The one about Amy visiting...

Clara and Hyrum enjoying some delicious
homemade strawberry ice cream

At the beginning of May, my dear friend Amy and her sweet little boy Hyrum came to visit from Calgary!  It was SO fun.  Really, I just like having a buddy around to talk to all day.  And did we ever talk all day!  Clara and Hyrum also enjoyed the company, although Clara had to learn tough lessons about sharing, not stealing toys from others, and not stealing food from others.  She was not amused.  Hyrum was so sweet though, and it was nice to have them running around together.

Amy and Hyrum playing the guitar in the experience room.

The big thing we did while she was here was go to the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix.  Amy and I were voice grad students together at BYU, so we thought this would be a great thing to do together.  And it was fasinating!  Upstairs it has instruments from all over the world.  Downstairs it has an artist exhibit, where you can look at instruments and hear songs from various famous artists (including John Lennon, Elvis, and John Denver).  Our favorite part, though, was the experience room!  We set our babies free to go play with all the instruments!  There were moroccas, gongs, xylophones, and guitars, perfect for little 1 year old's to bang on.  We played in the experience room for well over an hour.  In general, the museum was surprisingly family friendly, with a family room with toys and a nursing room, and they provided strollers for us.



Having Amy and Hyrum here was so fun, and I hope we can do it again sometime in the future.  Or maybe I'll escape to Calgary next summer!  :)

Clara having fun in the Experience Room

Clara and Hyrum duking it out in the Experience Room!