Asher is THREE!!!

(I actually wrote this 6 weeks ago, but better late than never....so here's a recap of Ash-man's big day)

Three years ago, I became a Mommy. I never imagined how my life could change so much by just that one significant event. Everyone knows that things change after having a child, of course, but no one really prepares you for how it turns your life upside down. Everything holds a new and precious meaning. As these three years have passed, I have been able to look at life through the eyes of my sweet little baby boy. I have watched him grow from tiny baby, so sweet, chubby and cuddly, into this boisterous toddler who loveslife. I am amazed at how he sees the world and sees others with such a pure heart and just plain old love. My prayer for my boy is that as he grows, he would love the LORD with all of his heart, soul, mind and strength and find JOY in serving and loving those around him; that he would chose to walk in obedience to God's will and treasure the truth of His word. I pray that the Lord would give him wisdom, strength, health, purity, and that Asher's life would be used to bring glory to our Father and make the name of Jesus famous!

Birth-day

First birthday (We have better pictures, but someone cleaned them off the computer...)

TWO!

We had a party to celebrate this blessed little boy's life. When I asked him what kind of party he wanted to have, he said he wanted an orange party. Since Asher loves trucks, construction, tools, etc--so we used the orange theme and did a big construction themed party. I always have so much fun planning these things and Zack asked me to make sure I tried to tone it down a bit this year, which would have definitely happened, but we happened to have a precious member of our church offer to let us borrow his forklift for the party. So yes, we had a huge piece of heavy machinery parked in our yard for the weekend. Other than that GIANT detail, it was much simpler than past parties as far as the planning and preparation that went in to it. Here are a few pictures of the day. Asher loves people more than any child I have ever met, so just having friends over to his house was super fun, but then you add dirt and a forklift and he was over the moon happy!

Party themed food

We turned our garden (since we are done for the season) into a big dirt pile for the boys to dig in. It was a BIG hit :)

Honor loved the dirt pile too!

About halfway through all the digging, Asher decided to get serious about it and went and found Daddy's big shovel

Riding bikes with our neighbors

It was a fun party. We are so blessed to have so many friends and family to celebrate with. Asher is one very loved little boy!