May Day/ Karson's Kindergarten Graduation

I love that the Elementary School does a May Day celebration. This year was Karson's first year participating in May Day. It was fun to watch the dances that Kellen and Karson's class did. Grandma and Grandpa Scow came over to watch them as well. 

Karson did great in his Kindergarten graduation. He has loved everything about Kindergarten, his teacher and his class have been awesome! I tended 2 little boys this school year one was the Kindergarten teacher's boy Hayes and the other one was Karson's best friend Kaleb.

Hike to the Waterfall

On a Monday in May for FHE we decided to go up Nebo, hike to the waterfall and have tin foil dinners! I have to say this is one of my favorite things to do around where we live. We live in such beautiful country. I have never hiked to the waterfall in the spring, and with all the run off from the snow there was a second waterfall we could see in the distances. It was so green and beautiful! We did spook out a few water snakes along the way that kind of freaked us out. The water was a bit cold to play in, but just the feel and the smell of being in the mountains was amazing! 

God is aware

I used this picture for the this post, because I love going walking and enjoying this beautiful world we live in. I can't help, but think of the song I Feel My Savior's Love when I am out walking.

We had a miracle happen in our lives and I felt like it is something I should write down, so that I don't forget how good the Lord has been to me and my family. One day I had went to the Payson Walmart while Kellen was at school and Trevor was at work. I had Klayton, Korbin, and Karson with me and we just happened to be by the toy section and the boys started asking for toys like they always do and I was telling them no like I always do, when I noticed a elderly man who was walking over to us. He talked to the boys for a minute and then reached in his pocket for some money and handed it to me and said "I want you to buy yours boys something they want while you are here today." as he handed me the money I realized he had given me a $100.00, in shock I told him he didn't need to give me the money and that it was way too much. He insisted I take it and said that he had been injured in a war and received money monthly from the government and that he didn't need the money and wanted to give it to me. He than started talking to the boys again. I didn't feel right taking the money from this man and so I said "I really can't take this money, it is too much." He looked at me and said "I came to Walmart to give someone money who needed it and you are that someone." He than handed me another $100.00 and said "this is money is from the Lord take it." At that point I couldn't argue with the man anymore about it and I shed some tears and gave him a hug and said "thank you." I then asked his wife who was standing close by if this was ok with her and she said "yes, he does things like this all the time." I continued shopping feeling guilty for taking the money thinking about all the other people in Walmart that could use this money more than I could. On my drive home from Walmart I called Trevor and told him what had happened and he was silent the whole time I was tell him the story. I was thinking he was mad at me for taking the money and so I said "The man said it was from the Lord, so how could I not take it." Trevor than said "Yeah I believe it was from the Lord." Trevor than told me that morning he was having a hard time paying our tithing, because we could use the money, but he did pay our tithing. $200.00 the exact amount that the man had given me. We were both speechless. It is a testimony builder to both of us that tithing is a way for us to show our faith and trust in God. God doesn't need our money, but we need to show God that we are willing to give up things of the world to follow him. Knowing that Gods loves us and is trying to lead and guide us to a happier life and the only way he can to that is if we are willing to make the sacrifices to follow Him. Life was not meant to be easy. We were put on this earth to learn and to grow and try to become our best selves through our Savior Jesus Christ. Only through our Savior Jesus Christ can we over come the trails and difficulties that we face. I know I need my Savior and I also know there is a lot of things I could do better to come closer to my Savior. Sometimes I get frustrated with myself, because I give in to my weaknesses and focus on my short comings and I feel so far from the person I want to be. But I know if I keep trying and keep praying I have not failed.

Mother's Day

I love being a Mom and I am blessed to be able to be a stay at home Mom. I wouldn't have it any other way. My boys are more important to me than anything else I could be doing. I don't want to miss a moment of them growing up. I want them to know that I will always be here...whether they want me to be or not. I want them to know that my family is the most important thing to me in my life and I will do everything I can to help them along their way in this life. I hope I can somewhat measure up to the Mom they deserve. I hope when they have all grown they can look back on their childhood and know that their Mom and Dad tried to give them the very best.

 I don't know what I did to deserve such an amazing husband. I can't thank my Heavenly Father enough for him. Trevor always goes out of his way to do special things for me. He got me some shorts and yummy chocolate covered strawberries.

These two gave me the best foot massage.....life is good.

Boys

These boys love donuts! I have to admit we have all be on a donut loving kick lately.

This boy is crazy! He likes to eat salsa and chips. When he eats salsa and chips, he takes one chip and uses it like a spoon and sucks all the salsa off the chip. In this picture he is literally drinking the salsa.

Working out with Dad. I love it!

These two are best buddies and can cause a lot of trouble together.

Karson all at once lost tons of teeth. The poor tooth fairy had a hard time keeping up.

Karson is not really girl crazy, but the girls seem to like him. These were some notes he got from girls in his class. I don't know how I feel about this....I have told my boys I am their girlfriend until they get off their missions. I hope they always remember that.

I had fun playing with Klayton and Korbin at the school while Kellen and Karson were at baseball practice with Dad.

I love this crazy boy.

Kellen taking selfies....haha

My boys always bring me flowers. I sure love them.

Out walking around town with my boys and we were checking out the deer. We sure live in a beautiful place.

My 29th Birthday/ Hiking in Arches

I have to say that I am one blessed Mom and Wife. The men in my life sure know how to make me feel special on my Birthday. On my Birthday Trevor brought me lunch from biggies and beautiful roses. Later that day we stopped and got ice cream on our way to Kellen and Karson's baseball game. It was a great day!

I have been wanting to go to Arches with our family for sometime now and this year for my Birthday we made it happened! It was so much fun! A prefect day and the boys were all such good hikers! We went on every hike that I was wanting to do. We also took our nephew Kort along with us and he was a joy to have. The boys will tell you their two favorite hikes was the Delicate Arch and the Sand Dune Arch. When we were at the Delicate Arch there was a couple who got engaged under the Arch it was pretty neat! The boys had a blast at the Sand Dune Arch and probably could have stayed there all day jumping off rocks, playing in the sand, and climbing on top of the arch. Having 5 boys with us under the age of 8 we were getting some really weird looks and comments about how many boys we had. We got asked if we had twins, if we were wanting a basketball team and other things like that. I definitely want to go back sometime!