Here are two of the sunshine awards that I have been tagged in.  The first is one that my friend Abigail From the Silent Planet tagged me in.  

1. If you could pick anywhere to live, where would it be?

I would love to be able to live in Mexico.  

2. If you could meet any author, who would it be?

If I could meed any author I would want to meet either Plato Or Homer.  

3. What type of music do you like?

I like almost all music and can enjoy almost all music.  My favorite genre is classic rock/metal.  

4. Best line from the Princess Bride?

"Well This certainly puts a damper on our relationship."

5. How much quoting do you do every day?

Well it depends.  If I am with people I do a lot more quoting than when I am just at home or by myself. 

6. Do you play any instruments? If so, what?

I play the guitar.  I prefer the electric guitar. 

7. What is your favorite season of the year?

Summer.

8. What is one of your biggest dreams in life? (i.e. skydiving, be a pilot, win the Kentucky 

Derby, etc. J)

Becoming a Navy Seal. 

9. What is your absolute favorite thing to do?

Historical fencing. 

10. If you could be anywhere right now, where would it be?

I would want to be in Mexico or Afghanistan.

11. Have you ever wanted to just get lost somewhere for a week or two?

Yes.  I have wanted to get lost in the woods of Yosemite this summer when we went as a group.  

12. Does a cat look like potential food to you? (I have a sense of humor, ok?)

Yes.  Any living breathing animal looks like food to me. 

13. If you could have had any other name, what would it be? 

I would have chosen Jethro or John/Johnny.

Okay, I know this is a common question to ask, but I'm going to ask it anyway. 

14. What is you favorite color? 

Purple, Darker Purple. 

15. What would be your dream career?

Either becoming a Navy Seal Or working in the oil field. 

This next Sunshine award is from my friend Rachael Marie.

1. Favorite vacation?

I went on a vacation this summer with a large group of people and got experience  some of the most interesting and fun hiking trails I have ever done. 

2. Favorite ethnic food?

My favorite ethnic food is Menudo.  Which is just cow stomach soup. 

3. What book are you currently reading?

Donates Inferno. 

4. Favorite movie or movie(s?)

We Were Soldiers and Black Hawk Down.

5. What do you do in your spare time?

I make things.  Paracord bracelets, knives, I leather work, fencing, and sometimes boxing. 

6. What kind of music speaks to you personally?

Classic rock personally speaks to me.  Along with Christian rock and metal. 

7. Have you ever acted in a movie?

Nope. 

8. How many different genres of music to you have on Spotify and/or Grooveshark?

I have like every other genre.  Metal, classic rock, grunge, pop, alternative rock, hard rock, rap, dub step, country, folk, bluegrass, reggae, heavy metal, instrumental, world, and more that I cannot name at this very second. 

9. Do you have a job? If so, what is it or, if not, what would you like your job to be?

Well I have a job as a hired farm/ranch hand.  I do odd jobs for people on their farm, ranch, or in the garden.  

10. Favorite hiking experience?

Angles Point Landing in Utah. 

11. Have you lived in any other states? If you have, where?

No I have not. 

12. Plans for your future?

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13. Do you prefer strumming or picking on the guitar?

I prefer picking and slapping. 

14.Something your parents have done that you wished you could have been alive to do with them?

Well my parents went to Petit Jean State Park when I was really young and I wanted to go. 

Challenge Accepted

Well many of my good friends have been writing these surveys or tests or whatever they are.  So no I fell very much compelled to do the same. I am not promising that this will interesting or anything, but I can promise that it is going to make you think.

1. Do you play an instrument, and if so who was your biggest influence on the decision to play that instrument?

I play Guitar (mainly electric).  My biggest influence in my decision to play is Tom Petty.

2. What is your favorite quote from a real person?

Mine is quite succinct "No human thing is of serious importance."- Plato  I like this quote because to often do we find ourselves in times of trouble or in a bad place and we tend to think of humanly things that can help us when our focus needs to be on God.

3.What is your favorite hobby?

Mine is knife making and leather working.

4. What is your number one goal in life?

Mine would be to become a father and raise a family.

5. What is your favorite pass time?

Mine woud have to be historical fencing and shooting.

6. If you had to, would you eat road kill?

Personally I would eat roadkill even if I did not have to.  If it looked fresh than I would probably eat it.

7. Do you prefer wooden or synthetic stocks on guns, and why?

I prefer wood.  Wood is prettier and it was used long before plastics.  The other thing about wood is that you can reshape it and it feel a lot more sturdy than a synthetic stock.

8.What is you favorite ethnic food?

Mine is, without a doubt, Menudo.  Menudo is really just cow stomach soup.

9. Do you dance? (meaning Swing, Foxtrot, Cha Cha, etc.)  If you do which is your favorite and why?

Yes I dance.  My favorite is swing dancing because it is a much faster and it has a variety of moves that you can use and integrate into the dance.

10. Do you prefer handmade gifts or gifts bought from a store?

I prefer handmade gifts because they have more beauty and meaning to them.  Handmade gifts are made for a person by another person with care.

