Birthdays!!

Well - it is the end of September and my two older boys just finished celebrating their birthdays!! They had two separate parties - well three if you count our little family one.

Marcus turned 13 on September 21st. AAHHHH a teenager!!!!!!!!!!!!! He celebrated after a win 28-0 at home. We took the team out for pizza and then bowling. It was a BLAST - especially when the parents went into the "lounge" and discovered they had karaoke. Now the real party begins - raising a teenage boy!!





Elijah turned 11 on September 25th. He had a nice simple party with a few of his friends from school. They just came over, played outside, had pizza, and brownies and ice cream. It was one of the most mellow and simple parties he's ever had, but he loved it. Many of the boys even commented how mush they enjoyed it. I guess less really is more.

Why I Ride

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Why I Ride

This is a beautiful video clip that my AMAZING brother-in-law Andy put together about my sister Deb and tells why he is riding in MS Ride in October. My other sister Barb has MS too, but thankfully is does not affect her a badly as it does Deb. If you wish to support him, you can go to his MS support page at:
http://www.biketofinishms.com/abenis
If you cannot give financially, your prayers for the Benis and Green families would be a blessing.

Are you ready for some football?????

The boys football season is underway and the boy' teams are loking pretty good. Marcus' team the Wolverines are 2-0 right now having beaten both Pasadena and Tri-cities 30-0. Marcus scored his first touchdown on the first play when Pasadena kicked off and Marcus ran it back 70 yards for the touchdown. He then scored his second touchdown on the second down of the first series. Last Saturday night Marcus scored three touchdowns and had some great hits. Now we just got to keep him humble.



















Elijah's Cowboys are 1-0 having beaten the Corona Panthers 12-0. Elijah had some good defensive plays and almost scored a touchdown on a great pass, but due to pass interference, didn't complete the catch. He has a hard game coming up next week against Carson Colts who played in the Super Bowl last year.

First Day of School! First Day of School!

Well, school is officially in full swing. So Sad. I love summer and hate to see it go by so quickly. Elijah and Joseph started on August 30th and Marcus started on September 6th.

Elijah started the sixth grade this year and has the most beautiful, sweet teacher named Mrs. Pace. He really seems to enjoy being in her class so far. He is in the same class as two of his cousins which is the first time since the second grade that this has happened and we are very excited. He has a wonderful class and has some great friends. His buddy Ben is in the other sixth grade and they get to hang out durinf lunch and recess. Elijah has also taken on flag football along with all his other committments. He's a bit crazy I think, but he loves it.

JoJo started preschool this year and couldn't be happier although I miss him terribly. He loves his teachers, Mrs. deViso and Mrs. Rexinger. He recently told me that Mrs. deViso is from heaven. He also lets out a grunt everytime I come to pick him up because he doesn't want to leave. I guess that that is good and bad. He loves to help and play on the playground, especially the water table and riding the bikes. He's made some new friends and I can't wait until the preschool is back on the main campus cuz he drive down there is killing me! And I will love being able to see him on the playground every day!








Marcus has now been integrated in to the world of public school - YIKES!!!! He is attending the middle school down the street and loves walking to school every day. The school seems to be very structured which is good for him and he is making new friends. I just pray that God will send him a couple good, Christian friends and keep all those fast scandalous girls away from my baby :) he seems motivated to get his work done, for now, and I am very proud of him.

I went back to monitoring so I could keep Elijah and Joseph at our school. I am working with my BFF Heather and we are having a ton of fun. We have a totally awesome group of kids and it looks like it'll be a great year.

Wicked!!

I was so blessed today to be included in my BFF's sister's bday bash! We got to celebrate Shannon's 39th birthday by having a surprise lunch at her aunt's house and then the going to see Wicked. It was soooooooooooo amazing!!! The music, the costumes, the whole thing was fabulous. I am so glad that I was able to go!! Thank you Shannon, Cathi, and Heather for inviting me. I had soooooo much fun. Whether we were playing spoons with forks, Bob's nines, taking silly pics, raiding Carrie's closet (thanks again Carrie for letting me borrow stuff) or roaming a round LA looking for a place to eat - you guys are so much fun to be around! Not to mention that scary random guy that assaulted me while we were tyring to have our girlie pic taken at the bowling-restaurant place. Can't wait for more girl's time out with you!