more from the 4th

For the evening of the 4th we had a bbq with the Hein side of the fam, in our "beautiful" backyard. It was a blast! A fun evening complete with brats, fireworks, wind, & cupcakes.





















*Note our homemade fire pit (which has since been destroyed due to the construction and landscaping of our yard)

fairfield picnic

What a wonderful holiday we had!! The first of two family picnics was in Fairfield (a small town near Cedar Fort.)





It was once a stop along the Pony Express.


























Great food and great company!!




























After the picnic, Matt and I went and explored the old cemetery. We saw several old gravestones marked "killed by indians". Matt, my New Yorker, was amazed once again to be living in the wild wild west!

baby shower

An overview of the adorable clothes in which our baby will be featured-






A gift for Matt :)
(We have already ordered the ants.)









The adorable customed designed onesies from Rikki

Ugliest Fish on Earth

So about a week ago we found out you can fish at Utak Lake, right off the pier, for enormous catfish. Well...it took three tries to catch one. A few days ago the efforts finally paid off. This thing was huge, and as ugly as anything I have ever seen. It was distgusting. But that certainly won't stop me from catching more...and more...and more...but don't worry, we won't be eating any of these nasty delights.

What happened!?

I am sitting in my little Mini Cooper in the Smith's parking lot in American Fork. I have been here for about an hour because I am scared to go to Camille's baby shower...or our baby shower. Really, I'm not quite sure whose shower it is, because I think the baby is as much mine as hers. Isn't it? I guess I can allow for our daughter to be more Camille's than mine for these 9 months because our daughter will be more mine for the rest of her life! He he.

Waiting, alone in my tiny car, for my pregnant Camille is quite the opportunity to think about my odd new world. It's so strange where life has brought be in one year. Camille and I have known each other for 372 days. In that time we dated, skipped the engagement and got married, decided to have a baby quickly, bought a house in UT county, and here I sit in my car because I prefer to pick Camille up at the shower if that means I get to see her 20 minutes sooner. All I can say is, "What happened!?" Some how Camille makes me feel so comfortable with all of these changes. She has calmed my wild nerves and taught me to commit to something, someone, unconditionally. I couldn't be happier. No matter what happens, I have love to look forward to. I need nothing else. I have learned to love.

So why wouldn't I decide to write in our blog to pass the time? I don't really want to talk about politics, or religion, or social inconsistencies and hypocrisies...I just want to talk about Camille. And I already tried calling my mom but she didn't answer. I'm left with just our blog. I'm just sorry that none of you that read this get to spend as much time with my wife as I do. I am willing to share though...on weekdays...from about 9 to 5.

Feel free to comment on how wonderful Camille is. She deserves to hear it from everyone.

It's 8:10...the shower ends at 8:30...I think it's safe now.

fishing fun

History-
I did some fishing when I was a kid. I remember my Grandpa teaching me how to bait a hook and gut a fish. I mostly enjoyed just sitting out on the lake reading, and eating the fish everyone else caught.

Matt became an avid fisherman in middle school and his love for fishing has only grown since those adolescent days.We went fishing once on a date last year and didn't catch anything. But this year is going to be different!



So far we have fished Maple Lake in Payson canyon, Silver Lake in American Fork canyon, and since we live 2 minutes from the marina, we have started fishing in Utah Lake. (That will be a whole different post!)!




We didn't have much luck at Maple Lake (although the people right next to us sure did...) but at Silver Lake we ended up with 1 beautiful, really big trout that I caught, a medium sized trout I caught and a fish that Matt found flopping near the shore. :)





Matt may not have been the best fisherman that day (I was!) But he definitely was the best chef! Baked trout for dinner.....what could be better?

Since Matt brought it up in the last post, here are some pictures of him and his blackberry-
As you can see he is very very talented.































I tease him but I am very proud to be married to such a hardworking, wonderful man!!