Amy Jay and Tesla

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Hello Everyone! We are not the best bloggers as you all have figured out by now. We do look at everyones blog often and we all enjoy seeing your photos and hearing your stories.
There has been a lot of changes around our place in the last 6 months and I would assume that has been the case for many of you as well. It just seems that time and change are more rapid than ever and sometimes it takes all we have just to hang on! The ride is amazing and I am happy to be on it! This life and world continues to astonish and delight me at every turn. As many of you know, Marcy and Guy bought the house next door and we have transformed this place so quickly! We have literally torn down fences in more way than one! Just recently Karris and Adam moved from Salt Lake and are figuring out a way to get a house on our block as well. They are renting Mar and Guys old house for the time being but pretty much live here with the 5 of us. Adam has taken on the roll of documentarian and is photographing and filming all we do at the collective and beyond. The photo above is one he took a few weeks ago of us harvesting lettuce. He has also started a beautiful website where he is depositing his art for all to see. There are photo galleries and blogs. It is called concresence:

concrescence [kənˈkrɛsəns]n (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology a growing together of initially separate parts

Fitting isn't it!
Here is the link:
http://www.concrescence.us/

I hope that you all visit it regularly. Needless to say we will probably be posting here less and less. Love to you all!

Adam is in the house...

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Literally. And I'm writing here, too. Karris is wrapping up her semester in Utah, but I've already "moved" to Boise. Amy, Jay, and Birdie are taking care of me - so the least I can do is share some of the pics I have been taking. Most of these have gone out in emails to the sisters, but some others might be checking here.. I'll try to post regularly. -A

Happy Easter!

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thanks everyone for a fun day!

She discovers that there is candy inside!

Little Helper

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Tesla's new favorite activity is to stand on the step stool and watch me cook. She likes to be able to see the counter and I give her stuff to play with. We were making valentine sugar cookies when she got ahold of the beaters!!

Meal Club

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Many of you know that Marcy and Guy, Jay and I and our friends Ava and Matt have been doing a dinner club. It has been going on for almost a year! We all love it. We used to call it Meals on Wheels, but now we call it Meals on Heels due to the fact that Marcy and Guy live next door and Ava and Matt live one street over and we can walk all the meals to each other. There are so many great recipes that have come out of this and instead of trying to write them down for each other we decided to start a blog! You can find the link on the side bar. So we post our favorite dishes to share with each other and with you!

Can't decide what to make for Dinner???

Stop by the blog, use the recipes and make comments/suggestions.

Good food nourishes the body, then the mind and then the spirit! It is worth it to eat well!

Happy Birthday!

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We finally had a birthday party after having to cancel on Tesla's real

birthday due to her having the flu! It was a great day filled with balloons, cupcakes, family and a gorgeous sunset!

Waiting for everyone to get here!

Wow...I got a roll of toilet paper for my first birthday!

Her cousins are eager to help unwrap the presents!

Happy Birthday little one!

Getting Faster

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Everyday Tesla gets faster and faster on those little legs. Here is a video that I got of her last night. I have to try and record her in secret otherwise she just wants the camcorder so she can chew on it.

Tesla is walking!!!

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Last week she was busy with things like the laundry basket..........

Today she took 10 steps!! So far I have only been able to capture a few zombie steps on video. It is so much fun to see her learning and she is so excited by it too!

Thank Goodness for the Blog

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I am feeling very grateful for our blog and the many photos that we have of Tesla on here. My laptop crashed and nothing is recoverable. That is where I had almost all our photos of Tesla. I am grieving the photos we lost but am happy that we have these. Here are a few from earlier this summer.

Chicago Summer of 2009!

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In front of the Art Institute of Chicago

Tesla and I got to go to Chicago with Jenna and Willa last month. Jenna and I have talked for years about making a trip there together. She grew up there and her mom and Carl still live there. So we thought we better take a girls trip. Tesla and Willa did so well on the plane and playing together at Jenna's Mom's house.

Chicago is one of the most amazing and progressive cities for public art and sculpture. Millenium park is absolutely magnificent. You may have heard of "the bean" it is called Cloud Gate, simply beautiful. It rained on us most of the time but that didn't stop us from touring the artworks.

One of the largest works was this series of larger than life mummy like sculptures that were scattered across an entire park. They are so stark and intriguing!

Here are a few gorgeous photos that Jenna took. Thank you Jenna for your beautiful photography and cinematography!

Expressions of Tesla

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I love yams!

June Happenings!

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It has been a wonderful month and we have been enjoying the great weather

and spring bounties!

Telsa helping us pick cherries from our tree. Or at least keeping us entertained with her singing!

Jay went salmon fishing with our neighbor Ryan! It is the best fish!

6.5 Months

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This cute little photo sequence was too cute not to post!

