LEGOLAND, CA

McKay and Emerson....This is a pirate ride and we are all pirates, as you can see! This ride is awesome because not only can you soak passersby, but they can soak you. There are water soakers on the boat, and outside the enclosure for viewers to enjoy as well. The kids wanted to go on this over and over. We were all soaked!
Rick and Brahm soaking me.
A cute picture of Daddy and Brahm. Brahm has this new thing when we ask him to smile for pix, he gives us this strange look.
I admit, I had lots of fun soaking people on this ride. The kid in me just came right out at Legoland. I highly recommend it...that is, the ride, and Legoland, too.

Mini Legoland cities

McKay and Emerson on "the strip" in Las Vegas.












Yep, since you know we'd never go there...here is the closeset the kids will ever go, with us anyway.

Mini New York City.

fun rides and stuff..

Dad and McKay getting ready to start this ride. It's way up in the air, above everything, and it twists you around and upside down, sideways and backwards, etc. I would have thrown up, but these boys took it like men.









Emerson got on the same ride, barely making the required height, as you can see. He was given a less radical ride; one that only went side to side and not upside down, etc.

The Legoland miniature cities were incredible!!! We spent a good hour looking at them and still missed a few things. It was so neat! Here is downtown D.C. There are lots more photos, but could't put them all in.

Legoland cont...

They have the awesomest Bionicle Building center. Kids with boys...you gotta go!

I don't deny that I had some fun myself.

Brahm is the cutest knight ever.

The ride for this was awesome, but Brahm was too small so we waited outside where they had this huge lego built, fire breathing dragon.

Brahm and Emerson kept causing "traffic jams" in the water. It was sorta funny, sorta embarassing, to watch. Emerson truly enjoyed the power to control the boat.





Josh and Jonas on the lamest, slowest ride ever that had the longest (1/2 hr.) line of any ride at Legoland!















The first time we went with Rick's sister, Peggy, and her husband Josh, and kids Jonas and Noah. Here's all the boys just piddling in some water in a dinosaur's pawprint.













Peg and Noah on that same lame ride. Luckily it was one of the first rides and we were able to get on lots of other fun rides during our time there.

More Legoland

Waiting in line for a ride. We went on a school day both times and there were almost no lines for most the rides. And when there were lines, they were super short, like 15 minutes max. It was so awesome!
A little bit of Indiana Jones here.
Brahm driving a car. He really wasn't that good and I felt relieved when he was done that they don't give drivers licences to 4 year olds...especially not mine!
McKay and Emerson on the ride in front of us. It was cool cuz the ride takes you way up high above most everything and you can see the other people and rides quite far.

Growing Miles

Here's some updated photos of Miles. His eyes aren't blue or brown, but kind of a greyish, greenish, brownish...maybe we should call them hazel?
Daddy and Miles adoring each other.
A little bit of sleeping. And I mean a LITTLE bit. This kid still gets up 3-6 times a night and only takes 10-20 minute naps during the day. I am TIRED! But, I'm smitten by him still.

McKay turns 9!

McKay wanted a birthday cake that looks like our back yard for his pool party. It was really fun, and yummy, to make.

Here's a little bit of swimming. We didn't remember to take pix until later on. This is McKay's best friend, Andy, and McKay and Emerson.

Emerson, Brahm, McKay, Andy, Trent and Ricky eating cake and ice cream.

McKay with some of his bday gifts. HAPPY #9, "Sunshine!"