Our Eternal Family

Tim and I have been married for 41/2 years now it seems like just yesterday when we were planning everything. We now have our precious Claire and took the opportunity to be sealed to her. What a special day. It was a long time in the making since I remember talking to Tim about the temple before he even understood what that meant. Since his baptism we have talked about the chance to one day go to the temple together and be a forever family. That day came on Saturday August 14. Tim and I took out our own endowment and then were sealed to Claire. We were so nervous about the unknown but we felt so good there we knew we were in the right place. There is nothing like seeing your daughter walk into a room full of people looking like an angel. It was such a wonderful experience for our family. We also had the chance to have our great friends come from Utah to be with us. We miss them so much and what a great chance to see them again . We have such a great family and friends we love them so much and thank them for all they have done to help us get to this day.

Mile Marker 292

A few weekends ago we had the chance to go camping with Tim's family. We really enjoy camping when we go. We went a few miles past Payson in the forest and made camp.Tim's mom and Erik have a trailer so it was really nice to have some amenities like a bathroom while there. Claire loves the outdoors and she was lookin pretty grungy by Sunday. She played and played. It rained every night and all day Saturday so we got a taste of a really good storm. Monster came along also and had a great time with Stephanie's dog Crazy. Tim thought for sure that I was crazy for packing warm clothes but by the first night we realized that we didn't pack warm enough. Claire was the warmest one in the camp. She was sweating one night.

Adventure #1

We decided that Arizona has so much to offer and we don't take advantge of it enough. So we decided to start doing things every month. The first adventure we went on is called Parson's trail in Cottonwood. Of course, it rained more than probably the last 6 months but we went anyway. The sky was really dark and we had a light mist most of the hike. It felt like you were in a rain forest with all the trees and vegetation. Claire loved being outside and running around on rest breaks. It was really fun to hike right next to Sycamore Creek.