"DoctorSush" date

Our sushi jar has been full for some time now. Josh wanted a date night, so I took him with me to a doctors appointment, and after a little detour (about an hour at a ceramic supply store), we ended the evening at a Nagoya's. (not our favorite by far, but decent)

Josh named our date night "dr-sush". (kind of like Dr. Seuss, but "Dr. Sush" for doctors visit and sushi) He is brilliant, and he knows it!
His drawings of Ben 10 aliens while he waited for our meal.

While we ate, we decided to document our very special Dr Sush night.

Then he took over the camera while I finished my food.

When he got tired of taking silly pictures of me....he turned the camera on himself. This boy is dangerous!

No more. The end.

Can you believe it!?!

I HAVE A KILN!!!! this is it, a Skutt 1027. Not too big, not too small. Perfect for my size studio. This is it, minus the bottom, which is in my art room. The kids have already left a few nicks on the top, so I am anxious to get it out of the office and into it's little corner where it can be safely fired. :)
The base is waiting. (and I'm waiting for the master electrician, aka father-in-law, to wire up the room for this sucker)

I used to have a tall set of utility shelves in that corner. I split them, and they will be my drying shelves. I need to build shelves all over the walls to accommodate the supplies which are now taking up space on my drying shelves (as well as the supplies not yet acquired). Lots of work to do still. ;)

That corner sure seems empty right now. But it's going to be great when it's covered with shelves and tiles.

Everything that was on the metal shelves before, are now sandwiched in any space I could find on these shelves. It's quite crowded right now. I am really looking forward to building a few more shelves in this area. I sure need it!

So that's it for now. I will post more when all is said and done. I am more excited than I can express. I feel like a fish in water, finally!

My Eddie

He drew all over his arms today, (not a first), and put on one of my hats, (also a regular activity). He is so stinkin' cute! I love my baby!

"wass hans"

My uncle, aunt, and cousin from Ca were in town today, and almost all Utah Heinzens met and went out to dinner. We were sad to miss Ammon, Amanda, and Enos. :(

There was this fountain right by our table. Eddie thought it was for something else....
Eddie LOVES to "wass hans" CONSTANTLY. This turned out to be quite convenient. :)

half the gang, Paul, Jon, Andrew, Chris, Aunt Janis, Uncle Alan

the other half, Jade, Lindsay, Matt, Mica, Paul again

I got half of Bill, and we are missing Josh, Eddie, and myself in the photos. ;) It was so much fun to hang out for a little while with family. THANK YOU Uncle Alan for the wonderful treat!

New look

I am giving my art blog a new look. THANK YOU LINDSAY!!!
And this one is for my Etsy shop. :)

Also, I now have a kiln! I am SO excited! This is going to be a busy year for me, and I am thrilled, (also grateful), for the blessing of this opportunity. THANK YOU to those of you who have helped me with all of this, I love and appreciate you so much!

little brother, big brother

I love this about brothers. How the younger one idolizes the older. Josh did this a bit with Jade when he was younger, but not quite this much. I wonder if it's a same-sex-sibling thing? (Jamie, you get this with all your girls, right?)

Here Josh is reading one of his homework readers while I'm on the computer. Eddie mimics Josh every chance he gets. Even when he reads, Eddie repeats the last word of each sentence Josh recites. It's pretty cute, I love it.
So once again, Eddie has to copy everything Josh is doing. He sits himself down next to Josh, with the same green reader book, wearing Josh's shoes, (daddy's dog tags), and is simply content to sit there and pretend he is doing exactly what big brother is doing.
He occasionally looked up at Josh to make sure he was doing things right, and would adjust himself or the book accordingly.

Baby bro Joseph on zip line

What can I say? My dad is brilliant!

Jade art

Jade's "ugly dolls" she likes to create.

a little girl she came up with at church. cute!

One of her horses

This is my favorite. She said she wanted to design what she would want to look like if she was a dragon. :)

You might need to click and enlarge it to see the cool details. I really need to find a place for her to take lessons. I keep saying that, and never do, but she continues to improve on her own. I wonder what would happen with formal training?

This is the whole unfinished drawing. I can't wait to see it done.

kids

Josh doing his "look" that mommy can't resist. We just finished another fun sleding adventure.(and Bill experimenting with the B/W feature)
Bill took Jade on a date Saturday to Snowbird. BTW- Jade does not like pink, except Breast Cancer Awareness pink is OK, so she wears her ski helmet and goggles with pride.

We got back from sledding, (which Eddie now loves, and goes down on a sled by himself!) and I had taken everything off except his snow pants. He is obsessed with "boots, hats, gasses", and insisted on putting back on his boots, hat, and glasses. By himself of course, so it's amazing that his hat is on straight for once. Can't say the same for his boots. ;)

Way to start the New Year!

My dearest friend here, Alyse, came over this morning with her sisters who are visiting for the holidays. They made pendants, I taught them how to solder, I made matching lampwork beads, and they walked away with cute necklaces. It was so much fun to have "girl time" making jewelry! I can't think of a better activity on the first day of the year. And I was able to get Alyse to pick out one of my chunky bracelets too. She is such an amazing friend with such brilliant ideas for me, but it's like pulling teeth to get her to pick stuff out for herself. I'm glad I have Christmas as an excuse to give her something. She has contributed to the advancement of my creative world, more than she realizes. :)
Julie and Dena are Alyse's younger sisters, and it is SO fun to get to know them better. Alyse is one of those package deal friendships, there are so many good things that come along with being her friend. Awesome sisters are one of them. :)