Celebrate Me Home

Home for the holidays
I believe I’ve missed each and every face
Come on and play my music
Let’s turn on the love light in the place
It’s time I found myself totally surrounded in your circles
Oh, my friends

Please, celebrate me home
Give me a number
Please, celebrate me home
Play me one more song that I’ll always remember
That I can recall whenever I find myself too all alone
I can sing me home.

My Crazy Family

This is our attempt at a Christmas picture. I set the camera on automatic, and it didn't stop at one picture, it took a string of them. I think the two funniest things, besides Sparky jumping down, are my dad and Michael in the back as the pictures progress, and Jesse not moving a muscle through the whole series.

Isabelle

I got to meet Isabelle Hagey, daughter of my close friend Theresa. FINALLY! She is eight months, and so adorable. We had such a fun time together reading, eating, playing.

On our way

To Iowa, that is, to see family and friends and celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas all at the same time. Can't wait to be home!

Fun on Vacation

King Neptune

The beach at night

A sunset

Dinner at the Cheesecake Factory - yum!

And ice cream!!!

A little disc golf

Our last night

Love this

As Callie said, it totally reminds me of our family reunions at the farm!!!

Vacation

What's Lost is Found

Good news. The golf course that Michael golfed at when we visited Plymouth last month found our camera! They sent it back to us last week - what a relief! As proof, here is the one picture we had of us together at Plymouth - from that camera. :)

Plymouth

Michael and I had fun in Plymouth while I was there for work.

The Fair

Michael and I went to our first fair (as a couple) Saturday night.

It was all you could imagine...

There were tractors.

And corn. :-D

Purple cauliflower,

And cucumbers.

Some pigs,

Sheep,

And cows.

Us, after eating our deep fried oreos, funnel cake, and milkshake!

SuperBand - according to Michael

Producer: Timbaland

Songwriter: Sara Groves

Acoustic Guitar: John Mayer

Electric Guitar: Jimi Hendrix

Bass Guitar: TBD

Piano: Bruce Hornsby

Drums: Drummer from Dave Matthews Band

Violin: Violinist from DMB

Male Vocals: Ray Lamontagne

Female Vocals: Girl from Over the Rhine

25 Things I Love About Michael (on his 25th birthday) (and in no particular order)

#1 His love and passion for God and his ministry.

#2 That he always thinks his jokes are the funniest.

#3 His vocabulary - way more extensive than mine.

#4 That he gets passionate about music. Intensely so.

#5 That he tries to encourage me to exercise. Even when I HATE IT.

#6 His guitar playing. And concentration on learning a new song (i.e. In Your Atmosphere)

#7 That he's going to be a wonderful father.

#8 That he loves me no matter what.

#9 His patience for me.

#10 The way he jams out with his headphones on (all sweaty after running) while washing the dishes.

#11 The fist pumping when he's running.

#12 That he has slowly begun to critique my cooking more often.

#13 His scruffy look.

#14 His blue eyes.

#15 That he worked so hard to get his degree while working full-time and a half.

#16 His sermons in church.

#17 That he keeps watching Lost with me, even though he "hates" it.

#18 That he doesn't get annoyed (or doesn't seem to) when I'm wearing new clothes.

#19 That he just wants to spend all his free time with me.

#20 That he's becoming an Apple person.

#21 That he would be a wonderful dog owner. (hint hint)

#22 That he's currently singing "happy happy birthday to me" while lounging on the couch.

#23 His wedding proposal.

#24 That he'll go to the park (or even the pool) with me, even though he hates to be outside.

#25 That after nearly 5 years of marriage, he now voluntarily smiles for pictures.

I love you, Michael. You're my favorite. :)

A taste of our fun weekend

Me at 29

Caleb

Hanging out with our adorable godson Caleb after his dedication in church.

Michael is insisting on being called "The Godfather".