Today is my 10th re-birthday!

Yes, 10 years ago I chose to live my life for serving the Lord. It just dawned on me a few minutes ago and realized that it was exactly 10 years ago today. My baptism worked out really awesome. My dad, who was NOT in our church was pretty ticked off at me at first when I told him that I had gave my hand, and told me that he wasn't coming to it. But my sweet grandma somehow convinced him to go ahead and go, and she also came with him. She was from the Church of Christ, but never tried to push me to conform to her church. My mom was actually in Vici, Oklahoma for her last living aunt's funeral. So, I was sad that she wasn't there. But... I was dating Ryan at the time and Dale, Chantel and Andy were there. Also, Lee was there, so I thought it was kind of neat that my someday to be family was there. I had always wanted my uncle Ronnie to be the one to baptize me, but he lives in Tucson, AZ, and he happened to come up for a funeral in Grand Junction (Lynn H's funeral). I gave my hand after the funeral and Sunday after church, we all headed to the little creek in Olathe. I still wish I could feel as WONDERFUL as I did that day. There is no greater feeling then becoming a child of the king! I have learned so much in the last 10 years and I know in another 10 years, I will hopefully know much more than I do now. Life is a constant battle to stay living the faith, but it is the only way for me :)
I was looking at my baptism pictures and found a LOT of people that are no longer with us. It is amazing how much can change in 10 years. It really doesn't seem that long ago. I just thought I would post these.

Two of these elders are already gone: Brother Mitch and Brother Mark. And Brother Bob isn't doing good at all. I'm afraid his days are very numbered :(

Talk about a moment that I wish I could have back, my dad embraced me immediately after everything was over. I still think he felt the precious holy spirit that filled my heart that day. My dad is gone and Jason (left side of the picture, my cousin) is also gone. I actually wish I could relive this day over and over again.

Rounding up car parts

Back in September of 2006, Ryan was backing out of our driveway in Olathe, Colorado and turned too quick and hit the corner post of our chain link fence. So we have had an ugly little dent in the left front fender for a long time now. Then, in June, of 2007, our air conditioner stopped working and I found out that it was our radiator condenser that needed replaced.

Back to the wreck. We haven't turned it into insurance, because we thought we would have to pay our deductible up front. I really didn't know how insurance worked. So we finally turned it into our insurance and the adjuster came out and looked at the fender and took pictures and then explained that we didn't actually have to PAY, it's just that they figure up how much it would cost for all of the damage to get fixed and then subtract our deductible (which unfortunately was $1,000.00) and the rest was ours to do whatever with. Well he called the next day and told me that we would be getting back about $450.00, which isn't enough to fix everything. But...we can buy some used parts and slowly save up and have someone to fix the dent. I called a couple salvage yards and found some of the parts we will need to fix the wreck AND I found a used condenser, and Brother Bill P said that he would show us how to replace the condenser, so we will have air conditioning again! YAY! I'm so glad that I have located these cheap parts, that will help a LOT with the cost of fixing these things. I'm going to go to the salvage yard either today or Monday and get those parts. So I'm a little upset that we aren't getting a lot back from insurance, but I am excited to be able to buy the parts right now.

Anyone up for a good laugh?!

I just saw this on a bulletin on MySpace and HAD to post it here, it will have you all rolling!
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An elderly Florida lady did her shopping and, upon returning to her car, found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle. She dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, proceeding to scream at the top of her voice, "I have a gun, and I know how to use it! Get out of the car!"

The four men didn't wait for a second invitation. They got out and ran like mad.

The lady, somewhat shaken, then proceeded to load her shopping bags into the back of the car and got into the driver's seat. She was so shaken that she could not get her key into the ignition. She tried and tried, and then it dawned on her why... For the same reason she did not understand why there was a football, a Frisbee and two 12 packs of beer in the front seat!

A few minutes later, she found her own car parked four or five spaces farther down. She loaded her bags into the car and drove to the police station to report her mistake.

The sergeant to whom she told the story couldn't stop laughing. He pointed to the other end of the counter, where four pale men were reporting a car jacking by a mad, elderly woman described as white, less than five feet tall, glasses, curly white hair, and carrying a large handgun.

No charges were filed.

If you're going to have a Senior Moment, make it a memorable one!!

Distant cousins

I have looked back on Cherrie and Trina's blogs and noticed some "Family pictures" that were very interesting! Then Raine posted an interesting picture a few days ago. So I thought I would join in and post some photos, hehe. We must be some distant cousins to them, well, except for Cherrie's family, we're obviously close ;)

HEHE, on another note: We have had awesome weather for a few days now, but it is back to being cold :( We're supposed to get snow in the afternoon today. It rained all night, and the wind scared me, I'm always a little nervous with strong winds, I always think a tornado will hit. There actually was a tornado yesterday in western Oklahoma. I really shouldn't worry though, God won't allow anything to happen that's not supposed to. Hope you all have a good day :)

Bubba

This is my handsome nephew, Shane AKA Bubba. He is 20 years old today. He is currently in college to be a history teacher. He has only had 3 girlfriends (that I know of). He only dates seriously. Whoever ends up with him will be a lucky girl, he has a heart of GOLD! I became an aunt at the age of 5 (with Shane's sister, Stephanie) and Shane was born when I was 6. I can't believe how fast these years have went! I'm just so happy to be a part of his family, he's a super GREAT guy!