sunday song

Jesus, I am resting, resting,
In the joy of what Thou art;
I am finding out the greatness
Of Thy loving heart.
Thou hast bid me gaze upon Thee,
And Thy beauty fills my soul,
For by Thy transforming power,
Thou hast made me whole.

Jesus, I am resting, resting,
In the joy of what Thou art;
I am finding out the greatness
Of Thy loving heart.

O, how great Thy loving kindness,
Vaster, broader than the sea!
O, how marvelous Thy goodness,
Lavished all on me!
Yes, I rest in Thee, Belovèd,
Know what wealth of grace is Thine,
Know Thy certainty of promise,
And have made it mine.

Jesus, I am resting, resting,
In the joy of what Thou art;
I am finding out the greatness
Of Thy loving heart.

Simply trusting Thee, Lord Jesus,
I behold Thee as Thou art,
And Thy love, so pure, so changeless,
Satisfies my heart;
Satisfies its deepest longings,
Meets, supplies its every need,
Compasseth me round with blessings:
Thine is love indeed!

Jesus, I am resting, resting,
In the joy of what Thou art;
I am finding out the greatness
Of Thy loving heart.

Ever lift Thy face upon me
As I work and wait for Thee;
Resting ’neath Thy smile, Lord Jesus,
Earth’s dark shadows flee.
Brightness of my Father’s glory,
Sunshine of my Father’s face,
Keep me ever trusting, resting,
Fill me with Thy grace.

Jesus, I am resting, resting,
In the joy of what Thou art;
I am finding out the greatness
Of Thy loving heart.

lean on me

3rd birthday party

Micah loves playing all kinds of instruments so for his 3rd birthday we thought it would be fun to have a Kindermusik party. I found a teacher online and she came to do a 45 minute music lesson with the kids at the beginning of his party. Micah tends to take awhile warming up to new things and new people but he had no troubles warming up to this. The minute she pulled a drum out of her instrument box she won his heart. The kids (and parents) had a great time playing different instruments, singing songs and doing some movements.

After the music we ate red drum cake and opened presents. Micah got some new clothes, movies, Cars cars, some sports stuff, a walking dinosaur (that's not 'cary') and a blue beta fish. It was a GREAT day and we are so thankful for all of our family and friends who could come to celebrate with him!

ringling bros.

Oracle (not from the Matrix) provided free tickets to Ringling Brothers to the companies that use their products so Zach, Micah and I got to go to our first ever circus for free this past weekend! We got to go on the floor before it started (but so did everyone else), sit in party suites and get free food. THANKS ORACLE!

Micah was very excited about going to the circus because we told him there would be elephants there. He's a big fan of elephants. He loved watching the animals, liked watching the people do tricks and HATED when people were shot out of the cannon. It was loud and he does not like loud. The poor boy kept crying until we took him walking around in the back hallways to get some downtime. It probably didn't help that the circus was smack dab in the middle of nap time!

Overall it was really fun but we probably won't go back until both of the boys are a little older so they can enjoy it a little more.

in front of the ringling bros. bike built by Orange County Choppers

watching Asia paint

There's Asia.

He took a picture with me!!!

Micah enjoying the precircus view

Gotta love those Elephants

Headstand on the tightrope. I almost couldn't watch!

Right before the cannon shot (and the meltdown!)

Horsey tricks

jam session

Zach got Micah an acoustic guitar for his birthday. Technically it's a red ukelele with the Hawaiian stickers pulled off but it's the perfect size for Micah. He absolutely LOVED it and immediately wanted Zach to get out his guitar so they could play together. It was too cute seeing them play together. Micah kept moving them around too. He'd say 'let's play on the little couch' then 'ok let's stand up now'. Zach started getting excited about the potential of Micah as a budding guitarist but I promise we will not be going nuts assuming he will be a child prodigy!

3!

My baby is 3...3!! I think this has been the quickest year thus far. I have already cried once today. Micah was talking on the phone to Zach and it was just the sweetest, most grown up conversation. Ugh. I am such a sap! I did a little interview with Micah the other day while he was painting. I just asked "what's your favorite..." and he without hesitation answered. So I want to share with you all the things he loves most.

*favorite food- chicken and fries

*favorite snack- fruit fracks

*favorite drink- white milk

*favorite movie- blue woody movie and red woody movie

*favorite tv show- monkey

*favorite toy- cars. lightning aqueen and doc

*favorite thing to do- build a line and a road

*favorite color- red and blue and green (seriously though he's kind of obsessed with red)

*favorite friends- bella and haley

*favorite animal- elephant and maybe a giraffe

Now for the things I love most about this little boy.

I love...

*that you are a little OCD about things. It drives me crazy but is cool to see that you know your own mind.

*the way you get stuck on words when you talk. You get so excited about what you want to say you can't always get it out the first time.

*that you have no fear when it comes to jumping off your bed but are still afraid of the vacuum.

*your goofy voices. I'm not sure where they come from sometimes but they never fail to make me laugh.

*that you genuinely love your brother and want to make him smile and laugh.

*your memory even when it comes back to bite me sometimes!

*the way you ask questions even though you already know the answer just to hear it again.

*that your interests grow broader every day and that you are becoming more brave to trying new things.

*that you can't pronounce any word that begins with s. I know you'll grow out of it one day but for now I like that you say tickers, tow, towman, cared, and cary!

*the way you lay in your bed to finish 'cratchin' your blanket before you get out of bed.

I love you Micah May. You are a precious boy and I am proud to be your mama!!

our snowy day