Bear Park with Aunty Tia

We love when Tia makes little trips to St. George and we get to have a park day!!

Tia's Dr. told her that she could go home to St. George for a few days before he starts her

new steroid medicines for her GVHD.

It's going to be another OPPORTUNITY for her to fight through.

So it's always fun to see her and her little's.

They are the exact age of all of Cambria & Cecilee's littles. 

They have a blast together!!!

 

It Is Well With My Soul

This song has a special place in my heart.

After my mom had passed, my brother Max was in her house trying to find peace.

As he was looking around he found a piece of paper on my mom's dining room table

which had written in her writing, "It Is Well With My Soul"

We KNOW that it was a message from our mother that she is with our dad.

I can see my mom telling my dad that morning he came to get her and bring her home,

"Wait Clay I need to leave a note for the kids"

She knew we would find it and understand it

FAMILIES ARE FOREVER!!!

 Did you know, the song "It Is Well With My Soul" was written by a successful Christian lawyer Heratio Spafford. His only son died at age 4 in 1871. In 1872, the great Chicago fire wiped out his vast estate, made from a successful legal career.

In 1873 he sent his wife and four daughters over to Europe on a summer trip on the ill fated SS Ville du Havre. Since he had a lot of work to do, he planned to follow them later. The ship sank and he lost his four daughters with the wife being the only survivor. She sent him a famous telegram which simply read, "SAVED ALONE......"

On his return home, his Law firm was burned down and the insurance company refused to pay him. They said, iIt's an act of God."

He had no money to pay for his house and no work, he also lost his house. Then while sitting and thinking what's happening to him, being a spiritual person, he wrote a song - "Whatever, my Lord, You have taught me to say - It is well, it is well with my soul."

My dear friend, a good attitude will determine your altitude. When you look at your life, career, job or family life, what do you say? Do you praise God? Do you blame the devil? A good attitude towards God makes Him move on your behalf.

Just sit down and say, "Today, God, it is well with my soul, I am thankful I had a peaceful sleep, I am thankful I am alive with possibilities, I am thankful I have a roof over me, I am thankful I have a job, I am thankful that I have family and friends. Above all, I am thankful that I have the Lord Jesus Christ on my side."

Be blessed and don't be envious or shocked when others are prospering because you don't know what they have been through to get there (test, trials and tribulation) so thank God for what you have. "Little is much when God is in it. It is well with my soul!"

Touch someone's life with this message. If God is for us, who can be against us?

God bless to all and have a good evening!!

Seeing the Lord's Hand in our Lives

Trevor and Kylee left yesterday on their way to Connecticut with all of their belongings with a new (used) truck and a UHAUL trailer being pulled behind. They drove 9 hours to Colorado to stay with her uncle and hit the road this morning. On their way they needed to find a FED EX and print off CLOSING PAPERS for their house and send them back immediately. As soon as they were done with that they were hitting the road and their truck broke. Trevor texted me and said, "Mom - So my truck decided to break , so it’s in the shop getting fixed. Probably will be done on Friday. Kylee will be flying out tomorrow night, so she can make it to clinical. But we’re currently staying with her uncle and aunt in Denver. 🤷🏽‍♂️ I talked with the dealership and they have all the info so they should be responsible to cover all the cost. And Rudy is going to visit them to make sure they are responsible for it and cover it!" (It was the Front Diff Mounting Bracket on the passenger side and pumpkin housing cracked on the drivers side.

As I read and cried I couldn't help but think of all the Tender Mercies:

"GOD'S TIMING IS ALWAYS PERFECT!"

* We changed trailers before they left and moved everything from the back of the truck and smaller trailer into a bigger trailer so everything was safe and NOTHING in the back of the truck.

* The weather kept saying that there was a big storm coming through the midwest exactly the same time they were to be driving through, lots of snow and possible tornadoes from Tuesday evening through Thursday.  

(The truck won't be done until FRIDAY) NO COINCIDENCES!!!!

* They were pulling into a parking spot at the Notary when the truck made a loud BOOM. They could've been in the middle of NOWHERE when they broke down and stranded, but they were still in Denver. And it could've broken while driving causing a BIGGER PROBLEM with the trailer. 

* They are staying at Kylee's Uncle's house till Friday. They have a place to stay and not have to stay somewhere that costs them lots of money. 

* They are together.

So many TENDER MERCIES and blessing from our Heavenly Father. Thank you so much for the blessings of safety for my kids. Before they left I told Trevor, PLEASE say a prayer before you drive everyday!!! Heavenly Father hears our prayers as long as we ask, we need to do our part. 

UPDATE ON THE TRUCK: (Late last night we got a text from Trevor)

The guy who owns the Dealership that I bought the truck from said that he has the power to help us BUT CHOOSES NOT TO. 

WHAT? WHO DOES THAT? 

So he asked us to send bad reviews to let other people know to NOT shop there.

UPDATE a week later: 3/22/2021

Trevor made it home to Kylee with the Truck and Trailer. He got his truck back on Saturday and he hit the road. He was anxious to get home to Kylee since she wasn't feeling very well since her miscarriage. We learned today that Kylee said she was told by the Dr. that she needs to have a D&C surgery. So we are praying all goes well and the two of them can finally relax and start house hunting in CT. 

PACKING UP PROVO to CONNECTICUT

 We went up to help pack Trevor and Kylee for their move across the USA to Connecticut. They SOLD their home in Provo and had a week that they could come and move everything across the country. So we met them Thursday night after Trevor bought a truck to pull a trailer to CT. This was the morning we were leaving and Charles and Christene had come to pack up their girls (Heather & Nicole) to move back to Arizona. They were living in the apartment on top. We had fun together that morning, playing in the snow. Trevor and Cecilee built this snowman with Mia and Rex. 

ALL OF US BEFORE WE DROVE OUT!!

COUSINS

There is nothing better than watching these cute kids grow up and become adults!!!

Marry incredible people and start their families.

Kiana and Austin have Jeter and the night before this picture,

Kylee experienced a miscarriage. Cecilee and I were home with her while Trevor was gone with the guys getting food and stuff for the move. 

Kylee was bleeding so much that she thought she was hemorrhaging, she was freezing cold, chills, and sweating. We called her dad and he gave her some suggestions. 

Trevor got home and I called around looking for oil to give a blessing.

I think just having Trevor home made everything more bearable for Kylee.

They gave her a blessing and she started feeling better. 

It was hard to watch her go through that hard moment.

I know the two of them were so sad, but everything is in the Lord's hands and he has a purpose for everything.

 

GRANDKIDS BRING HAPPINESS!!!!

These kids are getting so BIG and their personalities are SO MUCH FUN!!!

WE LOVE BEING GRANDPARENTS and feel so BLESSED!!

I can't believe that we have 4 grandkids ALL WITHIN 13 months of each other!!!

They get so excited when they see Gamma and PAPA!!

They get so excited when they see each other EVERYTIME!!

I am so excited that they get to GROW UP together in the same neighborhood. 

I love PAJAMAS and I have loved buying for every HOLIDAY!!!

These were for NEW YEARS with a hope that DISNEYLAND Reopens SOON!!!