Bennett’s 11!
On July 19th, 2001, at 7:35 AM, I delivered this happy little boy. He surprised us by coming 2 1/2 weeks early. The summer was much like this one, hot and humid, and with chasing a 1-year-old, I was ready to pop! At 8 pounds 6 ounces and 21 inches, I was…
Read More Day #35 of Summer Vacation
Instagram had an update today and now I can’t post the pictures they way I was before. Grrrrrr! Anyway, here is our Day 35…..Bennett on the left and Patrick on the right performing at the end of KICKS Camp with Sheltered Reality’s Drum Group.
Read More Day #28 of Summer Vacation
All of us have been reading this summer. Reagan is only one book away from her free book at Barnes and Noble already. What we are currently reading: Pat is reading LAST OF THE SEALS by Greg Messel….this yet to be published book will be featured in August as a guest review from my husband!…
Read More Day #26 of Summer Vacation
Since we are getting a new pastor at our church next week, we are having a new church directory made to help her learn all the families in our parish. So, our family got all dressed up and got our picture taken. We will certainly miss our pastor and his wife. We were blessed…
Read More Day #25 of Summer Vacation
With Patrick gone at Speech Camp again, Bennett and Reagan started to get a little restless. Bennett asked, “Mom, don’t you have some sort of craft we can do?” So, I dug through the craft closet and found a kaleidoscope kit and a pinwheel kit. They got right to work and were pretty proud of…
Read More Day #22 and #23 of Summer Vacation
We had a great time celebrating our friend, Adam’s 40th birthday. The guys had a grill session and the ladies chatted and we all ate the food! Fun night with great friends! The boys were in charge of making the Shirley Temple’s at cousin, Ali’s graduation party yesterday. They had a great time and the…
Read More Day #12 of Summer Vacation
Today I took Bennett and Reagan out for a picnic lunch and then a stop to feed the geese. Patrick is at a camp this week so that is why he wasn’t with us. These few geese soon multiplied and we were surrounded by lots of geese, including some really cute babies. We had to…
Read More Flag Essay
Our son, Bennett won 1st Prize for the following essay and I thought today was an appropriate day to share it with you. The following essay was written by Bennett and I have copied it just as he wrote it. He won $30 from the American Legion for this essay. THE FLAG By Bennett –…
Read More Fall Means Football….and Soccer
The boys started their soccer season this past weekend with a win, 5-0. They are playing on a co-ed 6-8th grade team. Even though Bennett is only a 5th grader, he is playing on the team as well. They did an awesome job and it was fun to watch them. I was amazed at their…
Read More Things I Love – Bennett
Things I Love… This is my feature where I get to share something that I just love. Since you are my friends, I like sharing things I love with others. It could be anything from a new product, food, recipe, song, image, to a person and everything in between. This will be something I am…
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