tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84041308943870893182024-03-05T19:07:30.566-06:00Benich FamilyBenich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-35138122050673156262019-09-06T20:19:00.000-05:002019-09-07T10:05:04.092-05:00We're Still Here!Yep, we are still here! Our last blog post ended right after Spring Break (yikes!), so I have to go back a ways. So towards the end of the school year last year, Kyle was inducted into National Honor Society. Great job, Kyle! Keep up the good work your junior year.<br />
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Believe it or not, way back on April 26th, the Avenger Endgame movie came out. We were desperately trying to not hear any spoilers, since it took us a bit to get in to see the movie. Overall, the movie was pretty good -- and it brought this current phase for the Marvel movies to a close well, but I think it also could have been so much more. I personally was really hoping to have a lot more Captain Marvel in the movie.<br />
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On May 4th, we celebrated Kenny's parents 50th Anniversary at a special mass. Their actual anniversary was August 16th. They had a lovely ceremony for all the participants.<br />
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Then on their actual anniversary, we were all able to get together to eat out and give them their gifts. Kenny had them recreate one of their wedding photos to commemorate the day.<br />
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Kenny's annual Bad Pants golf outing this year was a success. It was pretty cool this year, so he wore Kyle's Deadpool pajamas and apparently they were the winning outfit. What could be wrong with Deadpool riding a kitten unicorn? Seriously?<br />
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Kyle's last day of school was June 5th; Delaney had already been home a couple of weeks. Everyone was so looking forward to not having a set schedule and enjoying the summer break. We did a lot of sleeping in, playing video games, reading, and not doing any homework. It was glorious. Kyle's last day as a sophomore. :-)<br />
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Delaney played soccer all summer with Chicago City again, as well as helping fill out some travel games for an Indy team. She did a lot of traveling, but she had a great time playing soccer all summer. One weekend, she had to go play a couple games all the way in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Kenny wasn't able to go with her, so she and I made a weekend out of it. We ate some yummy food out, did some shopping, and visited an adorable cat lounge and adoption center. And oh yeah, Delaney also played some soccer. HA!<br />
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Kyle usually keeps his summers pretty open, so it is unfortunate when everything overlaps for him. Kyle was volunteering to help process the Chromebooks for the school, which was from 7am to noon (definitely an early summer day for him). Then, he had his driver's education classes the same days from 1 to 4pm. Definitely NOT his desired carefree summer days, but he got through them all. And he now has his Driver's Permit. Watch out!<br />
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Our nephew Connor graduated high school; it seems so hard to believe. Connor is going to Ohio Northern University for college this year. Go Polar Bears! Now my parents just have one more grandchild to get through high school now. (Kyle, we are talking to you!)<br />
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Towards the end of June, Kenny and Timmy participated in a golf outing to support the LAM Foundation. I even found Kenny a feather shirt to wear in honor of the event. They had beautiful weather and a great time.<br />
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In addition to soccer and her part-time job, Delaney still found some time to hang out with Nate (of course). They had a blast at a Jimmy Buffet concert (at the exact same place that we watched him 25 years ago!), they had a great day at Chicago, and even hit a water park one day.<br />
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Then it was time for Delaney to go back to Parkside; I have NO idea where our summer went. Unfortunately, her apartment wasn't even ready so she had to move in some temporary housing for a bit. It was looking a bit sad.<br />
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Once her apartment was finally ready though, Kenny and I headed up with the rest of her stuff and helped her set her room up. Now she said, she finally felt like she had a home. :-) <br />
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Kyle started school back on August 20th, while Delaney's classes just started yesterday. Here are our two juniors: our daughter in college at Parkside, and Kyle in high school at CPHS.<br />
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And Kenny and I just celebrated our 24th anniversary... we got a big one coming up next year! <br />
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Enjoy!<br />
Ken, Dani, Dee and Kyle <br />
<br />Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-31241400717799689982019-04-07T13:32:00.001-05:002019-04-08T07:22:16.441-05:00About Time for a New Post!I always have really good intentions to keep posting more often, but next thing I know... it has been half a year. Ha Ha! What can you do???<br />
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Last post, Kyle just got his braces off in mid-September. So, starting from there... Delaney had her fall season of soccer at Parkside. It was a good season -- starting with their trip to Boston for pre-season and ending with a trip to the conference tournament. Delaney got some great playing time and scored six goals, 2nd on the team. The highlight goal was at Purdue Northwest with a bunch of family in attendance! Now it's time to roll into Spring Season with a few games before heading home for the summer.<br />
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For Halloween this year, both kids actually needed to dress up! Kyle was helping out with a Halloween Key Club event, and Delaney was going to a costume party. Here was their thought processes:<br />
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1) Kyle: I don't really care, just make it simple and find one for me.<br />
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2) Delaney: I can't find one I like, check out a myriad of make-it-yourself costumes before finally deciding on one.<br />
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So, Kyle was an Identity Thief. He wrote names on "Hello" stickers and put them all over his shirt. Ta-dah! Costume finished.<br />
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Delaney decided on Audrey Hepburn and borrowed from me a dress, jewelry, sunglasses, shoes and put her hair up. (And sadly, no one knew who Audrey Hepburn was...)<br />
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But she did seem to like her Halloween care package. :-)<br />
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Kyle learned to make homemade pies for Thanksgiving. He did a pretty good job; they certainly tasted yummy!<br />
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Then it was time for Delaney's finals; definitely time for another care package.<br />
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Next thing you know, it was time for Christmas Break! We went to see an early showing of Aquaman. It was a lot of fun, everyone really enjoyed it (except Kyle, who was lame and decided to stay home).<br />
