A lifetime ago I knew this girl that was entering a wet t-shirt contest. She was explaining to Jesse, Jay and I her strategy for winning this contest. We tried our best to explain to her that there really is only one strategy for winning a wet t-shirt contest. That… Read More »Skin to Win
On Saturday, June 20, 2009 I headed to Ottumwa with Sara to help Jen and Derrick with the house that they are trying to unload down there. Before we left, we stopped for lunch at George the Chili King. I had never eaten there, but I called Jen to see… Read More »Abstemious
This is a video of Jesse eating an onion. Why? Because he said that he could and Schmidt and I doubted him. Well perhaps doubt is the wrong term, because we wanted to see him do it. But now we have devised a new goal for Jesse. We want him… Read More »The Grand Slam
Today is Shannon’s birthday. Last night, for the 2nd straight year, The Burnin’ Sensations sang her Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday Shannon! To view even more pictures of Shannon, click on the link below the picture. More Pictures of Shannon
Last Friday was the first Ames on the Half Shell of the season. There was a pretty impressive turnout. I personally think that this can be connected to the incredible improvement in marketing between this year and last year. For starters, there is a sweet new logo: IMAGE LOST There… Read More »Ames on the Half Shell
The Taiwan Times By Mark Wolfram Reporting on God’s mission in Taiwan May 2009 Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. 1 Peter 3:15 Every Tuesday night we have Bible Study in English for the… Read More »Taiwan Times – May 2009 Issue
I have a bush in my backyard. In fact, I have several bushes in my backyard. But one of those bushes is special. That one bush holds a nest. Recently the eggs in the nest started to hatch. Out of those eggs came baby grackles. I’m a long time hater… Read More »Memorial Day Backyard
On May 23, I had my housewarming party. I would consider it a success on some level. 10-15 showed up for it. I would like to thank everybody that made an appearance: Baier, Jason Bardole, Shannon Bennett, Charlotte Brannen, Suzie Daniel, Jeff Derner, Geri Degeneffe, Scott Gorshe, Derrick Gorshe, Jen… Read More »Shindy
I had a housewarming/birthday shindig on May 23. I made individual invitations for those that were invited. I’d like to share some of them. Willy The Kahlers Nader Sara Shannon The Roberts Family The Hiatts The Howards Jay Jeff and Yin The Gorshes The Baiers Bethany and Rebecca Casy The… Read More »Housewarming Invites
A couple Saturdays back, Teresa rented a lift and Ernie cut down some limbs. I went over to play with the lift a little bit. Ernie Ernie Ernie View Playing More Playing Ernie Random Logan Photo But perhaps the best part of the tree trimming, is the fact that I… Read More »Mr. Bunyan
On Mother’s Day, I hosted the first family event at the new house. I learned the following things. 1. My mom, despite literally knowing me my entire life, will takes something out of my fridge and eat it without looking at the expiration date. 2. If you ask Elainie to… Read More »Mother’s Day
Mark’s April Newsletter. The Taiwan Times By Mark Wolfram Reporting on God’s mission in Taiwan April 2009 Daddy Doug and the Boyz… Greetings to all of you, in the love of Christ. The title of this was the name given to a group of Americans who invaded a public school… Read More »Taiwan Times – April 2009 Issue
On April 3, I got a text message as I was driving to work. I dug my phone out of my pocket and was surprised to see that it was a message from James. I read the message: Wow! I thought. It is pretty darn cool to live in a… Read More »State of Enlightenment
I thought I would share a few pictures of the action that is going on in my backyard. I still don’t really know what some/most of this stuff is going to turn out to be, so if you know, don’t be afraid to shout out the answer.
Last Friday was a busy night for me. I spent the beginning of the evening at a Super Secret Session of FNSC. I can’t really tell you what happened there, because it is a secret. After our session concluded in a secret manner I made my way over to Terra’s… Read More »Cardinalidae
I took Wednesday off to go down to Tom Harkin’s office with Jesse to meet with one of Tom Harkin’s assistants to discuss the situation in Uganda. If you are not familiar with what is going on in Uganda, I would suggest you check out a video put together by… Read More »Better than Work
There is an old Oscar Wilde quote that goes, “True friends stab you in the front.” This has and always will be the friendship philosophy of Christopher D. Bennett. But there is a better quote by a different writer that best encapsulates what happened to me on a morning a… Read More »Life, Partly