Let me just start by saying...school starts next week and I can't WAIT!!!

CONGRATULATIONS DAVE WHETSTONE.....he took 1st place at Thunder Valley Last Saturday in the #33 car that everyone signed at "Crusin' For Courtney II". (I'll a few pics to the Thunder Valley tab soon)

Which brings me to one quick observation. (We get to the races early...Total Kaos and a lot of the drivers were having a car show prior to the races that night.) Anyway...after the races we were getting our stuff together and walking the 15 ft to the garbage can to throw away our empty bottles and such. I notice a family SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO THE TRASH CAN get up grab there stuff and leave their trash on the ground. HELLO !!! They were so close to the can the one guy could have used it as an arm rest. I don't care if someone else "gets paid" to clean it up TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR GARBAGE!!   LOL 


There is a very special person I need to thank again...Brad Griesheimer, he is the Pastor at Hilltop Baptist in Westmont. He was the pastor at Courtney's service and memorial service.  Now I have never been a "church going" kinda person. When I was a child growing up in the projects my brother and I used to go every Sunday with the little old lady that lived upstairs. Then I tagged along with friends when I was growing up....but I never really "belonged" to a church nor did I feel comfortable in one. We always wanted to go but when you have been away for soooo long, you don't just walk in the front door and say "yo .. sup?" hahaha. Well ...we kinda did this year (I was joking about the "yo .. sup", anyway....we decided we are gonna get up early on Sunday (grrrr..I am not a morning person) and we are gonna do this. We get out of the truck in the church parking lot and who do we run into? Adam Marks, He and his sister Alicia, sang at Courtney's service.  I couldn't believe the first time we attend church and Adam would be the special guest singing that day. If you've ever heard him sing then you know what a talent he is. Anyway, he sang 3 songs but the 2nd song he sang he wrote many years ago about a friend he lost. Didn't take long for the tears to fall but it was so worth it just to hear him sing. Sorry...got kinda off topic and that hardly ever happens..hahaha. What I was getting to was Brad's kindness brought us back to the church and to the Hilltop Family...and I call it a family because that's how it feels. They welcomed us from day one and I could never imagine going anywhere else. So a big THANK YOU  to Brad and to his family. They always made us feel welcome and never pressured us to attend, but boy was he shocked that day when he saw us..lol.  We enjoy going to church, and we enjoying seeing everyone Sunday morning. Thank you Brad for being so kind, and for taking the time to get to know us. "Everything happens for a reason"

Let me end by sharing one of my new favorite quotes:
         
           "In life God does not give you the people you want.
           He gives you the people you need; to teach you, to
           hurt you, to love you, to make you laugh... to make
           you exactly the person you should be"


Well there were a few other things I wanted to share but they will have to wait till next time. I'm pretty sleepy so good night and much love.

~Anita