No, I didn't disapear off the face of the earth!

At the last minute we decided to take a trip to Georgia for my Grandmother's birthday. She has Alzheimers and lately she seemed to be becoming more confused, so we felt that we ought to go and see her. Several of us gathered for her birthday celebration last Saturday and it really went well. When my uncle presented her with her birthday cake she threw her hands up in the air and started clapping and exclaiming how happy she was.

I'm really glad that we went even though the trip has really worn us out. On the way there we ran into some terrible rain to where we couldn't even see the car in front of us. There was a lot of praying going on in our car until we finally got through it. We also had some wonderful visits with some of the rest of the family. We went to Pawpaw and Granny's house also and stayed for a couple of days. Granny's flowers are so beautiful!!! I had a hayday just going out and photographing her flowers! I'll have to show you some of my pictures, but for now I'll just show one.

I think Granny said these are called Joseph's Coat of Many Colors, but I'm not completely sure about that. On Sunday afternoon Jesse was playing with three of our little cousins and I thought this picture was sooo cute:

Well, I must go now! I really am very tired and I feel like just laying down with one of the many books Granny let me borrow. Course, I also need to do some unpacking, :/ but maybe that could wait. Talk to ya'll soon and I'll try to tell ya'll more about our trip if I remember to! :D

Horsey!!!

Hey! Lookey what I found while looking through some old pictures! Isn' this cute! I must be about two and Justin is probably about six. The horse was my sister's horse Pepper that she had for a while. She used to take me riding when I was really little and she said that I was never scared of the horse. I remeber asking her when I was little why horses stood up when they slept and she said because that's the way God made them. Ah! the memories!
I do have an update having to do with the America's Funniest Home Videos thing! The show will air on May 19 on ABC. You'll have to check your local listings to see what channel abc comes on in your area.

I hope everyone is doing well and God bless!!!

It's My Birthday!!!

This is my birthday cake! It sure tastes good too! It's kind of like strawberry shortcake, and the recipe is incedibly simple. We were trying to figuire out what to use to decorate it since the top is whipped cream. Jesse than jokingly said, "Well, why don't you use strawberries?" I thought for a minute and readily agreed that that would probably work best, so I chopped strawberries in little pieces and made the words above. Thanks for the idea, Jesse!!!
It's funny how on your birthday itself, you never feel a year older.
Well, Stephen left this morning for Oregon. It will take him until Friday to get there. We are really going to miss him! Please pray for him!

Oh! Call It Not Death!

Recently my Great Uncle Kenneth died. I only met him a couple of times as a child because they didn't come down to visit much because they lived so far away. He had a very fascinating life story including working for the government and actually working on the Manhatten Project in WWII. He worked in the secret service so that he couldn't even tell his family what exactly he was doing or how much he was being paid. I recently read some stories about him that various family sent out through an email forum our family has, and he lived a vary interesting life. I would like to dedicate the recitation of these song lyrics that are found in the number 11 Old School Hymnal #380 to him and his family.

Oh! Call It Not Death

Elder J. Harvey Daily

Oh! call it not death, when loved ones depart,
And leave us in gloom and sadness of heart;
Although we have lost them it is gain,
They’ve entered their home with Jesus to reign;
It would not be right to ask their return,
And come back to earth, for their race is run;
They’ve left this old world and now are at rest,
For they are just gone to be with the blest.

Oh! call it not death, but life just begun,
The river is passed, their work here is done,
The spirit set free has reached the blest shore
Where sorrow and pain and sin are no more;
The place our dear Lord has gone to prepare
Is all that the soul could wish over there;
To leave this old world of sadness and strife,
And be with our Lord, yes, this is real life.

Oh! call it not death, but that blessed sleep,
And never again to wake up and weep,
The morning shall come, the body shall rise,
And meet our dear Lord somewhere in the skies;
Then cheer up, dear ones, who sadly do weep,
For happy are they, in Jesus they sleep;
Yes they are now free from sickness and strife,
Then call it not death, but eternal life.