Well there is my survey and I hope you enjoyed it.
P.S. I don't know how to tag people so I am sorry about that.

NOAH the Movie

           Well Saturday night I, along with my two younger brothers and father, went to see the movie Noah.Noah was an interesting movie to say the least.  
     Russell Crowe plays Noah, whom is, obviously, an amazing fighter and sort of a shrewd father.  In the movie Noah has a dream of the whole world under water.  so he goes to Methuselah (an old man that lives in a cave) and is drugged to sleep and Noah has a vision of an arc.  Now Methuselah is a very old man that lives in a cave and is almost what you would call a sorcerer.  SO Noah builds the ark (on his own accord), and has this weird "king" guy that tells Noah the arc belongs to him.  Oh, wait there is more! I almost left out the Nephilim.  The Nephilim (in the Bible)were the offspring of fallen angles and women of earth.  In Noah they were simply angles that came down to earth and were incrusted in rock.  but I am not going to tell you to much about the movie, you will have to see it for yourself. 
     Needless to say it was a good movie and I just might be willing to watch it again.  SO keep in mind, (If you go to see it) you should not go to see the biblical story of Noah, you are going to see a movie about a man called Noah.  

GOD IS NOT DEAD!!!!!

          Well first I must apologize for my, much over due post.  well now that's out of the way, I am writhing a review on the movie God's Not Dead.  This movie is about a teenager whom goes to a philosophy class and is asked by the professor to write on a sheet of paper three simple words God is Dead.  When this young man is not able to, he is given the chance to defend his faith to the class.  If he cannot prove to the class that God is Not Dead, then he will fail the class.  So his girlfriend gets really mad at him and leaves him (whats up with that?).  The atheist professor becomes enraged when his (Christian) girlfriend leaves him because she feels unequally yoked.  She leaves him when she realizes the young man in the professors class standing  up for what he believes.  In the end the professor dies, but just before dying, becomes a Christian.  
          It was a good movie and I agree with most of what was said.  I believe that is was true to God and worth going to see. again I am sorry about not posting for the past three or four months.  Have a good day and remember who you are. 

Gun Cleaning

About two weeks ago I purchased a Mosin Nagant from a local gun shop.  I decided not to pay the extra twenty dollars to get the gun cleaned. Although I knew little about the gun at the time I thought I could clean it.  Just today I decided to strip the gun and clean it.  That was a stupid idea.  I had never done something like this so I had little to no idea of what I was doing.  Needless to say I still got it clean and now know how to dismantle and piece the gun back together.  Here are some pictures from my interesting experience.

                                          This is the gun completely striped and cleaned.
                                       

                                          Here you can see (in more detail) The trigger,
                                          magazine, and bolt in greater detail.  Notice the bolt
                                          is actually in three pieces.

                                          This is the rifle once it has been completely cleaned
                                          and put back together.

                                          The bolt has been put back together and is now
                                          ready to shoot.  From this angle you can also see
                                          into the magazine.

This is by far my favorite part of the rifle.  Here if 

 you look closely you can see the Russian hammer

 and sicle.  Just under that stamp the date reads 1942.

                                             

A close up of the picture before.

Teen Court of Hopkins County

Well let me just explain first what Teen Court is.  Teen court is a system where you can be and attorney, clerk and even a jury member.  What we do is we set the punishment of Teens who have committed a crime.  Such as driving without a drivers license, small theft and even some drug related cases.  I quite enjoy the cases and the people I do it with.  Once court lets out you can expect a gang of sharp dressed young men and women to be wondering around on the square.  We usually head down to the popcorn shop then back to the square to consume our sweets and soda.  In all the program is really cool and I would encourage and of you who sound interested to find something like this in your county and try it out. 

 See the photo in the background, well one night I thought it would be so much fun to pose by that photo because it looks so cool.  At first all the other guys  wouldn't do it.

But then I got Shack to do it with me.

 Then I got Shack and Timothy to both pose with me.  Now its kind of a tradition.

 One night while walking on the square we decided to take some photos.  This is one of those spectacular images.

All of the girls in the popcorn shop.
















Now for the whole gang.  We don't normally take pictures but that night I decided to steal my brothers camera and take some photos.

Camping & School

     Well I just got back from another camping trip with a few families from Oklahoma.  It was beautiful, we camped right along the river (which I kept on calling a lake) across from a huge jumping rock.  We had lots of fun jumping off the rock, canoeing, hiking, jamming out on our guitars, swimming and playing mafia around the fire.  Everyone had a blast!  There were a few families who did leave early and missed out on a lot of fun.  A friend even asked me to teach him how to make paracord bracelets, so I taught him.  This was probably one of my favorite camping trips that I have been on in a while.
     The only thing that was absolutely tormenting is the fact that I had to do some school while I was camping.  Everyone had a little school, but I even had a paper to write.  I can not say that I didn't enjoy lying in a hammock while reading Francis Schaffer, but next time I think I will have to get more school done before we go camping.
     In all it was an amazing trip, and if I could do it over again I would.