Friday, December 28, 2012

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!

Norman's summer art fair

This summer night we headed out to Norman's art festival where Beau won a contest for his art work.  He received a scholarship to some of the Firehouse art classes in the Fall.  We were so proud and excited for him.  

 My four loves.


Kids could paint on different squares and this is the painting that won Beau a scholarship. 
Way to go Beau-bear!!!  You have an amazing gift from the Lord that you will use for His glory.

Dancing for the King.


This was another precious summer night when Uncle Greggy, Aunt Laura and Oak came to see us.  We ended our time with a dance party to worship the King, sweet Jesus.  We also had our adopted uncle Samuel with us too...a room filled with our favorite people. perfect.





oh such mighty men of God!!!

A Superhero and summer fun day kinda day!


 still catching up from the summer pics....


This day was Epic in the Bennett house! 
 We had so much fun dressing up and running all over the house being as "super" as we could be.
This was one of those summer days that you cherish forever...simple, full of life with the boys who won't want to dress up or be little much longer. 

 Oh Lord, help me to hold on to these moments.



 Brooks ran into the room and asked while he struck his best Robin pose, "question mom, is Robin a christian? Just wondering."


 Naters, aka the HULK. 
That's prophetic of this mighty man in the spirit. 
This boy has the biggest heart in the world, full of SO much love!  
 Oh ya know, Captain America and Ms. Angry bird are super fond of one another.  He keep her not so angry most days because he's so stinkin' sweet!





CCB...that's our family motto.  CATALYTIC CHAIN BREAKERS...that's what this superhero team is about!  Isaiah 61