'Cause a Thankful Heart is a Happy Heart!

Have you heard that song? My two year old introduced me to it! The lyrics are...

"I thank God for this day, for some time to play outside, for the birds in the trees, for His love that's deep and wide, for the air that I breathe, for my friends and family! That's why I say Thanks everyday! 'Cause a thankful heart is a happy heart! I'm glad for what I have--that's an easy way to start! For the love that we share as He listens to our prayers! That's why I say thanks everyday!! I thank God for this night for the stars in the sky! For a hug from my mom, for her special lullabye! For the chance to have rest, for the ways that I am blessed! That's why I say 'Thanks!' everyday!"

~Sung by Junior Asparagus (Veggie Tales)

I love the simplicity of this song! That we can just thank God for the little things... it doesn't have to be this big drawn out 4 point sermon prayer. The cd that we have of this song actually put my son's name in the chorus. That's one of my prayers for my kids. That they would have thankful, happy hearts. I saw Beth Moore speak this summer. WOW!! If you ever get a chance to hear her... She'll touch ya!

She spoke about the other meaning of the word blessed. (Poor english language... we really suck!) One of the hebrew words for blessed is Asher...which means HAPPY!! How awesome that through our being thankful... God gives us Asher! HAPPINESS! I pray that my babies and my babies, babies, would be ashered! That not only would they accept their barak (their heritage blessing) but that they would be happy! That it's ok to accept those times when God gives us happiness! (Don't get me wrong... I want the Joy of the Lord to be their strength...) But I also want my kids to be able to say about me..."my mamma... she was ashered!" I want to be so full of life and happiness that my kids want what I have! How awesome would that be?

Today I am thankful for...

• When God speaks through His people
• My Husband...my best friend!
• My energetic, life giving son!
• My beautiful baby girl and her smile!
• My family
• My job...where I know that I'm used for the good everyday!
• Music
• Good shampoo and conditioner
• A clean house
• The excitement of cooking my first turkeys
• That it's finally about time to go home and see the things I'm thankful for!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Picture Me

My friend at Delicious Ambiguity tagged me to do a "Picure Me" meme...
Being extremely new to blogging, I am still not completely sure what a meme is... but I think I've got the general idea of what a "Picture Me" is to involve.
So, here goes...

I really had a hard time finding a piture of me, with a story to tell, but as I was looking through some of the picture files that I have on my computer, I came across these...



















These are me and my babies... at a little different ages, but still little. There is nothing better than holding your baby! Even better now, I love holding both of my babies at the same time.
It's funny, cause both of these days seems so long ago already! We still live in the same neighborhood that we brought the boy home to! Different house, but I love our neighborhood!
It's a well established neighborhood. Beautiful! We live near a gorgeous park! The picture of me and my son was taken across the street from the park and in front of our old house. It was such a pretty fall day. I love his beautiful smile! Even though he's a "big boy" now... he still has that awesome, full of wonder, smile! He makes everything so much more fun! He's truly my Joy Boy!

The picture of me and my girl, was taken at the park that I love. It was another beautiful day! I was still on maternity leave! I loved being home with both of my babies! I wouldn't trade it for anything in the World! Baby girl is already showing us that she is her own person! She's just about ready to crawl! I can't believe that she's already almost 7 months! Time is sure flying by! She "talks" non stop! I love it! We decided that she sounds like a baby velociraptor! (not sure how you spell that...) She is absolutely my baby 'Rejoyce!

I get a little teary looking at these...

Take a breath, slow down...
This ride is going way too fast!


And now I tag Kookah and Kara! :)

Bummer!

So, Aaron's band didn't win...
But we all know who the true best band in Denver is!!!

He did get some great exposure and some huge doors are opening for them!
I couldn't be more proud!!!

Random Hero!!!

I am soooo proud!!

My baby brother is in the band Random Hero and they are up for the best band in Denver!! They are in the top 3!!! They'll play again this weekend and hopefully take the win!! They're a great band! You can check them out on MySpace...

If they win... they get to open for Ozzy and Rob Zombie! What a huge opportunity!

Did I mention how proud I am????

Halloween 2007

We had so much fun last night! The boy was so excited! He ran around like a mad man, but I love his energy! He is absolutely ALL boy! Baby girl is just so laid back. She let everyone hold her. She's such a good baby. Both of them have been easy babies! I watched G jump on the Sponge Bob bouncy thing! He loved it! Here's some pictures of them... We had a quick photo shoot before heading to the festivities...