The Results!

We know the results now! *drum roll* The show was taped last night at Disney World and will air on Friday May 19, but I'm not sure yet of the time or the channel, I'm sure Sister Kathy will let us know as soon as they can. (I'm sorry I've had to edit what happened on the show because we just found out today that it's supposed to be kind of secret until the showing on May 19. Sister Kathy suggested that I might want to edit my blog about their placing, so sorry!)
Mom talked to Sister Kathy this morning, and they are having a blast at Disney World and are staying in a really hip-hop hotel that includes a kitchen, a washer and dryer, and a jacoozee(sp?). They're really getting treated like royalty down there. The people at AFV gave them spending money and told them to do whatever they wanted to. It really is good that they're getting this time to relax and enjoy a vacation after all they've been through in the last year. Again, as soon as I know what time it's showing I'll let ya'll know!
There really hasn't much else been going lately besides that. I think I may have found both a car and a job!!!! There's a restaurant in Lubbock that isn't open on Sundays that is owned my one of my math classmate's parents. I already got an application and am just waiting on getting the car which will hopefully be available in a week or so. An elderly lady in our church is needing to get rid of a '91 Buik Century that's really good shape, so Dad and I have kind of talked to her about it, and she was really excited about my possibly buying it. She really is a sweet lady and quite agile for 89.
Stephen is moving to OREGON!!!! I really had hoped he'd get the job in Jackson, MS, but that didn't work out. He'll be moving the day of my birthday (April 12) and I told him that that was a pretty rotten birthday present. It's really too bad there isn't something open down here, but he doesn't like the Texas climate anyway, course, I doubt he'll care for Oregon's climate much.
Well, I guess it's tootaloo for now. I must leave to go agitate the kitties in the garage. They're probably hungry and posted at the door to see if they can trip me up as I walk in with their sustenance. Actually, one of them looks like she has a bowling ball in her stomach and waddles very slowly everywhere, so we'll probably have a litter of little kitties to give away before too long. :/

America's Funniest Home Videos!!!!

Guess What!? A video that my pastor and his wife sent in is going to be on America's Funniest Home Videos and my mom and dad and Jesse, Justin, and I are all in it! Sister Kathy took the video about three years ago when we were shooting fire works off for the Fourth of July down at their house on the ranch. They had these minature dachsund puppies at the house. Well, Justin shot off a Roman candle at one of the puppies ran down and grabbed the Roman candle out of the sand and started running with it with the stuff still shooting out of the thing. We, of course, were running away because he was running straight for us with it in his mouth. Kathy then told us not to light another one until she could get her video camera out. It was sooo funny, and we still laugh about it. I've never seen Brother Tom jump out of the way so fast when that dog came by with that Roman candle in his mouth, and the dog would do it every time we put a Roman candle or anything out to shoot off. Anyway, America's Funniest Home Videos called our pastor and his wife and told them that they were to be in the top 20 with a possible grand prize of $250,000! AFV will be flying them down to Orlando, Florida tomorrow and they'll stay until Friday. We were kind of teasing Brother Tom about if he was going to where his cowboy hat on the show. The show is supposed to air sometime in May, so those of you with a TV should tune in to see the first Primitive Baptist on AFV! I'll let you know as soon as I know the date!
Well, I really must apologize for my apparant silence lately! The last couple of weeks have been incredibly busy. I did take the SAT this past Saturday and I absolutely hate the stupid thing! I was pretty exhausted after taking it, but I'm so glad it's overwith! I also felt rather weird in a giant crowd of unfamiliar faces in an unfamiliar place, but I did know one girl who was their because she goes to my math class and that was rather comforting. I really ought to get more sleep, but I'm really not much of a nap taker. I did try to sleep Saturday, but about the time I finally got to sleep my Dad dropped something in the kitchen and woke me up so that I couldn't get back to sleep. Well, speaking of sleep, I probably ought to go prepare for slumber because it's already almost 10:00 p.m.! Talk to you soon and God bless!!!