The land made out of Legos...

Better known as Legoland California.  It did not disappoint!  As we were waiting to pay for parking they could see the park and the front gate, Harrison started to sing his own little song about Legos and the land made out of Legos.  Nothing melts my heart like happy kids, and nothing says happy like a 4 year old singing while his big brother is speechless and giggling with delight!  :)  

I can proudly say they both rode everything!!  Which is a pretty big deal!  This was right after our first roller coaster... and they LOVED it! :)

Reagan got to be the cheerleader!  :)  

Getting ready for some healthy competition!  ...They killed it!  :)

Cutest shark bait ever!  :)

The closest to New York City we've ever been!  :)  The miniatures were incredible!

Always the kid at heart!  Patrick wanted his own picture with Darth!  :)  (He was huge! Patrick is 6'6"!)

2 days of giggles and fun!  :)  We were nervous about how it would go!  We weren't even sure they would ride anything!  But it was SO worth it!  :)

The Ocean

For spring break (in March) we decided to head to sunny California for some family fun time!  We stayed in Oceanside for a couple of nights, right on the beach, and the boys couldn't get enough of the ocean!  Neither one of them had seen it before, so there were lots of giggles and excitement!  ....And, of course, they had to get in!  (Even though it was only in the 60s!) :)

PaTrIcK's DaY!

Ah, the green holiday!  Fun for lots of reasons.  We had green milk and another visit from a leprechaun, which included a search for lost gold coins.  They like anything that involves treasure!  :)  And we all got our green on...

This one deserves a shot from the back!  ;) 

Patrick got to enjoy the spoils of having his own holiday!  Package from the Chapman's and everything, he now owns his very own P-Swizzle t-shirt!  :) (I don't know why I don't have a picture, he wore it for days! haha.) I also managed to get a picture of his fro before we cut it all off!  If there was ever a question as to where Harrison gets his hair, this should clear it up! LOL!

We left for San Diego the next morning, so there is lots more to come! :) 

Patrick and the Rock

March started out a little rough!  We had an incident with a broken glass door:

Jennie's Version of events via FB:
I was startled by the sound of a rock shattering our back door... PATRICK said he wasn't trying to hit the door. He was mad and threw a rock and it bounced. He was MAD and he threw a ROCK! I honestly laughed.  Then I asked him if he knew how old he sounded.  haha.  I am SO proud! He then proceeded to tell the boys, who were witnesses, "This is why we don't throw rocks!". How profound! ...He is now installing a new door!

Patrick's Version of events via FB:
Listen up America! When you get mad at your dog for jumping on your kid, don't pick up a rock and throw it at the dog. You may miss the dog and the rock may take a bad bounce off the patio and shatter the glass in one of your back doors. $250, 2 hours, and a good scolding from my BEAUTIFUL & LOVING wife later, I got it replaced. But don't worry. I was able to take my boys, who witnessed the incident, and explain to them the importance of not losing your temper and not throwing rocks. Teach by example I always say.
Broken door:

New door:

I don't think I need to add much to that.  Although I love how he made it sound like it was some awesome teaching moment!  hahaha.  At best, I think we learned something, although there is still a debate as to what the something was!  ;)

February FuN!

Uncle Kenny came to visit for a few days, which is always fun!  And naturally I didn't take many pictures.  ;)  But I did get some of him and the boys in his rental car (he flew in/out of Phoenix)... which had them all drooling!  :)  (Harrison and his cool shades crack me up!)

And in true Arizona weirdness... school isn't out for Presidents Day.  Instead we have Rodeo Days!  :)  So while Jackson was out of school for that, Patrick actually took them to the Rodeo!  haha.  They loved it... it's sort of in their blood.  And they are the three most handsome cowboys ever!

Big Girl!

Good grief, I am so behind!  I wish there was a good excuse, but there isn't.  I have just been busy with life... and that hasn't left much time to record it!  :)  But we have been busy, so I am going to play catch-up... again.  Hold on to your pants, there is about to be an overload of pictures of some very cute kids! :)

First up, Reagan.  She has been the main reason for so much of our business lately (both because she is all over the place and because of her schedule!).  She is working with 4 therapists right now:  Physical, Occupational/Feeding, Speech and Development.  They are all wonderful and I am constantly grateful for all of the help and teaching they do!  (Because truthfully, they are teaching me too so that I can in turn work with and teach her.)  And as usual, the hard work is paying off!  Toward the end of January, Reagan decided to start pulling herself up to furniture!  :)  She started out easy, with things she could really hold on to, like her crib.  And is now pulling up to everything!  Pretty darn exciting!  She is usually so proud of herself that she'll do all the work to sit back down just so she can give herself a nice round of applause!  hahaha.  She is a funny little duck! 

She has also developed a serious love of books!  Pulling them off the self, throwing them, and even sometimes actually turning the pages.  ;)  She likes to squawk (It's a sound we usually compare to a dinosaur.) while she "reads", it's pretty funny... and loud! :)  She spends a lot of her time in this corner.

She is getting so big and independent!  It's pretty fantastic!  I get asked a lot lately "how old she really is?".  Well folks, she's 2.  hahaha.  But I know what is being asked is her developmental age.  The answer to that is she is 2 years going on about 10-11 months.  And going strong!  :)  Now that's physical development, if we're talking about attitude, she's 2 going on 15!  In typical girl style!  :)  We don't have any underachievers in this family!  hahaha. 

The Party!

Her birthday was on Sunday so the partying didn't start until after church.  But these are from before!

She had a lot of fun (and a lot of help) opening her presents!  :)

She was spoiled!

And then after dinner we had some cake!  Her first real birthday cake! And she loved it!  :) 

She is so stinking funny!

We were very low-key about it all, she seems to like things that way for the most part. I love my little family!  And I love this little girl!  :)