Friday, June 13, 2008
Michigan
Today we are leaving to Michigan! We are dropping the youngest two off at grandma and grandpa's house with our cousin that we are picking up. Also we are dropping Kelsey off at grandma and granpas house. We are going because of Aarons baseball tournament. We are staying at a hotel by the name of DoubleTree. It has a spa, an indoor pool, a vedio arcade, and a pool table. It's gonna be great!
monday dinner
On Monday nights Amy is going to be cooking dinner from now on. Last Monday she made spaggetti and meatballs. (It was really good!) When were done with dinner I, Ann, get to make brownies for dessert.
Birthday Boy
Today is Aaron's 10th birthday. How can he be 10 years old? He is my little boy. As always, he was up at dawn. He can't get out of bed until 7am though. We did gifts and cake last night due to the hectic pace of today. He had no problem with that. His gifts from us were a new basketball, baseball cards and fact book, andy griffith dvd's, and a signed Joseph Addai Superbowl Football. He liked them. He also got to eat Oreo cookie dessert for breakfast, a big treat at the Bennett house.
He loves all things sports, yesterday he played basketball at open gym for 2 hours, camp for 2 hours and then baseball practice for 1.5 hours. He loved it, and luckily, God graced him with his Daddy's athletic ability, and he is pretty good. Aaron is a smart young man with a bright future. He is very compassionate and a good big brother. He is reading trying to read through the bible right now. He has his moments though, as we all do. I pray he will grow to be a man of integrity, who loves the truth and will fight for what is right. That he will love God with His whole heart and learn to compete and play with the right motives.
The verse I gave Aaron when he was born was:
Jeremiah29:11
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
He loves all things sports, yesterday he played basketball at open gym for 2 hours, camp for 2 hours and then baseball practice for 1.5 hours. He loved it, and luckily, God graced him with his Daddy's athletic ability, and he is pretty good. Aaron is a smart young man with a bright future. He is very compassionate and a good big brother. He is reading trying to read through the bible right now. He has his moments though, as we all do. I pray he will grow to be a man of integrity, who loves the truth and will fight for what is right. That he will love God with His whole heart and learn to compete and play with the right motives.
The verse I gave Aaron when he was born was:
Jeremiah29:11
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Plans
Have you ever had one of those days where you have everything plannned out and it all kind of falls apart?
We are leaving for Holland Michigan today for a baseball tournement. Since we will be gone for 3 days we thought, great, we will seal the driveway. Joe gets up early and gets at it. It looks great, it had really faded and cracked. Needless to say it had taken 2 days of prep work to get to this point. He is about a third of the way done and we hear thunder and then feel, you guessed it, rain. All of his hard work is now down the street. A practice run, you might say. Very frustrating. He had checked the weather for Holland and not Indy! Its beautiful now, just a 30 minute shower, but all for nothing.
Amy is going through this right now too. She got her schedule for 7th grade. Most of her friends are in a different "group"(for those in different schools, we have 3 groups- navigators, explorers, and voyagers). This means she is also in different hallways and mostly different classes than most of them. She is very sad. Our plans are not Gods plans. Its hard to see beyond that now, especially at 12 when this is the most important thing. Life seems hard, but God is always good. In the grand scheme of things, we have it so good.
Plans for Costa Rica are going well. We still need about $400., but are still hopeful God will provide. We made $300. from the garage sale/ bake sale. (Thank goodness that is over) Our group seems fun and we are excited about the trip. A few things are still being hashed out. Things are bit more expensive this year due to fuel costs, and we are in Costa Rica during some celebration, so it will be busy. Gotta go pack.
We are leaving for Holland Michigan today for a baseball tournement. Since we will be gone for 3 days we thought, great, we will seal the driveway. Joe gets up early and gets at it. It looks great, it had really faded and cracked. Needless to say it had taken 2 days of prep work to get to this point. He is about a third of the way done and we hear thunder and then feel, you guessed it, rain. All of his hard work is now down the street. A practice run, you might say. Very frustrating. He had checked the weather for Holland and not Indy! Its beautiful now, just a 30 minute shower, but all for nothing.
Amy is going through this right now too. She got her schedule for 7th grade. Most of her friends are in a different "group"(for those in different schools, we have 3 groups- navigators, explorers, and voyagers). This means she is also in different hallways and mostly different classes than most of them. She is very sad. Our plans are not Gods plans. Its hard to see beyond that now, especially at 12 when this is the most important thing. Life seems hard, but God is always good. In the grand scheme of things, we have it so good.
