She's only seven months old!!!

new name...

I'm considering changing the name of our blog. Any suggestions???

Deer Haven

Twelve years ago Derek and I went on our first official date. We lived in Cedar City and so I took him to Deer Haven which is up Cedar Canyon. Our stake always went to girls camp up at Deer Haven so it holds a special place in my heart :) (cheesy) Anyway we went up there and went hiking and I told him stories about camp (i'm sure he was extra attentive cause we were dating :) Before we left we each carved our name in a tree by the cattle guard entrance and Derek put the + sign and the date. We went back up to see the tree in '06 and he carved the '06 in. The tree looked like it had caught on fire at some point but it is probably just a disease in the tree cause none of the trees around it were blackened! This year I went to girls camp with my friend Jackie's ward and I had to check on the tree :) It was still there but part of Derek's name had fallen off :( (I have pictures of 1997 and 2006 but my scanner won't work...grrr) So now Derek and I need to go back there together and pick a new tree to carve our names with our kids :) (Yes, I know it's not good to carve in trees, but I'm gonna do it anyway:)

I know you are loving the girls camp hair and dirty face :) That was day four this year.

I know the names are hard to see, but they are there!

Thank you washable markers...

Thank you washable markers for providing opportunities endless artistic expression on any surface.

Ahhh Matty

This is what you get when you ask your seven year old to put some
clothes on!