We took a crazy whirlwind roadtrip at the beginning of April. I left here on Wednesday, April 1st and drove up to Vegas to attend the Glass Craft & Bead Expo. I signed up for two all-day classes on Thursday and Friday to get some more 'formal' training and gain some advanced skills in glass bead making. The Expo actually covered glass blowing, stained glass, fused glass, and flameworking (beads, etc.). After my classes, I spent a lot of cash on new tools and materials. Chad joined me up there on Thursday afternoon and hung out while I was in class and then came to the show with me on Friday afternoon. Some of the glass artists there were AMAZING and it was fun just to admire their work. My classes were terribly helpful and I learned a ton. Here are some pics of the cool beads I made:
And a few more I've made since with my new found skills:
After the show, we drove to Phoenix on Saturday, stopping in at Grandma & Grandpa Johnston's in Kingman for a short lunch visit on the way. We headed out to Mike & Sharon's on Sunday for the blessing of Joshua and to hang out with the family. We had a beautiful Sunday and even took the kids 'treasure hunting' (aka geocaching). Unfortunately, I didn't take any pics of the baby (silly me..), but I did take one of Jake & Trevor, so I figured I'd post it just because..
On Monday morning, after helping Mom hang her new pictures and shelves in the Family Room, we made the trek back home, doing a little shopping along the way...
It was a fun little trip and it was nice to get away for a few days..
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Sad we missed it, but glad you posted a picture of Trev and Jake - can you believe he got his braces off?!
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