Observations of a 4 year old

So, Abby says some pretty funny things. She also is very observant. She also loves cartoons.

Abby's conclusion of Carter

"Carter has Mater teeth"

7 Years

Yesterday was our seven year anniversary. We are going on a cruise in two weeks so I did not plan to do much.

Dean is the best husband ever. He told me over the weekend that he wasn't going to work on our anniversary. I told him he should go. (We didn't have anyone to watch the kids during the day. Also, he will be missing a week of work at the end of the month so I didn't want him to be even more behind.)

Before I go any farther, for those of you that have read Five Love Languages, my #1 and #2 are quality time and gifts.

Anyhow that evening my mom watched the kids so we could go to dinner. We had a nice dinner. After we were done eating Dean gave me this. . .



He really caught me off guard so I started crying.

He told me he tried to cut out all of our faces to put in it but he was having a hard time. (If you have ever paid attention to Dean's hands you will know why. Dean has what I call banana hands.) So instead of pictures he picked out a pretty font and put all of our names in it.

So, between Dean planning the day off and the amazingly thoughtful gift my day was an A+.

Dean is an amazing husband and I really don't deserve him. The last seven years have been wonderful.

Girls Camp

Girls Camp was this week. It was a lot of fun. We went up Monday afternoon. I had a cabin with seven girls. I had two YCLs and five 2nd years.

The first day we just settled in. We had dinner, campfire and a night hike. It was nice. Although, that night I did not get any sleep. The girls were excited to be there and we could not fall asleep. Around midnight we we up in our cabin doing yoga and back massages. We were in bed around 1:00am but the beds were so uncomfortable I could not sleep.

Tuesday, we were up before 6:00am for the polar bear plunge. A couple of the girls from my cabin did it. There was a tub of ice water they had to get in an recite the YW values. We were busy all day. We spent some time at the lake, doing crafts, and tournaments. We ended the day with campfire and skits. At 10:00pm all of the women had a party (eating and talking). I slept well that night. Between a long day and the help of two sleepy pills I rested very well.

Wednesday, we went on a long slightly scary hike. During the hike Amy Nielson and I decided to actually get in the water during our lake time. So, after the hike we were swimming in a very chilly Huntington Lake. That night we had a faith walk and a testimony meeting that were very nice.

Thursday, we had breakfast cleaned up camp and I was home by 1:00 p.m.

My house and my children survived a couple of days without me, thanks to my hubby and the super women who took care of my kids. (Lindsey, Jillyn and Sami)

It was great but I am glad to be home.