Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
December 15, 2016
June 7, 2016
Spring Concert...
Micaiah played the snare drum during the Spring Concert. See videos below. He was also asked to accompany the honors chorus (his part starts around 40 seconds in). Enjoy!
February 13, 2016
December 10, 2015
Middle School Worship
It's always a blessing to see them worshiping together. Unfortunately my phone storage ran out (I wonder why:) so this is only a short clip...
September 25, 2015
A Video to Cheer Up a Friend...
The boys made a video to cheer up their buddy Lucas the other day...
April 29, 2015
December 21, 2014
Preschool Christmas Program...
and for the grandparents that want to see video...below is a long video of snippets from the program. If you listen close you can hear his voice a little louder in some songs than others (especially during "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer" around the 3:22 mark)...Enjoy!
December 4, 2014
Little BMore Drummer Boy's Middle School Winter Concert...
It was a joy to watch Micaiah last night in his first band concert. I think it brought back many memories for Wes from his band days...
Here are two videos of the performances last evening...
December 2, 2014
Frosty the Snowman
He has been practicing a few Christmas songs but this is a favorite that we hear frequently throughout the house...
October 25, 2014
Reflections...
It's Monday morning and we've already dealt with no clean shorts and socks, a meltdown over school being too long and boring and tears just as the bus pulls up and picks up one and pulls away as one is stands in the garage in tears.
Sometimes this is just how Mondays feel...
We get back from dropping the bundle of tears off at school and as Will gets out of the van he spys the new swing Wes hung the day before...
He sat himself down on the new swing did the familiar scootch side to side to position himself just right before yelling,
"Mom, will you push me on the swing superhigh?"
"Sure buddy...hold on tight" I say as I walk toward the swing.
I pushed him once (not high enough to his liking) so I pushed a little higher the second time. That's when my perspective changed.
I saw him amidst the bright blue sky with big beautiful cotton ball clouds...and how the tree branches framed him just right.
"Will I want to take a picture of you."
As I reflected on the picture...I saw a few things...trust, risk and the reward of taking on new challenges.
It reminded me all over again how my default is worry and fear.
Will called on me to push him, he trusted that I would keep him safe...he took the risk to embrace the new swing.
We are at a crossroads on a few different areas of life and parenting and I've been fretting and fearful. Watching Will this morning reminded me...
I serve a God who wants me to trust him, to take risks and press into Him as I embrace new challenges. He is willing and able to walk with me through whatever this life may bring my way.
May 20, 2014
May 8, 2014
Eli's Piano Recital...
I forgot my "real" camera so this iPhone video is all I have. Eli plays "Amazing Grace" solo and then Wes joins him for a duet on "Rock Around the Clock."
I am so thankful that he loves and looks forward to his lessons with Ms. Donna. She is such a sweet soul!
February 18, 2014
A Drummer's Passion...
So in December, my uncle blessed Micaiah with a backstage pass to a Third Day show. Micaiah was so excited to watch the concert from a different vantage point.
He had no idea that he would actually meet the band and talk with their drummer, David Carr.
There are many times in life when we are given the opportunity to speak words of life into someone. David Carr took the time that evening to talk with Micaiah. He asked him some questions and then encouraged him to keep playing the drums because "the world has enough guitar players."
As if his words weren't enough, at the end of the show he signed the sticks he played with during the concert and gave them to Micaiah. As you may imagine, Micaiah was thrilled and David's words fueled his passion for the drums in a new and exciting way.
There are many times in life when we are given the opportunity to speak words of life into someone. David Carr took the time that evening to talk with Micaiah. He asked him some questions and then encouraged him to keep playing the drums because "the world has enough guitar players."
As if his words weren't enough, at the end of the show he signed the sticks he played with during the concert and gave them to Micaiah. As you may imagine, Micaiah was thrilled and David's words fueled his passion for the drums in a new and exciting way.
Since that evening in late December, "band" at our house consists of Third Day's "Miracle" album on repeat while the boys, led by Micaiah on the drums, all play their instruments and sing.
Here is a recent video of Micaiah playing "Hit Me Like a Bomb"...
Here is a recent video of Micaiah playing "Hit Me Like a Bomb"...
Thank you David Carr...for taking the time to encourage Micaiah and speak words of life into his soul!
"Gracious words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones."
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones."
Proverbs 16:24
February 2, 2014
Week 5:52 {Noise}...
This picture of my husband playing the guitar, captures my favorite kind of "noise."
November 4, 2013
Multitude Monday #4266 - #4286...
...meeting some of his classmates...
...my in laws help with the other boys so I could take the day to go on Micaiah's field trip...
...Will napping...
