What were we thinking?
4 kids... multiple participation per kid.....2 parents.
we are losing.
baseball (Aaron and Andrew)
piano (Amy and Annie)
soccer (Amy, Aaron and Annie)
basketball (Aaron optional open gyms)
church (wed night group for Amy)
pto earth week (go green!)
stats class (Tia)
bible study (Tia)
5k's (Aaron ONLY)
oh yeah and WORK and TRAINING people to do my job.
and Parenting (mostly Tia)
Fundraising (it seems we have a fundraiser going on with atleast one child ALL the time)
Grace Groups(Joe and Tia)
shew I am tired.
I need a nap....pray for us. :)
jb
Friday, April 24, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
I am finally getting around to post some things. This is a 5K Aaron was in with a friend of mine, Colleen. He came in second in his age group. Colleen won her age group! The rest of us walked it. The underground railroad run is a fund raiser for our school scholarship programs.
The top picture is of Amy's friend Brianna. She won her age division too. She will be thrilled to have mad the Bennett Blog, I'm sure.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Brackets and Cubs
Aaron won our bracket challenge. Annie was second and her bracket was delightfully messy! :)
Andrew was hurt by Villanova and Michigan State (non-#1 seeds) making it to the final four.
Amy was 3rd, Andrew, Tia and then I finished last. Wake Forest didnt make it very far... ugh.
Cubs are off to a 2-2 start.... their new closer Kevin Gregg blew the save last night vs the Brewers. Tia asked me what was wrong.... my mood changed after the game...hmmmm maybe I have a problem?
Happy Easter to everyone. He is Risen. He is Risen indeed.
Andrew was hurt by Villanova and Michigan State (non-#1 seeds) making it to the final four.
Amy was 3rd, Andrew, Tia and then I finished last. Wake Forest didnt make it very far... ugh.
Cubs are off to a 2-2 start.... their new closer Kevin Gregg blew the save last night vs the Brewers. Tia asked me what was wrong.... my mood changed after the game...hmmmm maybe I have a problem?
Happy Easter to everyone. He is Risen. He is Risen indeed.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
verse
"So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Isaiah 41:10
not afraid.
not alone
not confused
not weak
not falling down.
do you ever feel afraid, alone, confused, weak and/or dont want to get up?
if so, then take courage and let your faith be restored and your hope renewed. Allow the truth of this scripture to penetrate your heart and impact your mind and resolve your will.
amen.
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Isaiah 41:10
not afraid.
not alone
not confused
not weak
not falling down.
do you ever feel afraid, alone, confused, weak and/or dont want to get up?
if so, then take courage and let your faith be restored and your hope renewed. Allow the truth of this scripture to penetrate your heart and impact your mind and resolve your will.
amen.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Brackets and Cubs
I am in last place.
Andrew who picked all the games by the lowest number is winning.
How can you compete with that mathematical logic?
However, The Cubs Season is Near. I get pumped just thinking about the ivy.
www.cubs.com
is my favorite website!
this is the year!!!!
Andrew who picked all the games by the lowest number is winning.
How can you compete with that mathematical logic?
However, The Cubs Season is Near. I get pumped just thinking about the ivy.
www.cubs.com
is my favorite website!
this is the year!!!!
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Go Boilers!
The one year I don't pick them to win! I can handle the sweet 16! Matt Painter looks much older than me. My roomies and I used to make fun of him when he played, not sure why, easy target I guess. I can't remember if she tutored him or not. She did Matt Waddel- he was a real easy target to make fun of! Just some random babbling by a Boiler! Where was IU again? Oh yeah, they didn't make it!
Give me Your eyes...
I am not sure if you have heard the Brandon Heath song "Give Me Your Eyes" or not, but if you haven't click the link to watch the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTsYAZvHsEQ
The words to the song have been resonating with me as of late. As I sat in church this evening and looked around, I wondered what it would be like to have God's eyes for just one second. To see the hurting woman whose husband has left her, to see the family in crisis with no job, the couple desperate to have a child and to have waited for such a long time to adopt. Sometimes we come into church and plop down and are "fed", without ever looking around at the hurts around us.
I remember being one of the hurting and thinking "how can they go on and be happy and not even notice that I am miserable". Why I would think that I am not sure, because I hide my hurts down deep. To say the least I was challenged tonight, to seek out the hurting. Maybe to just pray for them, give them a hug, write them a note, I am not sure.
The topic of the sermon series is "Hope: Resurrected" and it is very good. There was a video interview with our good friends the Watts and their take on hope after losing a 17 month old son in a drunk driving accident. They shared their deepest hurt to help others, and I know it made an impact on the people around me. They have surely now been doubly blessed! Honestly though, I was weeping long before the interview. The holy spirit sure seemed active, and the singing and worship was amazing. We ended worship singing "Great is thy faithfulness"(I love old hymns) accapella. Wow- we have a big church and it was awesome.
Thanks you heavenly Father for a wonderful night with You, and I don't think I could handle having Your eyes, for even a moment!
The words to the song have been resonating with me as of late. As I sat in church this evening and looked around, I wondered what it would be like to have God's eyes for just one second. To see the hurting woman whose husband has left her, to see the family in crisis with no job, the couple desperate to have a child and to have waited for such a long time to adopt. Sometimes we come into church and plop down and are "fed", without ever looking around at the hurts around us.
I remember being one of the hurting and thinking "how can they go on and be happy and not even notice that I am miserable". Why I would think that I am not sure, because I hide my hurts down deep. To say the least I was challenged tonight, to seek out the hurting. Maybe to just pray for them, give them a hug, write them a note, I am not sure.
The topic of the sermon series is "Hope: Resurrected" and it is very good. There was a video interview with our good friends the Watts and their take on hope after losing a 17 month old son in a drunk driving accident. They shared their deepest hurt to help others, and I know it made an impact on the people around me. They have surely now been doubly blessed! Honestly though, I was weeping long before the interview. The holy spirit sure seemed active, and the singing and worship was amazing. We ended worship singing "Great is thy faithfulness"(I love old hymns) accapella. Wow- we have a big church and it was awesome.
Thanks you heavenly Father for a wonderful night with You, and I don't think I could handle having Your eyes, for even a moment!
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