The Bennett Family

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

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!

Saturday, September 6, 2008

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!

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Jason goes into the MTC!!!

I still can't believe it... Jason Lamprecht, my brother, went into the MTC on August 27th and is headed towards Independence, MI to be a missionary for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints! Chad and I had the opportunity we had to meet Jason and his parents up at the Salt Lake City Temple and go to a session the day before he reported! It was an awesome experience and absolutely beautiful inside. I'm so proud of Jason and his choice to go on a mission. We'll see him again in 2 years!

Sunday, August 24, 2008

SLC Sunday

Two Sundays ago (August 10th) Chad and I decided to go up to Temple Square for the day for some sightseeing/spiritually uplifting tourism. The original intent was to go up in the morning to see the Mormon Tabernacle choir perform in "Music and the Spoken Word" (we've heard that it is absolutely amazing) and then tour around temple square before going to pick up my cousin at SLC airport. When we got to the tabernacle at 9:00 a.m., we were dismayed to discover that the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's was not there! A speaker got up and explained that Motab is unable to attend their weekly performance about once a year and this week was that week! Needless to say, we were kind of bummed. However, they did play a recording back of a previous week, and it was still amazing to listen to them sing while in the tabernacle. I think we will have to go back some other Sunday this year to hear them perform in person!

Posing in front of the temple... we actually have a picture just like this from when we were dating. So fun!

Temple Square pic.

Inside the tabernacle... side story: we just happened to run into one of Chad's old companions (his "son") and his fiancee right before it started. Small world?

In the afternoon, we decided to go on a guided tour of the conference center which included a sweet tour on the roof. It is absolutely amazing up top... there is a full garden with a fountain in the middle!

So on the roof of the conference center, there is a huge mural with all these pictures of different people. My favorite face on the whole wall was this little kid with the crazy smile.

Conference Center for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Seating Capacity: 21,200

Friday, August 22, 2008

Google Image Search

I stole this from a friend's blog, what you do is use Google Image Search and you search for the answers to the questions and you pick your favorite picture from ONLY the 1st page.
It's a fun thing to try and do it one day when you're bored...

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