Danny's First Visit to the Zoo!

From the St Louis Edition

Steven's parents, sister and grandma came down for Danny's 1st birthday!  We celebrated by going to the St. Louis Zoo!

The girls and Danny!

"My first trip to the zoo."

Grandpa with the loose Elephant!

Waving as the train chugged by.

Ant Eaters are weird looking creatures!

We all loved the elephants, including Danny.

There was even a baby!

Steven and Great-Grandma "with" the elephants!

Danny with his stuffed elephant, a gift from grandparents.

Danny is into making goofy smiles right now!

The fish

The bear!

After we walked around for an hour, we boarded the train.

Waiting in line...

"All aboard"

On the train we saw the tiger...

And the flamingos.

Before we left for the zoo, we took some Benner family pictures.

 Megan!

Brother and Sister.

Great-Grandma and Danny!

The original Benners.

The Benner Family!

We had a lovely day with everyone!

This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. 
 Psalm 118:24

Brought to you by: Rebekah Benner

Airshow Videos

From the St Louis Edition.

Especially for you, Samuel!

Patty Wagstaff and Skip Stewart

 Skip Stewart

 The Blue Angels

"Cutting the knife."

Videos courtesy of Steven Benner

Brought to you by: Rebekah Benner 

The Spirit of St Louis Airshow

From the St Louis Edition

Steven, Danny and I went to the airshow 2 weeks ago.  It was a very popular event with LOTS of traffic.  It took us at least an hour to get in and to leave!  But it was worth it and lots of fun!

This plane is Patty!


Danny and I watching the airplanes.

The helicopters demonstrated a rescue mission.

This is Skip Stewart flying the biplane.  He did lots of stunts including cutting a string that was very close to the ground.

The Blue Angels!

This is Fat Albert, the cargo plane for the Blue Angels.  He can land and stop in 1500 ft!

The Blue Angels Solo Planes.

The Four flying in the famous diamond formation.

All 6 flying in formation!

One of my favorites: Steven with the Blue Angels!

They were very loud so we covered Danny's ear with our hand!
It was very warm and we were beginning to worry about Danny being in the sun too long, so we left before the airshow was completely done.  But we were able to watch the rest of it from the car!

   Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: But let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord which exercise loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.  

Jeremiah 9:23-24

Brought to you by: Rebekah Benner

Another Goodbye Party

Esther and Faith are leaving in a week and a half so we had a goodbye party to give everyone a chance to hangout with them and say 'goodbye'.

Setting up the food tables.

Rachel

The photo album/newsletter sign-up table

Julia pushing the Beeman kids on the swing.

Visiting

Soccer!! We had really good games!

Mary, and Hillary with their babies.

Abigail and Danny

A word of encouragement from Dad to Es, and Faith.

Praying for the food.

Es and Kayla

Faithy

Kathryn

Olivia and Faith

Hannah, Esther, and David

We had such a great time!

"A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance." Ecclesiastes 3:4

God is Faithful!
~Lizzy