Sweet Micah

Sweet Micah- July 27 2016

 I cannot believe that this year Micah will be turning 7! He is growing more and more handsome each day and his heart is SO BIG! 

Mason is out of town at his second year of an amazing church camp, Camp Rock.

We began the weekend  trying to focus on making this a week for Micah.  We took the boys to see the new Jungle book, Micah could BE Mogley.  He loves people, critters and animal facts!  He loves to enjoy the moment, take in Gods creation and desires to point things out to you that he thinks are beautiful so you can feel or see the same beauty he does.  He doesn’t rush to do things, enjoys being at home and rarely asks what we are doing next.  (unlike his brothers J)

Before dropping Mason off at camp we took a family day trip to Linville Caverns and climbed some rocks out side and then explored the depths of the mountain cave.  Micah was in heaven.  He courageously conquered a tall rock, that to him felt like a mini mountain with NO hands, he not once was fearful leading the pack of tourist through a narrow crevice in the cave. 

We ate lunch at a little town bbq spot and Micah tried his best to eat the grilled cheese (food is his least favorite thing) 

After lunch we headed one mile up the road to Linville Falls Micah was so excited to see the falls he was hoping to be able to get in and try to stand BEHIND a waterfall…he handled the disappointment well when we discovered no one is allowed in the river or close to the falls…they were still pretty to look at. 

At dinner with the four of us Micah was a little chatter box.  Its so natural for him to not need to be the center of attention or leading the conversation or offer an opinion, that we didn’t ever even realize what we were missing out on when we remove Mason from the equation.   Mason is an amazing big brother, but we are seeing a new side of Micah when Mason isn’t in the lead. 

Monday, Chris went to work and after a trip to Carowinds waterpark where Micah was allowed to pick whatever he wanted to do he thoroughly enjoyed just wading around the water taking his time. 

Thanks to Poppy and Mam maw I arranged a date day for the two of us at TCBY while Ethan played battle with mam maw.  TCBY proved for Micah that white chocolate moose is indeed the best choice in frozen yogurt. (that’s my favorite too)   I am pretty sure Micah got a scoop of almost every topping in the store!  Over ice cream we discussed school starting soon and when I asked who he most hoped was in his class next year he said, Hmmm….Laithan, do you wanna know why?  Because he has a sickness and he might need someone to look out for him”…How Sweet is Micah?  Hes so good at thinking of others better than him self. 

A similar instance happed as Chris and I were playing a game with Micah before bed.  He was originally wanting to play connect four launchers and then when he surveyed the three of us he quickly changed his mind saying, “OH, I’ll just pick something else that three people can play, I don’t want to leave mom out”  Seriously, you cannot teach that!! AND he genuinely was happy about it! 

All of Micah’s free time this week while Mason has been gone has consisted of building forts in the bonus room with every sheet and blanket and pillow he can find.!  Or playing alone in the back yard or collecting frogs with Ethan. 

This Verse reminds me of Micah- Phillippians 2:3-4  Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of others. 

God knew what he was doing when he sandwiched Micah between two driven, scheduled fast paced brothers!  They are all perfect for each other and I pray that as they grow their differences will reveal to them a new character trait of God the father, that they would grow to sharpen one another and always practice servant love and leadership.