I'm ENGAGED!!!

Surprise! Surprise! I'm engaged! Hyrum and I are getting married on July 30th at 7:40 AM in the Salt Lake Temple (Meagan Mitchell...it has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?). Here's my prince charming and I on our way to Arizona to meet the family! He's such a brave man!

Hyrum made an appointment with my Dad's executive secretary and had a nice chat with Bishop Cluff before Dad was released...he passed (with flying colors)! Hyrum had never REALLY visited Arizona and he loved the desert, especially the cactus.

We did so many fun things in Arizona! Hyrum has lots of great ideas! We went tubing on the Salt River with Matt and Kaylee, challenged Sarah to a volleyball game, ate lunch with Allie (aka: Al Gal) at Chili's, "played" tennis (he's the athletic one...I'm learning), visited Mom and Paige at Girls' Camp, went swimming with Kaylee, ate a delicious (masheesoyo) Korean meal thanks to Hyrum with our Korean neighbors and the Rays, braved the family at extended family home evening, visited all the grandparents...Wow! We were busy!

We also went shooting with a lot of the family! Hyrum is super patient and a great teacher! Isn't he a cute cowboy?





We went to the Grand Canyon on our drive back to Utah. Here's a picture of us BEFORE the hike...

and here's a picture of us AFTER the hike. We hiked Bright Angel Trail and it was beautiful!

How romantic!

On Friday, June 11, 2010 Hyrum asked me to marry him. He had told me that we would go ring shopping next week and so I was totally surprised! He did a great job! He had felt prompted earlier on Friday to pick up a ring but he still wasn't planning on proposing until the weekend or next week. I had written him a letter on Friday morning and partway through reading it he decided he wanted to propose right then. He told me we should finish reading the letter at Provo Canyon...now that is totally like Hyrum, he loves being outdoors so I didn't think anything of it. We drove up to the top of Squaw Peak and hiked up a little ways. Hyrum picked me a bouquet of wildflowers along the way-again, characteristic of Hyrum, I still had no idea! We found a perfect spot, sat down on a log, and he finished reading the letter.

At the end I had a card for him of the Salt Lake Temple that said "The Temple: I'm going there someday!" and I wrote on it "and I'm praying it's with you Hyrum Mitchell!" Perfect intro for him, right? Then he gave me a kiss and asked if it could get any better than this. I said "No, I don't think it could" :) ... and then what does he do? Drop to one knee! He says my eyes got bigger than he's ever seen them before. Then he said "Meagan Cluff, will you be my queen for all eternity?" I said "Definitely yes, as long as you'll be my king."

On our drive back to the apartment complex he sang the Josh Groban song "You Are Loved" to me...it was the icing on the cake! Aren't I such a lucky girl!?!

Girl's Camp And 1st Monday FHE

Here is Paige and her best friend Kaitlyn at girl's camp this year. It was the first year of girl's camp for both of them.

They had so much fun! Here they are participating in the wheelbarrow race.

Here is Paige and me. Why do I look like I have no hair? Because it is braided! What do you expect at girl's camp? I have been to girl's camp for Bishop's night for the past several years, but this is the first year that I got to go and stay for the whole week. Girl's camp sure is a lot of fun and I am so glad that I got to go with Paige for her first year at girl's camp.

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Here is Richard singing at girl's camp with the Cluff family pink guitar. We just can't get enough of that pink guitar that Kaylee got for her birthday last year. He was a good sport to perform in front of so many people. He was silly and the girls in the Stake loved it!

When we got back from girl's camp it was time to host the first Monday of the month Cluff extended family home evening. We went to Richard's sister's house and pigged out on pizza, fruit and candy and had lots of fun swimming.

Kaylee and Paige had tons of fun with their cousins.

This is Richard's sister Debbie. No, she doesn't need a wheelchair she is just being goofy. She calls this her rolling patio furniture. Thanks for letting us come to your house, Deb!

Here is Grandpa Bill, Uncle Robert and Richard sitting on the back patio and solving most of the world's problems. They have so much fun when they get together and what one doesn't think of the other ones do. I am glad they are family and such good friends.