-
I was born in Tulsa, OK in Saint Francis Hospital, "the pink hospital." I was rushed away right after I was born because I had the cord wrapped around my neck and they were afraid I would have complications with my lungs. But I ended up being a healthy little baby.
-
I turned a year old. I got a very special present for this birthday. I recieved a brown teddy bear. "Teddy" as he became named, has been with me ever since that day.
-
We moved from Tulsa, OK to Gypsy, OK. My second Christmas was spent in a new home that my parents rented from my mom's aunt.
-
We moved again, from Gypsy to Bristow, OK. The house we moved into is the house I have lived in for most of my life. My family still lives in that house til this day.
-
I started Kindergarten. I went to Key Elementary School in Tulsa, OK. I rode a bus from the daycare I went to. I had half days of class, in the afternoon. I remember loving afternoon class because I did not have to take a nap.
-
For my sixth birthday my parents took me to see the movie "Space Jam." It was my first movie in theaters.
-
I started my first of 7 years at Bristow Adventist School. BAS is a small school, with anywhere from 12-18 students, depending on the year.
-
This event has always stood out in my mind. My sister and I went to see Mulan with two of our friends and their mom. We all got kidpack snacks and enjoyed the movie.
-
My 3rd grade year my sister and I were home schooled. My dad and grandma were our teachers. We spent some school days at our kitchen table at home while others were spent in my grandma's sewing room.
-
A group of our church memebers got together in the BAS gym and a New Year's Eve celebration to remember. We welcomed the new year and the new millenium sharing our favorite songs and moments.
-
My sister and I returned to Bristow Adventist School my 4th grade year. We had a new teacher that stayed for two years.
-
I was baptized at the Bristow SDA Church, it was Adventurer Sabbath and I got baptized in my uniform. I was moving on to Pathfinders that year and getting baptized in my Adventurer uniform was very meaningful for me.
-
I graduated from the 8th grade at Bristow Adventist School. My one classmate, Matthew House, and a kindergartener were the three that graduated that day.
-
I started my first summer working at a camp called Wewoka Woods, in Wewoka, OK. I worked in the kitchen that summer.
-
I began my freshman year at Ozark Adventist Academy in the fall of 2005. I enjoyed all four years that I spent there, making many lasting friendships.
-
My friends and I burried a time capsule full of memories that we agreed to dig up again our senior year.
-
I ran for and won the position of SA Sergeant at Arms for the 2007/2008 school year at Ozark. We had a great SA team that year, we planned lots of great activities and hopefully led the school well.
-
I started working for an insurance company, doing their filing and scanning work. It was a boring job that paid very well, I worked there for 3 summers
-
My senior year our class put on a performance of "The Wizard of Oz" to raise money for our class trip and graduation. It was a hectic time because there was an ice storm, but it turned out to be a success. I played the part of Auntie Em and one of the munchkins in Munchkin Land.
-
The time capsule that had been burried my sophomore year was dug up a couple weekends before graduation and we got to see all our long lost "treasures."
-
Now known as Willis Tower, the Sears tower was one of the attractions our class stopped to see when we were in Chicago. It was a fun, slightly scary experience to be up so high.
-
The Class of 2009 graduated from Ozark Adventist Academy. With many cheers and tearful goodbyes we recieved our diplomas and ventured out into the world.
-
I came to SWAU as a freshman. I went through Cricket Camp, now called "CORE," and began my studies.
-
On Thanksgiving Day my family began the remodeling project on our house. The remodel included a new, higher roof and more space added on the front of the house.
-
It was the first white Christmas we had had at my house in at least 6 years. It was a very exciting experiece for my family!
-
I became a counselor at camp. The other summers I'd worked at camp I had been in the kitchen. This was the first summer I got to be in a cabin with 6-12 lovely campers.
