The Smart is FINALLY here & RIP Rugby!

Ok, I know most people are going to think I am crazy but I have been waiting for this car to come to America for 5 years. They may have been here for a while but I was unaware until today. Lance and I were leaving Lupe Tortilla and saw a Mercedes dealership that was selling smart cars. I saw these tiny little cars in London in 2003 and then again in 2005 when I studied abroad! I wanted one so badly but they didn't sell them in America. But now they are HERE! However, there may be some negatives about a car like this. Like how safe is a car this small and what would the resale value be? I also wonder if I would constantly be in the blind spot of F-150's or giant SUV's?! I am a little scared that I would get squished in this little thing. I drive a little VW Beetle right now and was thinking that it was about the size of the smart car but its not. My tiny beetle is almost twice as big. I would also never be able to give up my little Beetle. Lance surprised me with is when we first got married and it has too much sentimental value! However, someday I am pretty sure I am going to have to get myself one of these Smart cars. They are just too cute to pass up!

On a sad note we had to say goodbye to our first family pet today. Lance and my first pet, Rugby, died today. He was a beta fish and I thought they were supposed to live for like five years! I guess not! We were sitting watching TV and I said to Lance, "I think Rugby is floating sideways." Yes, he was in fact floating sideways and dead. Oh well, we are going to go get a replacement fish today. I mean you can't let such a pretty fish bowl go to waste. As you can see I am very sentimental about the fish. I do feel a little bad now though b/c on an old post I said I "secretly wished my fish would die b/c I hate cleaning the bowl." Sorry RUGBY! I hope you can forgive me wherever you are! ;)

The Office is Back!

All I have to say is that the Office is back tonight with a bang! It was one of the funniest ones I have ever seen! Lance and I were CRACKING up laughing the entire time. If you didn't TIVO it watch it on nbc.com. SO FUNNY! :)

Wonderful night in!

Sometimes staying home, cooking and watching a movie is the best thing in the world. I know this is somewhat dull but we just had the most wonderful night in. Lance and I ate yummy Roast, that I didn't ruin thank you very much and watched a movie. I love that it is staying light until 8:30 and I LOVE the weather. I guess it is just the time of the year that I love, but this was just such a wonderfully pleasant night I had to post about it. :) To be honest I am probably just in a really good mood b/c I cooked something that was good. However, I did accidentally cook it with some plastic left on it. Who's perfect...right!? I have a really bad track record for cooking new things, so was pleasantly surprised at my dinner tonight.
Happy Tuesday!

That's all!

Baby Ethan Powell

I am writing this entry with tears in my eyes for a baby that I don't even know. My mom has been keeping up with a family for the past several months now through a blog for their son Ethan who was diagnosed with Leukemia at his 2 month check up. I was unaware of this blog and only started reading it 3 days ago. But I have been so touched by this family I had to share it with those of you who read my blog.

These people were given a 15% chance of survival and truly believed with all their hearts that God would bring healing to their son. Thousands and thousands of people have been praying for this baby throughout the course of his illness and his parents had a supernatural ability to have 100% faith in Jesus that he would heal their baby.

I have spent the last hour reading their posts and watching videos and have been overwhelmed and amazed at these people's faith. They didn't doubt God for a single second and never stopped praying for their baby boy to be healed of his sickness. I may not be very accurate with this information because I was not keeping up with this family until this week. However, I am pretty sure that Ethan was in remission from his cancer but was left with no immune system.

A couple of days ago his Dad posted that Ethan was going downhill fast but not to stop praying for Ethan to be healed. Again, without ever meeting this family I am amazed at their faith in Gods ability to heal. However, yesterday their precious baby died peacefully in their arms.

I cannot imagine how anyone could deal with something like this. I cannot imagine anything rocking a strong faith more than this probably has. These people believed that God would and could heal their baby and he did not. However, they posted the DAY that their baby died that they still believe and will still continue to pray for healing of themselves and will now devote their lives to finding a cure for cancer. His Dad posted the day Ethan died that he was mad at "cancer". He never once said that he was mad at God. What AMAZING faith!!

I say all this to say please stop what you are doing for a few moments and please pray for the healing of this family. I can only imagine the lies Satan is trying to feed them in this time of weakness! I have no doubt that this amazing, faithful family will overcome by the power of God. But they still need our prayers. They already have thousands of people praying for them but you can never have enough people fighting for you through prayer.

Here is a quote from Ethan's Dad yesterday: "Although the devils wants to convince me and you otherwise, I still BeLIeVe... PRAYER WORKS!!! And I hope that you do to."

I thought that was amazing and am so encouraged by this family. What a loving heart they have. They have just lost their precious baby boy that they have been fighting for for months. Yet, they still encourage others to believe in God and in prayer! They have definitely encouraged me. People like them help me realize that as Christians we are part of a community and family stronger than any blood family could ever be. God has the power to bring together people in so many mysterious ways and the tragic death of this sweet little baby is in some way part of his perfect plan.

