Back to School!

So September has finally come and our amazing summer has come to a close... back to reality. It's time to go back to school.

We've been through the first week of the semester, and our classes are going well so far. It's tough having to work while still being a full-time student, but we're both handling it, and I think it's going to work out okay.

As the picture shows, Chad was pretty excited on the morning of our first day. He was all geared up and ready to ride his bike to school at 7:30 a.m. Chad is taking 11 1/2 credits this semester and working about 35 hours a week! (talk about a full schedule) Good news though is that he really enjoys the classes he is taking: Acct 200, Hist 201, RelC 324, ISYS 100, and BIO 100.
I was also pretty excited for school to start, especially now that all my friends are back up in Provo! I'm taking 15 credits this semester while also working 20 hours a week. My classes are: Nurs 294, PDBIO 220, MMBio 221, MMBio 222, RElC 324, and Hum 201. The biggest news for the semester has been starting the nursing program; I have already got to bring my stethoscope and blood pressure cuff to class!

It's going to be a busy semester here at the Bennett home, but we can handle anything!

Labor Day Weekend- Saturday

For Labor Day weekend, Chad's family decided to come up to Utah for a visit! It all started with Kaitlin planning to come up for the BYU football game, and by Friday afternoon, it turned into Mommy Bennett, Courtney, Johnny, Luke, and Kaitlin! Chad and I were excited for the chance to have house guests, and enjoy the weekend before school started spending time with family.


Saturday morning, we all hopped in the car and headed to Kneaders for a breakfast of their legendary French Toast. We got there a little later than planned and they actually had run out of french toast! Although being a little bummed, we still ate some yummy food and let all the kids entertain us throughout the meal...


After breakfast, we all went back to Kimber and Jason's house to decide what we wanted to do for the rest of the day, and got to play a little bit of Rock Band.

Kenzie enjoyed meeting her new cousin Luke... she decided she wanted to give him a hug.

Luke was a little bit more unsure of Kenzie.

But she still thought he was pretty cool.

Johnny was practically a pro on the drums!

Having house guests:

Johnny was the most squirmy sleeper I've ever seen...

Labor Day Weekend- Sunday

Luke Pickrell is quite the expressive baby... I asked him to smile for me on Sunday morning, and this is what happened:

... And then a good "big eye" picture

Sunday afternoon after church, we all hung out at our house for a couple of hours before making some delicious chicken cabobs (sp?) for dinner.

In the afternoon, the sun came out and we all took the opportunity to go on a walk with the family. We told Johnny we were taking him to the "Secret River" (aka. Provo River) and spent an hour just strolling down the path. With Courtney still recovering from her C-Section, we took our time, and had quite the enjoyable afternoon.

On Sunday, Luke fell asleep whenever he possibly could...

Apparently they were both really happy to be there.

Kaitlin and Danny

The whole group

We have the cutest niece with her beautiful, rosy cheeks.

That night we all sat down on the back porch to try and take an entire family picture (with both cameras on timers) and had to take about ten of them to get everyone looking at the camera. Johnny decided he really didn't feel like taking a picture.

We were supposed to be taking a goofy-face picture... apparently half the group missed the memo.

Johnny Photo-Shoot

Now give us blue steel!

All of the kiddies.

Overall, it was a great Labor Day weekend for the Bennetts! Not only did we have Monday off of work, but we got to see and hang out with our family and get ready for school to start on Tuesday!