May

The first few days of May were very busy with our young women fundraiser. We did a bake sale, and the ward was incredible and we ended up get 89 different orders which is incredible for our tiny ward. The girls worked hard to getting all the orders. I bought the ingredients earlier in the week and delegated to some of the young women and their moms to make the chocolate chip cookies and the Rice Krispy treats. I ended up doing all the banana bars and homemade Oreos. On Friday, I got so much help from one of my counselors in making everything. She would help me measure and prepare things for me as we baked most of the day. I had the young women come over in the evening and they packaged everything up. Saturday the young men put on a lasagna dinner and silent auction and all the bake sale orders were picked up then. It was incredible to see the turnout and it makes me so grateful for my ward family and the unity and support we have for each other.

We had a warm day early in May, and Baylor and McCall had fun playing in the lake.

One Friday evening, I spent the evening watching a high school football game. One of my graduating young women invited me to come since it was her senior night. It was sweet to be there for her.

McCall usually falls asleep every day in the car when I'm picking up Paige form school. Sometime depending on when she went to bed the day before, she will randomly fall asleep at home. It's usually on the couch or in Nate and I's bed. I can only let her sleep for about a half an hour, or she is up until 10 or 11 before she is ready to go to sleep for the night.

One rainy Saturday, we didn't have much going on and we had a rainy week, so I was going a little stir crazy. So, I put rainboots on Baylor and McCall and we went outside to jump in puddles. Then Baylor and I got the idea to measure how deep each of the puddles were that were down our street. So she created a measuring stick out of popsicle sticks and I would record her measurements on a piece of paper. 

These two are as silly as they come!

The flowers in my yard righ now are gorgeous! It makes me so happy!

Another sleepy day for our little girl, and Dad joined her for her nap this time.

I did watercolor painted for each of the birth months of the grandkids for my mom's birthday. It was a really fun present to create and I love how it turned out. It's not perfect but it is beautiful and I loved watching my mom open it up.

McCall loves to go on walks in the stroller. One walk she joined Nate and I on the Soos Creek Trail and she loved taking a break to throw rocks and flowers into the creek.

One Wednesday for our young women activity, we did chalk drawings at the park. It was such a fun and relaxing activity. The girls had fun just drawing and then they all ended up working together and making a hopscotch that was 100 spaces long. It was sweet to see the smiles on people's faces as they walked by. We went and played at the playground for a bit and when we were walking back to my house, it was so fun to see other people enjoying the hopscotch. We ended the night with smores in my backyard. It was a wonderful evening spent with an amazing group of girls!

Another nap spot for McCall- in the stroller. Nate and I have been going on walks again through the neighborhood since the weather has warmed up. It's one of my favorite parts of the day. She fell asleep and then we just kept her in there while Nate and I cleaned up the garage.

Paige got to go on a field trip with her humanities class to Flaming Geyser State Park. It was a beautiful day, and she had so much fun. They hiked to the bubbling geyser, created some videos in groups, and just enjoyed time together out in nature. She has some really good friends that also got to go, and they were all in a group together.

We ended the month with some fun in the sun which I'll blog about in another post. We also went to Blake's state track meet to watch him compete in the 300 hurdles. He did awesome, and it was fun to support him!