Hoover house. staff retreat. cousin time. end of summer.

These are a few pics of our last couple days in the Hoover house.  We were so grateful for the provision God gave us through this home.  So thankful for 2 1/2 sweet and memorable years there. 

Game days. stellar play room. superhero hideouts. lots of leaf clean up. my garage laundry room. (won't miss that). going from 3 to 4 loves. becoming a family of 6. gutting half a house and remodeling when you don't know how. lots of forts. arts and crafts. game nights. dance parties. lego building. Brooks animals everywhere, all the time...probably still being found in hidden places. Joy's first steps.breakfast nights. the vintage booth. my awesome built in porch planter. so close to campus. watching boys learn to ride bikes, skateboard, throw the football. Brooks accepting Jesus as his Savior. Brooks crazy encounters with the Lord. Beau's amazing revelations and wisdom from the Word. Nate's prophetic dreams and shepherd's heart evolving. much new identity for us all as  a family happened over those days and nights in the Hoover house. we are all forever blessed by all that happened and was released.

Thank you Lord!

 laundry basket rides by Beau or Daddy was always a highlight.

 Brooks painting in this exact spot on the kitchen floor happened everyday if not every other.

 Last family meal around the vintage booth.  miss her.

 last after dinner kitchen dance party.

STAFF RETREAT

didn't really take many pics, but was our sweetest and most authentic time as a staff since we planted the church.  Thank you Lord for all of our growth together and individually. Grateful for fresh vision!

 You can't tell in this pic but Kourtney Hartsock had to brave and attack the million and one crazy bug/horse fly things having a family union at the dock.  It was crazy. They didn't mess with Kourt though :)

 Ah, see look close and there is one still on her arm.

 Chris with baby Hope Terndrup on her first boat ride.

WE love and are so thankful for the Lake House!!

 Cliff Jumping...our brave staff members going for it!

 Thankful to have our brazilian beauty Miss Gabi join us this year as she oversees our kiddos. 

 Sweet boys enjoying some cousin time as summer comes to an end.

 They came to celebrate as we moved into the new house! 

 Oak and Brooks taking a spin

ICON Winter Park, Colorado

What an amazing two weeks with some of the greatest people, church planters and radical followers of Jesus....from so many different nations, so many different cities in America.

We drove 13 hours to Winter Park, Colorado in the "blue bomb" (our awesome mini van)

Truly a time of revelation, encouragement and refreshment by His Spirit and the humble people of Antioch all over the world.  So honored to be apart of this great movement, who authentically have a passion for Jesus and His purposes on the earth!!

 love this pic, love waking up to this after a creepy night in the cheapest hotel we could find halfway to CO.  love my boys.

 Joy loves her Beau-bear,

 especially since he was her biggest cheerleader in teaching her to walk!

 this was during worship one morning...just a little soaking with Brooks and Jesus.

Got to love the crying baby pics and the oldest sibling with his hands on his face saying "please no more pics mom!"

 Some of our best friends and spiritual mentors.  Love them so.

 The boys, being weird. most ridiculous  looking "zoolander" face I've ever seen!!

 So, Joy kinda liked for first snow cone she ever ate...been addicted to sugar ever since!

( thanks Becca Terndrup : ) )

 Oh you know, it was a good day to be a superhero!  Yea ACC ICON carnival!

Team Bennett!

 Joy's first pigtails!!!!!!!!  I always dreamed of this day.

 best buds.

 ICON ACC Norman relay team.  

We didn't win, but we did beat ACC College station...and that's all that matters :)

 Still in awe God gave me a little lady.  so thankful

 the boys with Papa Joe

 So thankful for these ladies

 Alpine slide

 movie night in the hotel

 Beau just helping with the shades...

 Joy was hooked...

 didn't take the glasses off for a very long time...

 Date night in CO with my Beau-man

 Two of ACC heroes of all!

  Such great friends and so honored by their lives!

 Stayed a few extra nights with some of our best friends.

Hartsocks and Deleenheers are such those friends where you always are understood, you can say anything, and you just laugh a lot....so precious they are to us.

This was the LONG EPIC hike that took us twice as long as we anticipated...but SO worth it!

 finally found the creek.  it was freezing!

 WILD AT HEART!

 This is the tail end of the fall....wish I captured it all.

 Anna and Beau making paper flowers for our Olympic games.

 Go Team!

 ON your mark, get set....let the games begin!!!!

 Wish I could find the rest of the pics....but the end event was classic.

 girls won best skit and dance, yep we took it away :)

 Saying goodbye.

 and to end the car ride home...joy enjoyed her first cone.  Next time we will try ice cream in it, for now she's loving it!