Birthday Time

Feburary 18 was Andrew's 19th birthday. It is hard to believe that our little pumpkin is all growed up! We had his favorite meal (Nacho Dip and Chips) for lunch since he had to work at Wendy's that evening. Here he is sporting his new haircut that looks a bit like a mohawk. Since he will be leaving in a few weeks for much warmer weather on his mission trip, I am wondering if he may want to go for the buzz cut.

Diaries

New Duties

Recently I found out that I have been accepted at the Waterloo Regional Police as an Auxiliary officer. This position is a volunteer position. I will be helping the local police force to keep the community safe during large events with crowd and traffic control. I will also have the opportunity to do "ride along" where I can go along with a constable during a shift and help him/her. I would also love to have the opportunity to help with the mounted division. I am very thankful for the opportunity to serve my community in this way. Next week I go for a uniform fitting and in March I will be taking a week off of work to do intensive training for the position. I will not be carrying a firearm on duty, but will be trained on how to use them in an emergency situation.

Ouch!

One slippery, snowy day, Andrew slid into the back of an SUV. While there was absoutely NO damage to the SUV (praise God!) Andrew's Civic did not make it out undamaged. Thankfully, he was going slow and no one got hurt, but our mechanic thought we should scrap the car. It was going to cost too much to repair. This is where my wonderful husband stepped in and unbent the frame enough to access the altenator. He then spliced the cut wire together so that it could once again charge the battery. After that, he re-attached the hood to the frame (so that it wouldn't fly up when a large vehicle passed Andrew). Finally, he re-mounted the review mirror. Oh, and did I mention he duct taped the headlight so the rain/snow would not get in? And he did this one Saturday morning all the while Andrew was sleeping in and surprised him when he woke up. From junk yard bound to "a few more months. . .maybe" in 4 hours.