Plans for Costa Rica are going well. We still need about $400., but are still hopeful God will provide. We made $300. from the garage sale/ bake sale. (Thank goodness that is over) Our group seems fun and we are excited about the trip. A few things are still being hashed out. Things are bit more expensive this year due to fuel costs, and we are in Costa Rica during some celebration, so it will be busy. Gotta go pack.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Summer
My summer looks a little different than everyone elses in the house.
This week Dr. Crabb is on vacation, so I get the week off. Luckily the kids have basketball camp at the high school so I won't be bored. Running them all to different camps at different times. I t has been nice seeing some of the high school staff from when Joe was there. Mostly good memories. In betweeen camps we signed up for the summer reading program, got some groceries, and picked up pictures.
Some goals I have for the summer:
1.Teach the kids the 10 commandments. Last summer we did the fruit of the spirit and learned the Lords prayer. These things just don't seem to get taught anymore. I wish Awana was more accessible for us. Amy did it when she was younger and we loved it, but a drive for us during the week.
2. Landscape the front of the house. We got the plants planted last weekend, but now need to get stones in, up our steep driveway. I don't think they will be as much fun to play in as the dirt was.
3. Fix the back porch. Definitely the priciest and most time consuming. It will have to wait until after baseball I think.
4. Swim and have fun. Hike and go to local parks . I am not an amusement park person, but I know the kids want to go.
5. Survive Costa Rica. Can't wait to go.
As you may have, my love language is very much acts of service. Poor Joe, it is not his. His is words of affirmation. What I am worst at, I need to do better.
For the record, I am married to an incredible provider who happens to be quite handsome. Have I mentioned lately how good of a three point shot he has? And he has really become quite the baseball coach.
Gotta go get dinner going!
This week Dr. Crabb is on vacation, so I get the week off. Luckily the kids have basketball camp at the high school so I won't be bored. Running them all to different camps at different times. I t has been nice seeing some of the high school staff from when Joe was there. Mostly good memories. In betweeen camps we signed up for the summer reading program, got some groceries, and picked up pictures.
Some goals I have for the summer:
1.Teach the kids the 10 commandments. Last summer we did the fruit of the spirit and learned the Lords prayer. These things just don't seem to get taught anymore. I wish Awana was more accessible for us. Amy did it when she was younger and we loved it, but a drive for us during the week.
2. Landscape the front of the house. We got the plants planted last weekend, but now need to get stones in, up our steep driveway. I don't think they will be as much fun to play in as the dirt was.
3. Fix the back porch. Definitely the priciest and most time consuming. It will have to wait until after baseball I think.
4. Swim and have fun. Hike and go to local parks . I am not an amusement park person, but I know the kids want to go.
5. Survive Costa Rica. Can't wait to go.
As you may have, my love language is very much acts of service. Poor Joe, it is not his. His is words of affirmation. What I am worst at, I need to do better.
For the record, I am married to an incredible provider who happens to be quite handsome. Have I mentioned lately how good of a three point shot he has? And he has really become quite the baseball coach.
Gotta go get dinner going!
floods
south of us... on the southside of Indianapolis and toward bloomington there has been amazing amounts of rainfall. As we read the paper and watch the news I find myself wondering why I dont feel compelled to go down and help move sandbags?
http://www.indystar.com has all kinds of pictures of the devastation.
If it were my house and my land would I want people to help?
Yes I would....this has troubled me...
So I wonder if it were closer to home, maybe on the northside of Indy would I then feel compelled to help? Or maybe in the next neighborhood.....
Sorry but these are certainly not attractive thoughts... but honest thoughts nonetheless.
joe
http://www.indystar.com has all kinds of pictures of the devastation.
If it were my house and my land would I want people to help?
Yes I would....this has troubled me...
So I wonder if it were closer to home, maybe on the northside of Indy would I then feel compelled to help? Or maybe in the next neighborhood.....
Sorry but these are certainly not attractive thoughts... but honest thoughts nonetheless.
joe
Saturday, June 7, 2008
rain
arrgh..... I like the rain... but it just prevents me from utilizing my time outside. We have landscaping to finish... a garden still needs tilling... a back porch that needs a lot of everything....
Not to mention a baseball game at 6pm.....
oh well, such is life.
maybe we all will get to go to church at the same time as a family this weekend? A little bit of silver lining in these rain clouds.
joe
Not to mention a baseball game at 6pm.....
oh well, such is life.
maybe we all will get to go to church at the same time as a family this weekend? A little bit of silver lining in these rain clouds.
joe
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