4 years ago today...

Matt proposed to me on this Beautiful Oregon Beach! 

I can't believe we will be married for 4 years come this December. Oh how time flies! 

Buckskin Gulch

Our next adventure was Buckskin Gulch. 

Buckskin Gulch (near Kanab,UT) is one of the longest and deepest slot canyons in the world! 

We wanted to go on one more trip with Cameron before he left on his mission and this was it. We (Me, Matt, Kyle, and Cameron) drove out and camped the first night at the place where we would be ending our hike. We explored a little there, made dinner, and then went to bed. The next morning our shuttle guy (whom was very interesting) came to pick us up and drove us to the beginning of our hike. 

Buckskin Gulch

As you will see this canyon is quite SPECTACULAR! It was really cool how the walls of the slot changed from turn to turn.

See that log? That's from a Flash Flood! I was pretty terrified that I was going to die on this trip. Good thing there was no rain in the forecast. 

 We hiked the first day about 13 miles or so (it seemed like a lot longer). We finally made it to the trees where we camped. It was pretty neat to see a bunch of green trees in the middle of this long walk between 2 rocks. The next day we hiked another 12 miles. It was really only supposed to be 7 or so, but we took a wrong turn (it was the only turn we needed to take and the only turn in the whole slot ha ha)! We think some of our mileage info we had was a little off so we didn't think the turn would be so soon.  

We made it out of the Buckskin Gulch alive! 

our GARDEN + FLASH + the PARK

We planted Strawberries last year and they came back in full force this year. 

We got a lot of sweet sweet strawberries! They were delicious! 

 We also planted Corn, Cucumbers, and Zucchini this year. 

Our Garden really flourished at the beginning, but the summer heat was a little too much. We won't be getting any cucumbers and we are iffy about our zucchinis. We have been able to eat some corn, which has been tasty, but we won't get as much as we thought. Some of the stalks are dying and have dried out. I guess too much sun and not enough water? 

 Flash playing down by the Garden. She loves to be outside. 

My sister Paige orchestrated a park play group for the summer. I went a couple times to get out of the house and to play with my cute nephews and niece. 

 We saw some TURTLES at the pond along with some baby DUCKS! They were all sitting on a log together. It was a strange sight to see. I didn't know ducks and turtles were friends.