Luke's favorite thing lately has been finger painting. And he also loves cars so of course he had to finger paint with a car. 

Luke's muscles may not work very good, but his brain is growing just right. He knows all his letters and can count to 12! His speech is becoming a little more clear to us which is so helpful. He still speaks alot of chinese too.

Livi turned 5 on March 28th!

My little pony pinata

Party at our church's gym

Livi giving her friend Rupert a smooch. We are trying to encourage hugs only, but she forgets.

Easter with the cousins

We closed on our old house and are living with my parents until we move into our new home. We are really looking forward to moving in! At the moment though we are pretty tired from the move and all the stresses of buying a house with inspections and repairs. Its easy to get stressed out with so many things that seem so big. But God has been so faithful to take care of us through everything.

I've been thinking about how I really don't like it when people say God won't give you more than you can handle. It makes me feel like I should be stronger than I am on my own. God gives us way more than we can handle. We wouldn't have a relationship with Him if we could take care of ourselves. Maybe instead we should say God won't give you more than He can handle. He can handle anything of course! For me its hard to keep believing that he can actually carry my burdens. I don't know how to let go of them sometimes. There is a scripture that says God won't let us be tempted beyond what we can handle. But it doesn't say anything about us being supermoms that can do everything on our own. I'm so glad because I feel like I need Him more than ever and I'm so glad He wants to carry my burdens and love me through all ups and downs we go through.

I like this version of Matthew 11:28 from the Message Bible

"Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."