Changes and Blessings

1 year.  One year can make a world of difference in peoples lives.  So many life changes can take place.  Jobs can change, living arrangements can change, along with family dynamics.  For Joey and I a lot changed for us from Christmas 2009 to Christmas 2010.  I was sitting at home thinking about everything that has happend to our little family over the year and what has changed for us.  On Christmas Eve morning last year I walked...well ran really...into the living room to give Joey this.....

It was a GREAT Christmas surprise for us and what was the beginning of change for our family.  One year later, we woke up to find this cute little thing smiling at us...

For us change has been a special experience where we were able to grow together as a couple and as a little family. Change can be good or bad, but hopefully you will look for God's glory in whatever life brought you in 2010 and can rejoice in Him knowing that He has a hand in the life changes that will take place in 2011.  May you embrace what is to come in this next year and look forward to change!  There is a blessing in it somewhere!  Happy New Year from the Bennett's!! :)

Morning Love

There are many loves that I have in my life; my God, my husband, my son, my family, the love of friends and their laughter, but my new found absolute LOVE is waking up in the morning hearing Cameron over the baby monitor.  What a way to wake up!  It just gets me every time.  His squeals, coos, yells, and just plain baby jabber instantly makes me smile.  As I lie in the bed listening to the sweet sounds, I know exactly what he is doing and picture it in my mind.  He is lying in his big comfy crib staring up at his friends the giraffe and elephant smiling and talking away telling them all that he knows.  I often wonder if his sounds were actual words telling his "friends" all about his dreams from the previous night.  After a few minutes of this, I LOVE getting up, creeping into his room and just watch him until he realizes that I am standing there. Then it comes....his BIG gummy smile after his eyes lock in on mine.  Ahhhh...LOVE!  Makes my heart swell every time.  He starts kicking and cooing all the while smiling at his mama.  (Got to give dad credit too...he does the same thing to him!)  This kid is one happy baby and man do I feel blessed God picked us to raise him! Since being back to work, I miss these mornings most of the time, so I treasure each morning I am able to be awakened by this amazing little man.

Sugar Plums and Candy Drops

What happens when you put an entire table full of a vast variety of sugar filled candy in front of a classroom loaded with already hyper 5th graders? 

You get a classroom FULL of extremely hyper, energetic students whose minds just come alive with creativity.  Today I watched students take their thoughts and transfer them to candy covered graham crackers while icing was oozing out between the cracks while smiles and laughter filled the room.  For the final creative masterpieces....

Seeing the personalities come alive as the creations were being made is what makes projects like this worthwhile.  Yet, at the end of the day my most treasured little creation is what makes my heart swell!



Well here goes nothing...

I have been thinking about "blogging" for quite some time now, and for some reason I decided to give it a try.  Who knows why I decided to attempt this when life if crazy busy, but I guess it keeps things interesting! My life is so fun and full of laughter with my sweet little bug in the house.  He is just the light of our world, and I thank God for him everyday. 



So here goes nothing...my attempt into blogging world.  Lets just see if I can keep up on this! :)