...the way his "dranky" jingles as he walks down the hall...
...catching these classic Eli faces in his school Halloween parade...
...Will enjoying the leaves...
...fun with Micaiah's hair for his rockstar halloween costume...seeing him in his element at school...
...hearing Micaiah laugh with his friends...
...this picture Wes sent me of Will...those eyes...the hair...that smile...and his response when he saw this picture "I need a haircut."...
...Dad's help wrangling this crew while trick or treating...
...laughing with my dad while we watched Eli take his giraffe costume really seriously...
...conversation with my sister in law in the kitchen while we make dinner and the kids play...
...a sweet treat and short visit at Panera with my mom...
...family picture swap with friends...
...impromptu dinner and great conversation to end the evening...
...a beautiful fall day to watch Micaiah play soccer...
...dancing and singing to Imagine Dragons "On Top of the World" while driving in the car with Joshua...
...watching Will sword fight with his Daddy...
...a long run as the sun rises...
...watching Nacho Libre with the boys and laughing hard...
February 25, 2013
Multitude Monday #3859...
He is here
He’s right here
In this room, in your heart
He is near
Nearer than breath, heartbeat
Nearer than you are to you
Closer than second chance, or next opportunity
Closer than tonight or yesterday
He is real
More real than touch, see, hear, smell, or taste
More real than reality—he is our reality
More real than joy, pain, sorrow, or the love of being in love
He is present
Like space, wind, time, silence, night
He is waiting
Like creation, like words on the tip of tongue
Like songs that have yet to be sung
He is beauty
In oranges, blues, every hue, every shade
Sunset and sunrise whisper his name
He is holy
Cannot be touched, explained
Like sweet seconds of prayer
like grandmother on knees, wood floor bare
He is old hymns
The extending of limbs stretched across trees
Stripes to heal disease
He is Son
Distinctly three, distinctly one
The only one, the only wise, the only resurrector of lives
He is king
And no earthly throne can house him
No amount of elegant words can espouse him
He is moment and voice, power of choice
In word and deed, in fruit and seed
Nailed hands, nailed feet
Innocent wounds that bleed
He is believe
He is all, he is call and purpose
Everything we can sacrifice—he’s worth it and more, much more
Our good deeds are mere pennies, will never even the score
He is behold and wow
He is who, what, when, why, how
He’s the one who puts on the show
He’s the one that we come to see
He is soul’s cry and sinner’s plea
He is the epitome that no one light a candle to
Or come within a million foot pole of
He is above
He is a father’s love
Maker of ways, of earth and wind, Ancient of Days
Have no fear, have no fear, have no fear
Our God is here
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February 12, 2013
Morning Song...
Micaiah called us downstairs this morning to listen to this new drum rhythm...
As he listened to this near the end he says "Wow, I'm really messing up right now."
I asked him if he was OK with me posting the video and his reply was...
"Yes, humility is a part of life."
January 22, 2013
Multitude Monday #3733 - #3747...
"...Moments of beauty shock us and, for a few fleeting moments, set our hearts free."
Eyes Wide Open by Steve DeWitt
this past week...
...being challenged by this scripture...
"If you live
wide-eyed in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light. If you
live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a dank cellar.
Keep your eyes open, your lamp burning, so you don’t get musty and
murky. Keep your life as well-lighted as your best-lighted room.” Luke 11:34
...reading and studying Luke 11:34 and then finding a package on the front porch with the book "Eyes Wide Open: Enjoying God in Everything"...
...reading and studying Luke 11:34 and then finding a package on the front porch with the book "Eyes Wide Open: Enjoying God in Everything"...
...Uncle Josh's visit...
...Uncle Josh's excitement over going to Micaiah's drum lesson...
...sunlight streaming in the sunroom after many dreary days...
...Friday night fun at Coldstone...
...our shadows...
...Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing by Sally Lloyd-Jones...I have learned so much from the Jesus Storybook Bible I am so excited to dive into this with the boys...
..."Prayer that uses previously unanswered prayers as an excuse for laziness has already ceased to be a prayer of faith." from Streams in the Desert
...enjoying every last bit of "little" as he grows big...
...hands folded around the dinner table...
...cousins playing together...
...great conversation with my sister in law...
...Micaiah and Wes' dance after the Ravens win...
...resting in the fact that the Lord is in control of all of the details regarding the timing of our house sale...
December 26, 2012
Joshua's 12 Days of Christmas...
...he calls us to the table and performs this song...he made it up all by himself including most of his Christmas gifts in the mix...
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December 19, 2012
Little BMore Drummer Boy at Christmas Chapel...
Micaiah and his Daddy accompany the 4th grade class in Hark the Herald Angels Sing...
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