Blah-Blah-Blah Bloggin'

For one thing it is COLD!!!! It got down to about two degrees last night and only got into the thirties today. What is this Global Warning stuff when we have had the coldest winter since the 80's. I'll stop there because I could rant and rave about that subject to no end.

Besides being very cold (okay very cold compared to what we normally are we don't have anything to compare with the people in the northwest who have a sizzling -40) this week has been very slow and uneventful. The highlight of my week has bee of course Wednesday. For one thing Praise Band was NUTS. We got through OK but just only that. The best part was right before service when Tessa and I are walking to the Salt House.

So here we are casually walking down the hall talking about nothing in particular when we spy a large circle of our peers. As we get closer we find that they are all gathered around a pile of random junk(as pictured above). As we reach the circle Will and Landon (the drummer and bass player in the PB) ask if we want to join the "campfire". We thought about it and then the rest of the group say "You have to sacrifice something to join." Tessa and I think and kind of say no/ I don't know. Tessa gives in and throws in her whole bag and then they all called me a party pooper so I relented and took off a shoe and threw it in. It was so hilarious because when I had just sat down they hot to me and Will and Landon both go. "Micah what's your name," this is very funny to me because that's what my nephew Jacob does whenever he calls me. OK I'm rambling now so I'll quit. Along with the campfire thing we got comments about us being crazy, and that this would make the best picture ever. See how wonderful our youth group is!!

Just so you know the picture of the phone screen is of the pile of junk we had

Slap Jack with Micah and Tessa

This is what became of me teaching Tessa how to play Slap Jack last Sunday

Most Improved Wraper Award

This is the shoebox that two of my friends Jerry and Cale wrapped. They got tired of painting the boxes so they decided to wrap them instead. Well needless to say they had to have help but I think they did pretty good considering what some other boxes looked like. And yes they wrapped this box together. Cale wrapped the top and Jerry wrapped the bottom, each in a different wrapping paper. Mrs Susan, who was in charge of all this, said that this box had to be sure to go to a 13 to 14 year old boy because only one that age would appreciate the missed-matchness of the box. I said something about a three-year-old not caring what it looked like and Mrs Susan said that a three year old would care more than a teen age boy. How very true.

Today is my mom's b'day. To wish her a happy one I'm going to list the things I love most about her.
1. Sh has a great daughter
2. She's about the coolest mom ever
3. She someone worth looking up to
4. She's there when I need her and even there when I don't
5. She has never tried to hold me back from anything
6. She lets me decide what I'd like to do instead of just telling me how to do it
7. She taught me to sing harmony
8. She is patient enough to deal with me
9. She always listens to what I have to say even if she doesn't agree with it
10. Did i mention she has a great daughter?
11. She feeds my need for books
12. She never treated me like a little kid
13 She taught me to speak adult
14. She always holds me to what I need to do but doesn't put too must pressure to make me explode
15. She doesn't care that i play the piano at all hours
16. She leaves me alone when I'm sick even though she really doesn't want to
17. She asked my advice on things that she could probably decide on her own
18. She supports my ever budding talent for music and is my number one fan
19. She works on a website to allow me to take horseback riding lessons
20. She does her best on that website to make sure it's really good
21. She asks me for advice
22. She does for everyone else before she does for herself
23. She inspires me more than she knows
24. She loves God with all of her heart and isn't afraid to let it show
25. SHE'S THE GREATEST MOM IN THE WORLD FOR ME

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMA!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!

Pretty awesome quote

so Wednesday night we were talking about being Inspired and what it takes to inspire people. Mike went around and asked different people what they thought it takes to be inspired. One of the guys answered "To Inspire you must first be inspired."
I think that pretty sweet. And it's deep if you think about.