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If you know Derek you know that he is a great husband and father…and creative too.  For our trip he did 3 fun and clever things for us as a family:

1.  Before departing he gathered us in the living room for a slideshow that he had put together of our Smith Family "Road Rules":

2.  He got the idea from someone at work to do "dirt jars".  He gave each of the boys a jam jar and at each place we went they would go off and collect some dirt for their jars.  We filled the jars with all of our destinations – and each layer is a different color or texture and each a reminder of our trip.  Here they are adding a layer in Colorado.

3.  For our anniversaries, Derek and I aren't big gift givers.  We usually prefer to travel or go out but don't usually buy each other gifts very often.  Although Derek will always look up the "traditional" gift for that year and get something funny or small that is related.  I.e. paper, tin, silver, etc.  This year's was steel which was a little harder, but he gave me a magnet for each state that we visited (all 9 of them) as a reminder of our trip.

That Derek is so clever!  We're glad to claim him as ours.