1) My baptism with my husband at Bear Creek Lake: We were baptized by our buddy Caleb who later became our best man and children’s godfather.
We invited friends and family to join us and three friends were also baptized
To this day that experience is my favorite at Bear Creek Lake.
2)The birth of my daughter and son stepping into a stay at home mom role:
Both births were at Luthren hospital the day after my due dates all natural with no medications.
My biggest fear bringing my daughter home was giving her baths. Biggest blessing was all the extra cuddles from nursing
By biggest fear bringing my son home was not being able to give him the same beginning my daughter had with alone time together. Biggest blessing is seeing how much they have adored each other from the beginning.
3)Becoming a business owner.
My first business I started was with Amway. I named it Diamond in the Rough Enterprises.
Our family business is Here to Serve. It’s a handyman service with a mission
Owning these two businesses has stretched me in ways I could have never imagined.
My baptism is an experience I’ll never forget. July 22,2017. Darrien and I had known each other for about 8 months. We were not engaged but had already decided we would be married one day. We started planning in June , we picked the day in July and agreed to be abstinent until whenever we do decide to get married. We wanted to show our dedication to the Lord before dedicating our lives to each other. We knew when we got married our good friends and mentors Caleb and Kara would be best man and maid of honor. It made the most sense for us to have Caleb baptize us. He is a strong man of God and we all did life together. It was a beautiful sunny day and the beach wasn’t overly crowed. A picnic was planned for fellowship after. We invited our closest friends and family. I’ll never forget. We accidentally didn’t pay for one of our items at the store on the way there and decided to go back after the baptism and pay for it. What a start to a life with God, shoplifting on the first day haha We all met at the lake and had asked if anyone felt called to being baptized as well. Three friends were ready. Wes, Kim, and Karissa. What is funny is these are some of the only people that were there that day we don’t see anymore. The water was cold but it felt amazing. We all shared why it was put on our hearts to be baptized. I remember crying when my husband spoke of needing God to become the man he knew he could be. I talked about how I needed God and how grateful I was his love for me showed me how to love others. We were all in the water together but dipped in one by one after we shared. I remember my mom being there and being so proud of us but not truly understanding why we were doing what we were doing. We stayed in fellowship at the lake for another 3 hours before all parting ways. At the time we were staying in silverthorne for the summer so the drive there and back was longer but full of excitement as we talked about our new lives together.
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1) My baptism with my husband at Bear Creek Lake: We were baptized by our buddy Caleb who later became our best man and children’s godfather.
We invited friends and family to join us and three friends were also baptized
To this day that experience is my favorite at Bear Creek Lake.
2)The birth of my daughter and son stepping into a stay at home mom role:
Both births were at Luthren hospital the day after my due dates all natural with no medications.
My biggest fear bringing my daughter home was giving her baths. Biggest blessing was all the extra cuddles from nursing
By biggest fear bringing my son home was not being able to give him the same beginning my daughter had with alone time together. Biggest blessing is seeing how much they have adored each other from the beginning.
3)Becoming a business owner.
My first business I started was with Amway. I named it Diamond in the Rough Enterprises.
Our family business is Here to Serve. It’s a handyman service with a mission
Owning these two businesses has stretched me in ways I could have never imagined.
My baptism is an experience I’ll never forget. July 22,2017. Darrien and I had known each other for about 8 months. We were not engaged but had already decided we would be married one day. We started planning in June , we picked the day in July and agreed to be abstinent until whenever we do decide to get married. We wanted to show our dedication to the Lord before dedicating our lives to each other. We knew when we got married our good friends and mentors Caleb and Kara would be best man and maid of honor. It made the most sense for us to have Caleb baptize us. He is a strong man of God and we all did life together. It was a beautiful sunny day and the beach wasn’t overly crowed. A picnic was planned for fellowship after. We invited our closest friends and family. I’ll never forget. We accidentally didn’t pay for one of our items at the store on the way there and decided to go back after the baptism and pay for it. What a start to a life with God, shoplifting on the first day haha We all met at the lake and had asked if anyone felt called to being baptized as well. Three friends were ready. Wes, Kim, and Karissa. What is funny is these are some of the only people that were there that day we don’t see anymore. The water was cold but it felt amazing. We all shared why it was put on our hearts to be baptized. I remember crying when my husband spoke of needing God to become the man he knew he could be. I talked about how I needed God and how grateful I was his love for me showed me how to love others. We were all in the water together but dipped in one by one after we shared. I remember my mom being there and being so proud of us but not truly understanding why we were doing what we were doing. We stayed in fellowship at the lake for another 3 hours before all parting ways. At the time we were staying in silverthorne for the summer so the drive there and back was longer but full of excitement as we talked about our new lives together.