First chomper.

Better grill up a steak ... Reid's first tooth is coming in! Mom discovered it today!

Oh, what a beautiful morning ... at the park!

Now that it's heating up outside, our park time has moved up to the earlier morning time slot. We ventured out to Tumbleweed Park in Chandler to hit the newly constructed Playtopia. The kids loved all the fun play equipment and the sand pit with "dinosaur bones" to uncover.

Luke, Robby & Emma take a whirl on the tire swing! Whee!

Kickin' it.

This week marked the start of another soccer league. Scott, Charity, and Eric are all playing on the co-ed team this time around. The fan club (Jami & the boys) joined them to watch the first game. Here's to a fun season ahead!

Ready to roll.

Jami has swapped her running shoes for rollerblades these days. The bike trailer detaches to make a double jogger, so she loads up the boys and off they roll! Luke and Reid love to zip along as Mom blades around the neighborhood.

Memorial Weekend.

It was a nice long relaxing weekend for the Leahy family. We joined our friends for dinner (see previous pics), hit the pool at LifeTime Fitness with our friend Terese, rearranged some furniture at home, spent some time on the Slip N Slide in the backyard, and hung out with Uncle E a bit last night. There was no rest for the wee one though. Reid is crawling everywhere and is a man on a mission!

A picture is worth a thousand words.

There are times when the camera is able to capture a photograph that so perfectly illustrates life at its finest moments. This is one of those. A nice family picture gone awry...

Theta / DU Reunion.

Tonight we enjoyed seeing some old Theta and DU friends from our college days. While we wish the circumstances gathering us together were better (our friends were in town visiting their father who had major surgery this week), it is always good to spend time reminiscing and catching up on life.

DU Reunion Tour: Eric, Scott, future DU Luke, and Josh Jones.

Future Theta Sweetheart Luke, Jami, Melissa Lamer Dunn, and Melissa Jones Neff.

Double dare.

"Hey Reid, I double dare you to walk across Dad's back like he's a bridge."

Crawling!

It's official ... Reid is crawling! He started on Monday, and within a few days, he's gained some speed and distance. He is enjoying being able to motor over to a toy across the room or to check out what Luke is doing. He hasn't discovered the stairs ... yet!

An ounce of bounce.

The boys' pal Geovanee loaned us this jumperoo. Check out Reid in full bounce action.

Summer Camp at Rolly Pollies.

Luke is going to hit some summer camp sessions at Rolly Pollies in the next few months. At this 3-hour drop-off program, he gets to play in the gym, exercise his artistic skills, and do a little singing. He came home today with a multitude of art projects including this portrait of himself and a very funny puppet crafted out of a brown paper bag.

Weekend Update.

This weekend we switched gears a bit. Jami traveled for her Theta volunteer position and made a chapter visit in San Luis Obispo, CA, at Cal Poly. It was similar to K-State with its agricultural influence, but just on the coast! So while Mom was away, Scott stepped in as SuperDad to take on double duty with the boys. While Jami was busy advising the sorority women, Scott was busy advising the boys to stay out of trouble! The Leahy men had fun swimming, eating pizza, and hitting the park. Reid practiced his crawling and pulling up skills, too. A busy weekend for all!

Born to be wild.

Reid has been riding Harleys lately with our neighbor John. (Just kidding ... the bike is parked, but we couldn't resist this fun photo opp!)

Triple trouble.

Our playgroup hit the mall today to escape the 100-degree temps. Luke enjoyed fun times with his friends Thomas and Alec.

7 Months & Swimming.

It's fun to look back at photos to see Reid at the stages now that Luke once went through. This is a photo of the boys both at 7 months swimming. Reid took his first official swim in the big pool this weekend. He's quite a little fish already!

Happy Mom's Day!

What a wonderful Mother's Day it has been! The flu bug hit our family hard this week, so it was nice to be back on the go again! The boys treated Jami to the traditional breakfast out at the Wildhorse Pass Resort for Mom's Day.

"Mom, can you make my chocolate milk at home like this? It's fancy!"


"I'm serious about showing Mom a fun time today!"

Water, water everywhere.

Once upon a time there was a father left to take care of two young lads while their mother got her hair cut. The father was making an earnest attempt to get the boys dressed, cleaned up, and out the door for their dinner plans with their mother. The older boy -- a spirited 3-year-old -- was taking his final restroom stop before heading out the door. Since it was taking longer than usual, the father checked on the son, only to discover that an entire roll of toilet paper had mysteriously worked its way into the toilet. The father, also an expert plumber, got the plunger to assist with the situation. Thinking the issue was resolved, Plumber Pops flushed the toilet ... only to have the water spewing over the toilet bowl onto the bathroom floor. Water, water everywhere.

The father (along with the son's feeble attempts to help) began sopping up the water with multiple towels as quickly as possible. In the midst of the clean-up efforts, the smoke alarm began to resonate a shrill piercing sound throughout the house. This then activated the shrill piercing cry of the younger 6-month-old son. Upon further investigation, there was no smoke causing the alarm to sound, so the father placed Priority 1 on cleaning up the overflow and Priority 2 on turning off the smoke alarm. (The father also figured that Priority 3 of calming the baby would be accomplished when Priority 2 was resolved.) With Step 1 complete, the father moved on to taking down the smoke alarm from the vaulted ceiling with a ladder (a rake was another tool used but it proved to be unsuccessful). A few peaceful seconds passed, but then a 2nd smoke alarm started its all too familiar sound downstairs! The father raced downstairs to find water dripping through the AC vents from the toilet incident. The smoke detector was hooked to the main wiring in the house that had gotten wet and set both of them off. Water, water everywhere.

The father then proceeded to call the mother starting off the conversation with, "Someday this is something we will laugh about..."

Facelift to the front yard.

The front yard at 337 S. Ocean Drive is looking a little better these days. There were a few freezing winter nights that got the best of our bushes and trees, so out with the old and in with the new! We put some rock in our side yard by our driveway, planted 2 new Chinese elm trees, and replaced some of the sidewalk leading up to our front door. Now, if we can just keep the new trees thriving through the ultra hot summer...

Campout.

Scott and Luke went on a father/son camping trip with our friends the Wellings, including dad Kenn and sons Christian, Truman, and Nate. They journeyed out to the Superstition Mountains east of the city. One highlight of the trip was taking a nature walk this morning with the park ranger. Luke even received an honorary park ranger badge!

The clean-up crew tidies up the tent. From left: Luke sweeps, Truman & Kenn supervise, and Christian rolls up a sleeping bag.

A little water will make you sprout.

Luke must have thought that Reid needed a little water to make him grow ... or else that it was fun to spray baby brother with the hose. Probably the latter! Luke is sporting his new swimwear for the season. Reid got stuck with some Luke hand-me-down trunks. Surf's up!