A Better Way

I'm not alone, I really believe

You never go, You never leave

Here and now, You always stay

I love you could not be said a better way

It's everything You've promised

There's no greater love than this from prophets until today

A man laying down His life for His friends

Your sacrifice has spoken, You gave everything

And I love you could not be said a better way

I am forgiven, I clearly see

It's why You came to do all you did for me

Trading earth with heaven, You took my place

I love you could not be said a better way

It's everything You've promised

There's no greater love than this from prophets until today

A man laying down His life for His friends

Your sacrifice has spoken, You gave everything

And I love you could not be said a better way

Because You redeem, I know what's to come

Everything I could lose here, You've already won

So You have my surrender with passion obey

I love you could not be said a better way

It's everything You've promised

There's no greater love than this from prophets until today

A man laying down His life for His friends

Your sacrifice has spoken

And I love you could not be said

And I love you could not be said

And I love you could not be said

And I love you could not be said a better way

A Better Way by Downhere

Tiny vacation

I haven't posted many pictures of late and I know it's what everyone likes best so here are a bunch and I'll get some more up here before to long! :-) 

We went to the botanical gardens earlier this week, after a few to many chaotic weeks we decided what we really wanted was to pretend like we were all still young and go spend the day together. 

Treat it almost like a very short vacation. :) 

(Looking at a nest of baby birds) 

Today

"Look to this day... for yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision.... but today well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope." 

~Unknown~ 

Little Cap.

all of them!?

Michael comes to me. 

"Rachel?" 

"What is it little man?" 

"Remind me again who all the presidents are?" 

I am hit with more than a little surprise. He is challenging me here and I am going to be hard pressed to admit to my five year old brother, who believes in my presidential expertise so whole heartedly, that I am stumped.

"Remind you?" I say. 

"Yes, I know George Washington. Who are the rest?" 

I think of the poster we have of the presidents and all those, seemingly hundreds, of faces. 

I glance around, with hopes of seeing the names of these men magically written where I can read them, and I notice that Michael has four lego men in his little hands. 

And it clicks! 

"Oh, you mean who is on the Mountain?" I say. -That's Mount Rushmore for all you who are not as swift as I in the mental take off. ;)

"Yes," he says. 

"Well, There is Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson." 

"Abraham Lincoln! That's the one." 

He goes away happy. I go away relieved that a five year olds view of all the presidents consists only of the four men who have their faces carved into a rock face in the middle of no where!