The Buzz

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Well we finally cut off Tesla's old man hair. She now looks like a fresh baby again!

Mom decided she needed a fresh look too! Jay got out the clippers and no more hair! Yea!

A few photos at 5 + months

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Easter in Salt Lake City

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We visited Aunt Karris and Uncle Adam over Easter weekend in Salt Lake. It was gorgeous weather. We put the honey bee in her special dress that Aunt Marcy brought back from India especially for that day!

It was a little scratchy on the inside so we didn't leave it on too long. But it sure was cute!

We all took a lovely walk in the Botanical Gardens and Karris found a magic golden egg for Tesla!

Too much easter candy....just kidding! Ha!

Desert Calling

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A couple of weeks ago we took a family hike in the Owyhee canyonlands to this sweet spot called Big Jacks Creek. We tried out the backpack with Tesla. It is her new favorite mode of travel!

4 months

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Up Close

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Here is one of the glass pieces up close. I still need to take better photos. These were just some quick snap shots.

Our Latest Creations

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We finished up a glass art installation on Monday! This is for a condo building downtown called the Jefferson Building. I have been slowly working on the glass pieces since November with the help of Grandma Vicki coming over to give me an hour here and there to work in the studio! Thanks Grandma :)

There are 30 pieces that cover a wall in the lobby. Each piece has a leaf design on it that I created by gathering leaves outside the building and then painting them on the glass.

It was so great to have Tesla there with us as we put up the glass pieces. Grandma came too and took Tesla on a nice walk downtown while we finished up.

Dad is getting Tesla ready to work on art with us by teaching her about the drill!

Day 30

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I guess bath time is a good time to take photos! This is the last of the 30 days of Tesla photo sequence. It took a little longer than 30 days but, oh well! My has she grown!

Day 29

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Day 28

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Day 27

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Day 26

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Day 25

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Day 24

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The bike again!

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I know we have said this before but the bike is awesome! We had a nice winter ride with Grandma Vicki and Auntie Karris last week!

Day 23

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Day 22

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Day 21

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Day 20

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Day 19

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Those are Jays hairy legs by the way! Mine are hairy too but not like that :)

On the Bike!

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We have the Bike! It is unbelievably fun. Usually I hold Tesla in the carrier on my chest and sit in the bucket but today we secured the car seat in there and I rode a seperate bike. Tesla loved it! Now I can load her in there and go to the grocery store without the car!

Day 18

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Day 17

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Day 16

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Day 15

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Day 14

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Happy New Year!

Day 13

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Day 12

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Day 11

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Day 10

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Day 9 (Christmas!)

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We thought we better include this to show how the photo shoot ended!

Day 8 or so!

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Day 7

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Day 6

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day 5

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Day Four

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Day 3

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Day 2

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Here she is!

30 days of Tesla

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Tesla at thirty days old. Also we will post a photo of her once a day for thirty days. At the end I will put all the photos together in a slide show and we will be able to literally see her grow.

The Dutch "mini-van" of bikes!

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Many of you have asked us what you could contribute to our new family. We appreciate your generosity so very much. On our wish list is a Bakfiet, a Dutch bike that can haul our entire family and groceries too! These bikes line the streets of Amsterdam but I think ours will be the first in Boise Idaho. Many have already contributed to the fund and we thank you for getting us a step closer to being perhaps the most eccentric parents in town.

Thanks to these innocent bystanders for letting us illegally use thier images on our blog! Doesn't this guy look like Jay?

Check out this blog for several videos about the Bakfiet bikes

http://bakfietscargo.blogspot.com/

One Week

2008-11-27T12:40:00.000-08:00

Tesla and Aunt Marcy are spending some time smiling at each other! We have loved all the visitors that have come to meet and spend time with Tesla. She loves when there is loud conversation, people talking and music playing. Not surprising since there wasn't a dull moment in the womb either!

Sweetest Pea, our little Honey Bee!

Aunt Summer and Uncle Chris stopped by this week with Kaisley. It was shocking at how big Kaisley was at only 2 months old. It made me realize how fast Tesla was going to grow and change. We have to be present in each moment with her and cherish the tiny little being that she is right now.

Just a short clip of the little bird getting changed!

Tesla has arrived !!!

2008-11-17T15:34:00.000-08:00

We are pleased to introduce........

Tesla June Blackhurst!!!

Born at 5:25 p.m. on Saturday, the 15th of November.

Weighing in at 7lbs. 5 ozs.

Many of you know our intent with this whole process. We were, and still are, committed to this intentional process. We scouted the best that we knew how, read it and ran it! Things changed, we adapted and Tesla continued with her teachings. Surrender.

Pay Attention, Act Consciously Today.

We are forever grateful for all the love and support that we have, and continue to receive. This is what family and friends are all about! All are well on Colorado Ave!!