It’s berry season! We love watching the ruby colored sweet treats grow on our strawberry plants and we love eating them even more. Strawberry shortcake, here we come! Our latest big adventure, besides successfully growing strawberries, was navigating the train system with Lydia as she traveled down to Virginia to join James and Julianna at…
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Winter Snippets
Aside from warding off sniffles and sneezes and wondering if we would ever have snow on the ground this winter, the past couple months have pretty much been a repeat of last year. We hosted our annual Sweethearts Dinner around Valentine’s Day, we decluttered areas of our home, we went for long walks in the…
Ringing in the New Year
On the eve of 2023, some of the less practical members of the family stayed up into the wee hours of the night, reminiscing over the past year and welcoming the new. We marveled over the amount of major life events that happened – the birth of a nephew and a niece, a wedding, a…
We Wish You a Merry Christmas!
Christmas Concert: Tuesday, December 20 @ 7 PM EST We are looking forward to joining together as a family tomorrow to lift our hearts and voices in praise to Jesus Christ – our Savior, Redeemer and King! If you live locally, please join us on Tuesday, December 20 at 7pm for our Christmas concert! It…
When at First You Don’t Succeed
This summer we had a throwback to our last autumn blog, where we talked about our excursion out to the Hale Homestead in Coventry, CT. With Julianna’s wedding coming quickly, we squeezed in extra activities to soak in the last few minutes of shared memories and laughter before her move to wild and wonderful West…
He is Risen Indeed!
We love celebrating Resurrection Sunday in our family. It is so much more than dressing in bright spring colors and singing special songs. That is just the icing on top. But to celebrate forgiveness of sins, eternal life, undeserved mercy and grace – now that is worth celebrating! We had a full week of music…
Rallies and Rakes
Spring is here! A blast of snow in early March reminded us not to bank too heavily on the alluring warm weather we had recently enjoyed. The snow lined every tree branch and drooping bush and out in the backyard the boys built a 13 foot snowman, with the aid of a ladder of course….
Winter Sketches
We welcomed the new year with a gathering of friends, playing games and eating food. We decided to simplify our gingerbread village this year, propping up cookie cutter gingerbread men in front of pop tents, calling it a Civil War encampment and not connecting it with any particular famous moment in history or any anniversary…
Fall Time Fun
Connecticut lays claim to one of the most famous heroes of the Revolutionary War, a young schoolteacher described as “a simple hearted, well-educated, intelligent country youth.” Nathan Hale is known for his untimely death at the hands of the British and his selfless last words, “My only regret is that I have but one life…
A Wedding Way Down South
There’s a certain thrill when the car top carriers are pulled out and strapped to our trusty 15 passenger van, a certain adrenaline when it’s time to stow the suitcases on top. We looked forward to a trip to Texas where six Bennetts would help at the wedding of our friend Esther. The morning of…