HOT Date

You know a date with your husband is going to be great if you see this at the beginning.

We went to the Sonoran Glass Art Academy while visiting Tucson.

Gathering molten glass.

Cooling the rod to handle it.

Warming the glass back up.

The glass was put in a mold...

...and then rolled to create a swirl.

Blowing the glass. Getting the air into the glass at the beginning is hard.

Jeremy blew a ball ornament.

My turn.

Adding color to the glass.

Making the bottom of my bowl flat.

Heating it up to smooth out the jagged edges and get the opening ready to...

...SPIN! That's how it spread out to be a bowl and got the cool wavy edge.

"Beating" the completed bowl off the rod.

This was a super fun and different date! Hooray for new things!

Trip to Tucson

The girls and I went to visit my parents for 10 days! Here are a few peeks at our nice long trip.

Isis very excited to fly on the plane.

Elise's first plane ride.
She did great.

New toys inspire stronger neck muscles.

Jeremy joined us for 3 days.
A trip to the Tucson Zoo

Playing in water tops seeing the animals.

Isis' favorite were the fun otters. Daddy, Uncle Thomas, & Grandpa liked them too.

"What about the R.O.U.S.'s?" "Rodents of Unusual Size?....I don't think they exist."

(A capybara is a rodent.)

Isis labeled the jaguar a "bad cat." Probably because she growled while we watched her.

Isn't this just the cutest face EVER??

My world-traveling-can't-stay-still-totally-awesome sister just got back from a trip to India.

Aunt Katherine was thinking of Isis there. :) I love this sari on her.

"Namaste."

looking up to her big sister

We went swimming almost everyday

Grandpa and his two favorite granddaughters.

Elise's first time in the pool. She loved it!

Elise rolled over for the FIRST time at Grandma's house!! At 3 1/2 months! :)

She rolled, picked something up, and looked at it. Pretty pleased with her accomplishment.

Trampoline fun

I got to see my brother Stephen in a production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

He did a great job on his acting as well as building the set!

The girls with their Great-grandpa Willis

Some of Jeremy's co-workers didn't think I could travel by myself with the girls.

This is just a ha-ha-I-can-and-did-do-it picture. Yes it looks crazy but it worked - perfectly.

(I hate when people say I can't do something.)

P.S.- Both legs of the trip went wonderfully.It was a GREAT trip! Thanks for letting us come family!!

M.I.G

My Isis Girl

Another sleeping Isis

Isis learning about the bees (but not the birds) :)

Totally awesome big bubble making at the children's museum.

making trains with blocks

lots of working gears

Indulging in the rare Las Vegas rain

Twinsies

Same dress... Elise at 3 months...

Isis at 5 months.
Jeremy likes to tell me we're starting our own clone army.
Looking at these together, I'm inclined to agree. :)

3 Months

That was quick.

Don't you just want to eat those cheeks up??

Look at that arm!! My little chubs.

I think she's plotting something.

Pondering her first three months of mortality. So much to think about. :)

Lucky

I was lucky because I got my thumb stuck to the front of the super glue tube and not the back - where the directions are that tell you how to un-stick fingers. :)

*For future reference - immerse finger (and tube) in nail polish remover. Yes, it is okay to tell your husband he can NOT just rip it off.* :)