The trees are gone!

Well, this post will sadly have no pictures, because I keep forgetting to buy more batteries for the camera. If I could I would show all of you before and after pictures of our back yard, because over the last two weekends, it has under gone quite the transformation. Some of you may remember the tall, twisted and gnarled apricot tree, and the two poorly pruned, sad-looking apple trees that were growing under the power lines in our back yard. They are no more! After a morning of chainsaw work (Thanks Kenny and Nathan!), we said goodbye to all three of those trees as well as the dead aspen in our front yard. The next weekend was filled with loading all the branches into a dump truck to be hauled away. Our yard looks so much bigger now, It's amazing! The down sides are that we now have tree stumps to dig out, and without the shade of the trees, the grass underneath went into shock and died in a matter of days. I figure that planting some seed and doing the digging can both wait for cooler weather. We not only gained a bigger yard (seemingly so), but now we have firewood stacked up for use in a year or two, and we no longer have to clean up rotten apples and apricots every fall!

Introducing NUTMEG!!!!!!

We recently added a new fur-baby to our home. Nutmeg is 10 weeks old or so, and is full of energy!!! Mazie and Nutmeg have adjusted well to each other and love to play together.

Camping at Payson Lakes

Mark and I went camping this weekend with our friends Nathan, Mike and Julie. We had alot of fun even though the weather couldn't decide whether it was winter, spring or summer. The first morning we woke up to snow! Luckily, it melted by noon, and didn't hinder our fun!


Mike and Julie had to cuddle up for warmth, but I don't think they were complaining!



The first morning, there was an amazing fog coming off the lake!


We really enjoyed some beautiful scenery.


Mark climbed a tree that was growing almost horizontally over the lake.


The second day we got some fishing in...but we didn't catch anything!

How does your Garden grow?

This is the first year that we have tried our hand at a full garden. In the past we have grown a few select things, but we majorly branched out this year. We are growing, sugar snap peas, green beans, yellow squash, zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, brussel sprouts, tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers and onions. I can hardley wait for our first harvest. YUM!

$0.07

These are my deals from my shopping trip to Walgreens:
A Laurell Hamilton book,
Off Misquito repellant
Almay Eyeshadow
Almay Mascara
Covergirl Lipstick
6 packages M&M's.

How much did I spend? Well, after manufactuers coupons, sale prices and register rewards....my out of pocket expense was $0.07. Isn't it great?

Utah Beauty

As a spur of the moment thing, Mark and I decided to go hike up Rock Canyon one evening. So we packed up the dog and left. We had so much fun! Rock Canyon's Trailhead is only about a five minute drive from our house, Yet, I had never been more than a few hundred feet up the trail. I was amazed at beauty we found as well as the wide variety of activities. We saw people camping, backpacking, repelling, para gliding and rock climbing. Mark had to join in on the rock climbing. If you look close you can see his green shirt at the very, very top!

Mark even eventually convinced Mazie-dog to climb the rocks with him, we couldn't get her to look at the camera though!

We even explored a little shallow cave

We want to go back when we are a little bit more prepared, and do more rock climbing and playing!

I would die for that

Another Mother's Day has come and gone, and rather surprisingly I didn't fall apart this year. I was content with hope I felt towards trying fertility treatments again, but the hope has fallen short. The insurance options available to me at my new job will not cover anything for fertility treatment, not even diagnostic testing. I feel like I am slowly dying inside. Mark and I talked about it, and we could always use credit cards, and loans, even a second mortgage in the hopes of concieving. Yet, what would that accomplish? We might or not have a little one, and we would not have ANY financial security. I think we may just have to look into foster care more seriously.