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Acro

Acro flow

Em does a front layout into back fly

I catch her butt in my feet and grab her feet with my hands

She "engages her core" as I push her butt up and pull her feet down.

I plant my elbows on the ground, and Em stands up on my hands.

She is thinking, "Flex every muscle in my body and don't try to balance."

I am thinking, "Pull feet through and don't drop my wife on my face."

Now she places my feet for folded leaf as I drop her.

I have it easy here; I just straighten my legs. 

 Em flexes every muscle in her body and tries to keep from falling on her face.

Straight through bird to folded leaf

Folded leaf is one of the easiest positions, very relaxing and therapeutic.

I can massage her shoulders, pull on her spinal cord, or twist her.

Success!

Round Two

From standing we hop to throne.

Let's hold hands...

Unhook our legs. Prepare for pop.

Em is thinking, "STRONG ARMS! ENGAGE CORE!!"

I am going to dip her before kicking my legs.

Em's hips fly up in the air, she kicks her legs back for bird, and ENGAGES!

I kick her up, wait, and try not to hurt her too much when she lands.

From bird, drop to folded leaf.

Passarita. Em begins the twist by grabbing her right leg with her left hand.

I help (marginally) by pushing her shoulder.

She locks her legs into pike as I begin the spin, pulling my right foot.

Spin!

I catch her pike with my other foot.  

I don't usually don't wear socks, but we were packing up to go a did these pics.

We have a lot of fun with this, and it's a killer workout and balance for climbing.

Awesome!!!

By the way, this is the week before Christmas at about 6pm, about 60 degrees.

Bisbee

A couple of weeks ago, Tommy and I had 2 days off in a row together! This happens so rarely I can't remember the last time we experienced it! So, I decided we should take a short trip and see some other areas of Arizona. I made us (Tommy, Barley, and me - of course) a reservation at an adorable vacation rental in Bisbee, AZ. Bisbee is an old mining town that has turned into a tourist shopping and sight seeing destination. It is famous for it's copper mine tour, well-preserved history, stairs, eclectic shops/galleries, and small town Southwest charm.  Most of the homes are built on the hillside, so they are not reachable by car, so you must park at the bottom and take stairs to the houses. Our guesthouse had 75 stairs leading up to it. I can't imagine moving in this city! :) It is a "Mile High" city, at about 5200 feet above sea level.

 A view of the city from the highway. Bisbee is surprisingly hilly! We walked everywhere during our stay and it was tough! :)

 Tommy and Barley enjoying a stroll in downtown Bisbee.

 Bisbee draws many artists and there are a lot of galleries in downtown.

 Tommy enjoying his morning coffee on the porch of our guesthouse. We stayed at the Doublejack Guesthouse.

 Barley really enjoyed himself!

 We also bought a new camera recently... so we were having fun with the features :)

Acro Yoga with Babies!

Mia and I attempted some acro yoga during her visit :)

This pose is called bird

This is a new pose, not quite as easy with 2 adults... :)