treating we had a yummy dinner of chick-fil-a! Vafa and Venous took the kids out and Kian and I stayed home and passed out candy. Nais is such a bog boy...he held his basket the whole time and said trick or treat and thank you to everyone.

Halloween part 2 of 3

We had a little Halloween party in our culdesac for some of our friends and kids...it was mostly for the kids. We had food...walking tacos, aka frito pies, everyone brought an appetizer, drinks, we had a play-do station, a doughnut game, and each family brought treats for trick or treating stations. It was a busy but fun night. All the kids dressed up and some of the adults did too. Nais wore his turtle costume from last year to this party.

I think all the kids enjoyed themselves...hopefully we can do it again next year!

Here are all the kids...minus Kian of course..he fell asleep....

and here is Nais in his turtle costume.

Halloween part 1 of 3

Our community where we live has a Halloween event every year. It was called the Boo Bash this year. They have food, bounce houses, face painting, games, and all kinds of stuff for the kids to do. We went to that the Friday before Halloween. Nais wore his china man costume for this event and Kian wore his zebra costume. Nais pretty much stayed in the barnyard bounce house the whole time. I guess he is over his bounce house fear :-)

Lake Havasu

We got invited by some friends of ours, that Vafa knows from residency, to come along on the annual trip they take with their families. They all went to residency together and now live in different parts of the US. So...let me introduce you to the families.

The Schanzers: Danny, Ben, Andy, and Andrea

The Goldfarbs: Jeremy, Misha, Ilona, and Jonah

and The Nanigians:Sarah, Dana, Maya, and Brad

All of them are super nice, sweet, and funny. So, needless to say we had a great vacation. Naison had so much fun playing with all the kids and we had fun every night hanging with adults!

We rented a house in Lake Havasu, AZ so we just had a few hours drive and we were there. The house had a swimming pool and hot tub. There was a lot of swimming, jumping off the diving board, and chilin in the hot tub going on.

We hit the beach a couple of times while we were there and rented a house boat for 2 days, which was so much fun. We would set out on the lake in the morning, find a nice beach spot to stop at and grill lunch, play for a while, and then head back to the house. It was the perfect amount of time on the boat. However, Nais would not nap on the boat so he was so tired by the end of the day.

There was a slide and the kids enjoyed playing in the sand and water, and jumping on the beds! Kian just got carried wherever we went. He is a go with the flow kind of kid!

Every night a different family made dinner. There was so much variety in our food...I was loving it. We had fish, burgers, tacos, salads, and we made Persian food. The guys all went fishing for a day but didn't catch that much. Other than that, the kids did lots of crafts, watched movies, ate snacks, hung out, and enjoyed each other.

Here are all the kids minus Kian...

and here is the best group shot! Thanks Andy!

We had such a good time with everyone. Thanks to all of the amazing families for inviting us and being so fun to hang out with. Hope to see you all soon. Love to all!

Pumpkins

I typically blog in chronological order but I am waiting on pictures from someone so I am skipping our Lake Havasu trip and will come back to it when I get the pictures.

We went to MacDonalds Ranch this year again to visit the pumpkin patch and take a hay ride with the boys. We went with a few other families and their kids. It was kind of hot so it didn't exactly feel like it was fall and we had on shorts and tank tops. That's Arizona for you.

When we got there we headed to the petting zoo and Jason stopped to teach Nais some golf. Then we went on a hayride that took us out to the pumpkin patch.

We played in the pumpkin patch for a while and we all got family shots...thanks Stephanie! The kids had fun picking up all the different sized pumpkins.

This was Naison's favorite pumpkin...kind of weird looking, but he loved it.

Here is a shot of the kids minus Kian. (From right to left...Kennedy, Nais Layla, Kaelynn)

3 Months already!

Well Kian turned 3 months old like 2 weeks ago, but here is the update. We didn't have a doctors appointment but I did weigh him myself and he was 15.6lbs...which I think is huge! He is sleeping from 8:30pm-6am..sometimes he wakes up at 5:30am. I think that is pretty darn good and I am happy with the amount of sleep that I get too. He is eating about every 3-4 hours and takes 3 naps usually. Here is his pic at 3 months...as you can see he is filling out nicely.

Here is a little update about Naison. He is loving helping out with his little brother. He likes to take the diapers to the trash and the dirty laundry to the hamper. He says baby Kian all the time. He also says "no crying" or "stop crying" when Kian is crying. It's kind of cute but sometimes he likes to scream it louder than Kian is crying. Nais is getting to be a little whiny..not sure if it is his age or the fact that he is getting 4 teeth right now. It is probably a little of both but I think most of it is his age. He does not like to be told no and I find myself saying it ALOT!

I take both of the boys to the doctor on November 8th so I will have another update then. Kian goes for his 4 month and Nais goes for his 2 yr. I can't believe I have an almost 2 year old!

Vic and Neda visit AZ

Holy cow am I behind on blogging. I have never been this behind! Hopefully there will be lots of posts and I will get caught up quick!

Victor and Neda came to visit the AZ family September 30th for a long weekend. We had so much fun while they were here. We got to see a lot of the cousins too. The first morning they were here we went to a farmer's market and shopped and played frisbee.

We also went out to dinner a few times and went swimming in the Aviano pool...which all the kids love!

We did some high quality hanging out with the family!

Thanks for coming to visit Victor and Neda...please come back soon. We miss you lots! We had a blast!