Happy Birthday, Grandma!

Grandma Dixie is celebrating her 64th birthday on Sunday. She had much assistance celebrating ... a trip to Sedona and Jerome with Grandpa Jim, breakfast at the Good Egg with the family, and angel food cake with strawberries (and lots of candles!) Luke was very excited about helping Grandma celebrate her birthday and reminding her that she's 64 and he's 3. Happy Birthday, Mimi!

Ready for the WWF.

These two in the lightweight division took to a wrestling match in the grass today.

Park time.

We enjoyed some park time tonight. The last 2 days have been a little rainy/cloudy (plus 3 out of 4 Leahys have been sick this last week). We ventured out and about for a picnic/fishing excursion this evening. No bites by the fish, but we sure enjoyed our cheese pizza from Nicantoni's!
We have begun some investigative research quizzing the other fishermen at the lake as to what to use as bait. So far the survey says the following work well to catch the large carp: chunks of bread, hot dogs, shrimp (wait a minute there ... those silly fish that you have to throw back in the water if you catch them are not eating better than we do!) Tonight, the bait du jour was pizza crusts.

A vet, a duck, and a cow walk into a mall...

While true to life, it's no joke that Papa, Luke & Reid were cracking each other up with these hats today at the mall. Luke was sporting Reid's duck cap, Reid was loving his new cow hat, and Papa ... well, he just likes that Grayhawk hat. Glad these little animals were in good care with their veterinarian grandfather.

Anchors away.

Here is Reid at 5 months, looking sharp in his sailor suit. Yes, it's been warm here so we've had to bust out the summer wear.

Have Brother, Will Travel.

The Leahy brothers have a new mode of transportation these days! Luke likes to ride his bike and pull Reid behind him in the bike trailer. Papa came up with this configuration, and Luke is so proud to be able to help out his little brother! Let's roll!

Cheers!

The O'Leahys enjoyed celebrating St. Patty's Day with the neighborhood leprechauns and the O'Nelson grandparents who are in town for a visit. Papa enjoyed holding this Irish brew and baby!

A fresh new coat of paint.

Jami enjoyed an afternoon with Terese and Heidi at Camelback Inn for pedicures and a little toe TLC. What fun girl time and a great chance to relax and chat while being pampered, too!

Drink up.

Reid has become Mr. Independent with his bottle and likes to hold it on his own now. He misses the target sometimes and we have a drippy mess to clean up, but for the most part he likes to chug on his own these days.

Golfing at Grayhawk.

Our friends Heidi and Mike Pollmann were in town visiting this past week, so Scott joined them and our friend Terese for an afternoon of golf at Grayhawk. Scott doesn't get to hit the links too often, so he enjoyed a good round of golf with good friends. The rest of the family joined everyone for lunch beforehand.

Heidi, Terese, Scott, and Mike pose for a pic before a highly competitive round of golf!

Save me!

"Why does this big kid always try and get in the swing with me?! Doesn't he know this is a solo swing? He's cramping my style!"

Hangin' around.

One of Luke's favorite things at the park is to ride the zip line. He's watched the older kids zip down and back, so he's perfected the skill after much research from watching the big kids! So here he is ... just hangin' around ... mid zip!

Harvest Fest!

This weekend we attended a fun gathering at our friends the Herndons. Good grilltime, good socializing, good weather ... what more could you want!

Luke and his pal Owen survey this pile of freshly picked oranges to determine what kind of trouble they could stir up with that many oranges. They had to be reminded a few times to not throw them!

Reid is a fun date for Mom at this party! He was on his best behavior!

Rollin' through the zoo.

The zoo has been our 2nd home lately. We're really putting that family membership to use this spring! We took a trip today with our friends the Glanvilles and enjoyed the 85 degree temps. Here are the little monkeys as we rolled through the zoo.

Robby, Ethan, Reid & Luke take the grand tour of the zoo!

The Music Men.

The boys received a care package from Papa yesterday, which contained enough instruments for the boys to start a rock band. So we've been enjoying the musical interludes of our newly discovered talents of playing the drums, kazoo, castanets, maracas, harmonica, etc. When Luke and Reid make it big on the rock band scene, be sure to get in line for autographs.

Little drummer boy ... Reid takes a seat inside the drum.

Luke gets ready to shake, shake, shake!

Take me out to the ballgame.

March is one of our favorite months in Arizona because it's spring training season! Being the big baseball fans that we are ... okay, some of us in the family are more so than others but who doesn't like to catch a few innings from time to time ... we look forward to catching a few games during the month when Arizona weather is at its finest. We were especially pleased when the ol' home team of the Kansas City Royals moved its spring training to AZ several years ago. We wish the boys in blue were right in our backyard, but no such luck. Their home games are played in Surprise, AZ, which is a good hour trip to the west side. But we try to at least catch one game on their home field each spring. Today was that special day for Scott and Luke. They met up with Eric and some of his friends to catch the game against the Rangers. Go Royals!

Scott teaches Luke the basics of being a Royals SuperFan!

Rub-a-dub-dub.

Leahy boys are in the tub! Luke and Reid love to splish splash around in the tub. Luke was even generous enough to share his ocean animals with Reid, who took quite a liking to chomping on this octopus. And yes, crazy bath hair was required for this photo!

A fishing expedition.

Today we enjoyed our first fishing expedition! We went to Target to carefully select the appropriate equipment for this venture ... a $15 all-in-one fishing pole set including rod and reel, lures, and bobbers. After getting our HOA fishing license, we chose the perfect fishing spot on the lake by our local park. We spent about an hour fishing but no bites. (Side note: that's probably a good thing considering that the fish in our community lakes are these gigantic carp no less than 12 inches long ... so not sure how Mom would have gotten that one off the hook to throw it back in the water.)

While our first fishing adventure didn't land us the "big one," we do have some good stories to share and some good lessons learned by Luke (Mom had to make up these rules as we went along.)
1. The end of the fishing pole is not used to bop ducks on the head.
2. When reeling in the line, you need to go slowwwwwwwwly.
3. The fishing pole is not used as a sword.

Down on the Farm.

Our friend Terese met us for a fabulous Sunday lunch out at the Farm at South Mountain. We've been having the most amazing weather lately, so better take advantage of it before the heat wave hits! We enjoyed a picnic lunch, toured the property a bit, and played some tee ball.

Wine & Dine.

On Saturday night, we joined some of our Poker Group friends for a night out at Postino Wine Cafe. Delish food and divine wines ... what a great date night out for us! The boys enjoyed their own date night with our ASU Theta babysitter Sara!