As hard as it is for us to accept sometimes we have to trust that God is in control and God is perfect. This is something that I struggle with daily but find such great comfort in. I will be praying for this family and thanking God daily for his wonderful, perfect plan for our lives.

Here is their website if you would like to see it:
http://www.ethanpowell.com/

No words.....

Well I guess I have some words but I will try not to vent too much! Just in case you don't have cable and were thinking of getting Comcast PLEASE save yourself now. I hate to be negative on my blog but I am just trying to be a good friend to the innocent people of the world that haven't been subjected to the Devil that is Comcast. They are evil. They pretend they are going to come to your house and they never come. They give you fake names and numbers to get you off the phone. Their technicians pretend they came by your house but left b/c you weren't home. Their supervisors tell you that you are going to get a free month of cable for all the "issues you have had" and then you call the next day and they pretend they don't know you. They will put you on hold for 1 hours just to transfer you to a voicemail. They put you on hold and then hang up on you! So all that to say comcast is evil, I really think the Devil may be working for them. Save yourself and your nice, sweet personality and never get anything associated with that devil company. Say a little prayer that they actually come to my house tomorrow b/c if they don't show up it will the the 5th time in 6 days that I have rushed home to find out they are not coming! They actually made Lance mad. And if you know our family at all you know that if it made Lance mad it must be a 100% terrible, horrible, suuuuper annoying situation!

Ok it is out of my system. I hope everyone is having a wonderful week! I get to hang out with my college roomie and amazing friend Kara tomorrow who I haven't seen in a while. I am VERY excited! Friends are one of the best things on earth! :) I can't wait to catch up and have her come see my apartment. Lance is going out of town tomorrow until Sunday so I am all alone for 4 days! Which mean I will eaither have to sleep at a friends house or grow up in sleep alone in my apartment. Hopefully I can muster up courage! I feel now that I am 23 I am a real adul. 21 was definitey a very college, kid age and 22 was just the year after 21. But now that I am 23 I guess I have no excuse to aviod the "adult" world and sleep alone like a mature adult in my apartment.

Can't believe little Rox is Preg!!

As many of you already know Roxanne is Pregnant. Rox is one of my very very best lifelong friends and she is having a little baby!!! When she told me I literally stopped dead in my steps in the target parking lot and almost dropped all my bags! Having someone so close, who got married 7 days before me, about to be a Mommy is so crazy but SOOOOO exciting! Rox and I have gone through so many things and have really done most things in life at the same time (like getting married a week apart). We were supposed to be neighbors and have our children a week apart but I have come to terms with this. We will just make sure that her next baby is born a week after mine! :)

But I am so happy and can't wait to see this wonderful, extremely athletic little thing! I feel like it's a girl, I have no idea why but we will just see. Rox and I also have the same baby girl name. We both want the name Avery for our little girl and said that whoever had a girl first got the name Avery. But I must say if someone is going to get my name I'm glad it's Rox! Name number 2 is Molly so if you are reading this Rox I call Molly next!

Please pray for the Bradford family and their little baby to be! Rox & Brian are going to be amazing parents. They are so much fun and filled with so much energy. It is great to know that people like them have been given the gift to raise a child. Rox is the ultimate advice giver and encourager! This little one is going to have such a wonderful Mommy. They will do a great job and I know this baby will be such a wonderful, kind Christian person someday!

Easter Camping Trip!

This is going to be a very short entry but I wanted to write for just a few minutes about our

Easter camping trip. Our family has been going camping on Easter for as long as I can remember and for the past several years the Curry/Bradford, Martin/Blackburn/Campbell and Goforth families have been going with us.

This trip is really so much fun! It is so much fun just cooking food around the camp fire and sleeping in our cozy tents. I really LOVE getting all bundled up in the tent and then getting up in the morning and drinking hot chocolate! I also love the scenery of this place. We have been going on the same waterfall hike for years and years and it never gets old. All of the guys jump in the water where it says not to and usually almost get sucked down by the current. My husband especially. This year Betho came running over to be and said "Kayla you should actually be worried, Lance is going to kill himself" Ha, luckily he survived! I even made the scary treck down to the bottom of the waterfall this year. I must add that I am always last and for some reason am the SLOWEST rock climber/walker in the world, I'm not scared so it is still a mystery to me why I am always last! It is usually all of our first time to be in the sun for the year too so I am always burned! I actually did good this year by not getting burned but instead stayed really pale! :( On Sunday (Easter) we always go to this scenic overlook at the top of the hill and have church. It is the best way I can imagine having Easter Sunday. We all sing songs, sometimes awkwardly forgetting the words, and it sounds so pretty up on the top of the hill. One of our parents always leads church and of course Mr. Curry leads singing! I really do look forward to this trip every year! I can't wait until next year!!

I think I can easily say that camping is my favorite thing to do for fun. I hope Lance and I go on hundreds of camping trips over the years! I am counting down the days to the Agan/Bradford Colorado camping trip this summer! :)