Sweet Secrets

This summer I have had an incredible 10 weeks off of work. We have gone and done as much as we could fit into those weeks. A few weeks ago when the sun was still shining we took Ellie to the Thanksgiving Point Gardens. It might very well be one of the most beautiful places in Utah. It was incredible to watch her run and enjoy simple summer things like climbing on giant rocks, running up and rolling down the huge lawn, finding new gardens and streams, and leading us through the bush maze.
One of the gardens is the Secret Garden inspired by the classic children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The garden is enclosed in walls and you enter first to an unpaved road with low arching vines and then into a small wooden door with a matching arched shape. When we found it we told Ellie it was the Secret Garden and first thing she had me sit down so she could share a secret with me. I sat on one seat and she sat on the other. The secret (which I am sharing only for the purpose of history :)) was, "you are so pretty." She then sat Kevin down and shared a similar secret with him. The secrets were sweet, but her excitement and laughs after the secrets were priceless.