Is that is Hot?

Being a typical three-year old (her 3rd birthday is in a few weeks) Lauryn asks a lot of questions, and sometimes she has a very cute way of doing so. The title of this post is what she asked me while I was getting her bath ready. I tried to get her to say, "Is that hot?" but instead got, "Is this is hot?" Other questions we hear all the time: "Is that is yours?" and "Is this is mine?"

February Flash

Well, I didn't do so hot blogging in February. It seems like this month flew by and the memory of it is a blur. I know I had a few weeks of intense physical activity and many days stuck inside because of the rain. I ran a race and wrote about it on my running blog. I attended some yoga classes, got a massage, went on a beautiful bike ride up the Salmon River, and enjoyed the breaks in the rain by working outside a lot.
Last weekend Peter and I saw ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra) in Arcata. I'm surprised at how many of my friends have never heard of ALO because they're such a great band. We saw them a couple of years ago while visiting Evan and Amy in Kings Beach and jumped at the opportunity to see them again. If you ever get the chance to see them in concert, I recommend it. This time, their opening act was a guy named Chris Velan. He was a one-man band, using a loop machine to layer tracks. It was the same loop machine Peter bought himself for Christmas. (I also found out that Velan went to law school and passed the bar.) We bought his new CD and are pleased with the purchase. Here's a video of Chris Velan doing his thing.
We got back from our night away, feeling tired yet refreshed. That evening Peter's dad rolled the backhoe down a cliff and was eventually air-lifted out to a hospital in Medford. He's home now and very sore, but he's also feeling lucky to have come out of the accident as well as he did. With Doug disabled, the bazillion things we wanted to do before the fast-approaching season seem to have doubled. We need another break in the rain to motivate us outdoors and back to work.