arboretum in summer

so we've been to the arboretum a couple times this summer, we love the chichuly glass on display there, and i never take enough photos :) here's a few of my favorites. and yes, we went in june... before it got too hot, so these pics are more than a month late--so it is!

i love the three layers of the glass and all those cute little kids in the middle!

we loved the boats. there was this one with the balls, and another with 'fireworks' as afton called it, can you believe how still that water is?!

and this one's a real flower, but you can totally tell the inspiration behind some of the glass comes from mother nature

more with cute little kids, i don't think i managed to get any pictures with our cousins when they came, but aunt wendy put a few up here if you need to see those too :)

afton's favorite piece, called 'the sun' it's so much more impressive in real life...

i think this one was the boys' favorite, though that may be because they were splashing in the water if the mom's ever looked away

and again, i can't help but be amazed at the flowers! these hibiscus were about 10 inches across!

giddy-up armadillo!

cheese! (nope, she doesn't get lost when we go out)

i just loved how the glass mixed in with the flowers and became part of the landscape, gorgous!

and this one just might be MY favorite! it fits in so well

a few more friends we liked seeing, afton heard this little birdy and correctly identified him as a woodpecker, i could barely even see him, though my camera zoom worked pretty well, impressive!

and this huge little dragonfly fascinated malachi when i was trying to get a picture of him with his cousins... that picture failed...