School Days!

My first day of school. Ava documented the event!

Charmed!

The first three months of pregnancy were torture for me! Luckily, my wonderful mother came to the rescue! She cleaned my disgusting house, fed my deprived children and husband (although if I ever smell bacon or onion again, it will be too soon!), and took care of her own whining baby (refer to the smell insertion). She even had an ingenious plan to keep my children kind and helpful--she brought charm bracelets for them to earn, and then each day they could get a new charm to go on the bracelet. Fabulous!! For the two weeks following her departure, they asked when grandma was going to come and cook some 'real food' for them again!

Happily, I am better now--but I am wondering when they are going to stop asking that question?

First Day of School

All ready to go!! (They are both little model wannabe's--they're workin' it!!)

Massage Anyone!?

I've started my massage program and need subjects to test my new skills on! The way I'd like to do it, since I have Ava at home, is to have two people come over--one person watch the kiddos while the other gets massaged, and then flip flop. That way kids will be taken care of. I'll do this on Thursday or Friday each week. Then each Saturday I'd like to find one person willing to let me come to their home and give them a massage there. All interested please let me know what day and time will work for you, and I'll get a schedule worked out. Please include the best way to get back with you. Feel free to reply here, or give me a call at 623-266-1484, or email hunsaker_melanie@hotmail.com. I appreciate everyone's willingness to help me out with this!! :)

(Right now I am working on the basic swedish massage--just FYI!)
(If I know you from aerobics, church, school, wherever--please let me know, as, obviously, random people I don't know I won't be working on at this point. If you have a brother, sister, friend, relative who wants a massage, just let me who they are so I have an idea of who they are! Thanks!)

Hunsaker Family Reunion 2009--Tucson

We had a great reunion in Tucson this summer with the Hunsaker's!! We went to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and Kartchner Kaverns, and, of course, spent a lot of time in the pool! It was a blast.





For some reason, I always catch her in this position!!









Uh, hello snake!!

What happens to the falcons on phone lines?!?

Belle loved learning about all the animals!


Feeding the fish their lunch--live crickets!!!

Cool caverns--almost makes you think they are real!





Finding treasures!


It was hot!! Make that HOT!

Check out this species in her natural environment!!
You're not pooped are you grandpa?



















The retired airfield we passed on the way to the caverns! You really had to see it to appreciate it!