Jingle Bells and Gingerbread

Jingle Bells and Gingerbread

Another Christmas has come and gone with another concert season in the books. We travelled around Connecticut to nursing homes, senior centers and churches to do 15 concerts. That meant a lot of music practice at home! Lydia and N’gella Our big red van has...

Sugar & Spice and Everything Nice

Sugar & Spice and Everything Nice

November spiced our lives with family fun and festive traditions. Early in the month, we celebrated Carolyn’s birthday. On her birthday afternoon, five of us took her on a surprise birthday expedition to the Mattabesett Trail. We enjoyed a hearty half hour hike and...

A First Time for Everything

A First Time for Everything

There’s a first time for everything and we have had many firsts packed into the past couple of months! We discovered a novel gem, right in our own town’s backyard, when we attended our first polo game at a local horse farm. There’s nothing like the thudding of hooves...

War, Winners and Weeds

War, Winners and Weeds

August breezed by with hot sticky days, a bit of traveling, fair time in Cheshire and simple pleasures at home. At the start of the month four of us drove out to Cooperstown, NY to see friends in a Civil War Reenactment. We enjoyed the sweet green farmland of New York...

Happy 40th, Dad & Mom!

Happy 40th, Dad & Mom!

July 28th marked Dad & Mom’s 40th wedding anniversary, and we siblings planned a surprise family formal dinner for the following weekend. We divided tasks up amongst ourselves and everyone had a job to do to prepare for a successful evening. Preparations...

A July 4th Like None Other

A July 4th Like None Other

This year we Bennetts enjoyed an unprecented 4th of July celebration! We’ve never had a July 4th like it before – it was a special day that will be long remembered! To kick it off, the weekend before the fourth of July, Jonathan, Matthew and Daniel participated in a...

Patriotic Family Photos

Patriotic Family Photos

Here are the pictures from our photo shoot a few weeks ago! Only one week till our Tribute to America at Nelson Hall, so we’re busy practicing plenty of patriotic music! Dad & Mom (Ray & Diane) Jonathan Elizabeth Matthew & N’gella Joel &...

Thankful for Dad

Thankful for Dad

This past week was Father’s Day and Dad’s birthday! We’re grateful for Dad and the way he has led our family and encourages us to make God’s Word the authority for our lives. May the mind of Christ my SaviorLive in me from day to day,By His...

Memorial Day… and more!

Memorial Day… and more!

We in the Bennett household are full throttle into patriotic season! We’ve done a few concerts, and are preparing for more to come. But besides music, we’ve done a few other things within the past couple weeks… Dad was asked to present a two-hour...