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When we decorate the house for the holidays, we have kept a lot of the kids' grade school artwork and put them up around the house. I went through and took pictures of all of them -- so cute!<br />
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While Delaney was home for break, Kyle still had to get through some school. He also had to go to a Regional BPA contest. He was more than ready for Christmas break to start for him as well.<br />
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And, of course, there was all the Christmas gifts to make before the celebrations. It is always such a relief to finally having everything done and ready to go! Here are just a few that were made:<br />
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Then we had Christmas celebrations with friends and family! There was a lot of eating too much, exchanging presents, and just enjoying visiting with everyone.<br />
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And I also had to share the AWESOME wrapping paper my parents found! Meowy Christmas!<br />
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When all the festivities were over, it was time to just relax and enjoy the remainder of the break. This included a lot of sleeping in, video games, and being as lazy as possible. Well, that is for Kyle and me... poor Delaney and Kenny had to work sometimes. :-(<br />
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Long after Kyle was done with Lego Worlds, I kept plugging away to get that one last achievement: Billionaire. And... I finally got it! We also played a lot of Overcooked 2, which is a lot of fun -- until the kids start getting snippy with each other. Then it is time for a break! There was also some Celeste, Abzu, and who knows what else.<br />
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And we also did the most difficult puzzle we have ever done before, that we gave away because we were NEVER doing it again. It was hard not having the straight edges, but even harder than that... was the fact that some of the pieces seemed to fit in more than one place. So, there was a lot of rearranging and frustration... but we FINALLY finished it!<br />
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Believe it or not, it was time for New Year's Eve! The girls got off to a rocky start, with the guys starting off with a winning streak.<br />
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But Delaney decided that was enough, and she got a win! And I finally got one, too.<br />
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And Delaney finally got into her groove and was unbeatable. It was also the wee hours of the morning, and we were all tired! We called it; Delaney was the champion (and, as you can see... it was not my finest time at game night).<br />
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Then a few days later somehow, someway... we are now the parents of a 20 year old! That just doesn't seem possible, does it?
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For Valentine's Day, Thor was eager to help me get Dee's next care package ready. (She wondered how all that cat hair got in her room!)<br />
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Kenny and I were able to get away for a weekend. We went to a Dierks Bentley concert, and we also got to go see Captain Marvel! Thor and Loki are now Goose fans!!! Then, we met up with Delaney, Nate and a couple of her friends who were hanging out at the Galloping Ghost all day for lunch before heading home.<br />
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And... Spring Break went by way too fast. :-( <br />
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Luv,
Ken, Dani, Dee & Kyle
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Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-47740928242049159432018-09-14T16:39:00.000-05:002018-09-14T16:39:44.037-05:00Summertime is over! :-(It is remarkable how fast summertime just seems to whiz on by -- it's like you blink and (* poof *), it's over. I personally love the lack of schedules, alarms, homework, and other potential drama-inducing problems. This is how I feel during summer break:<br />
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We had a great summer; it was nice to have everyone all home again. Besides returning from being away at college, it was also a little different because Delaney had her first part-time job over the summer. She was working Monday -Wednesday full days, and then Thursday a half day with Fridays off. It was a bit of an adjustment for her, but I think the paychecks helped. :-) She started pretty much as soon as she got home from her Freshman year, then didn't stop until the beginning of August right before she was heading back to college. Kyle once again took a class over the summer, this time around it was Health class. Compared to his Gym class last summer, he thought it was a breeze.<br />
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Delaney was also playing soccer this summer with the <a href="https://www.wpslsoccer.com/page/show/3926246-chicago-city-sc" target="_blank">Chicago City team</a> in the WPSL. She thoroughly enjoyed playing soccer with the team, although she definitely did not care for the drive back and forth from Chicago. It was a great way for her to keep her foot on the ball all summer and have fun at the same time.<br />
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A flashback photo: this picture is currently hanging in our soccer room. I have always loved this photo; look how little the kids' feet are! This was taken <i>10 years ago</i>; time just flies.
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Speaking of time flying, the ring bearer in our wedding (Kenny's cousin Tyler) got married this summer, too. Wow, how old does THAT make us feel? Look at this cute little guy.<br />
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The weekend of June 23rd, we headed up to Michigan for Tyler and Morgan's wedding. The wedding was outdoors with the reception in a nearby tent. They lucked out, the rain stayed away and the sun was shining. It made for quite a warm event, but they had a great day. Kenny snapped this picture right after the ceremony.<br />
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Morgan shared a few beautiful photos from her photographer on Facebook as well. I took four of them and had to crop them to fit in a single image. So they aren't quite as lovely as the originals, but the photographer obviously did a wonderful job.<br />
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We had Becky, our go-to kitty babysitter, take care of our fur babies while we were gone over the weekend. The kitties aren't entirely sure about her and keep their distance. In fact, Thor pretty much hides from her the entire time. She will usually send us pictures, but she only found Thor this time through the window! :-)<br />
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We also had an uninvited guest in our house this summer, that I definitely could have done without. Look at the size of this guy! (* shudder *) I wish I could say he was the only one. :-(<br />
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Birthday Time! There were a few birthdays this month. Our nephew Michael turned 12 years old. Hard to believe!!! And Kenny's dad is now 72 years young, and my dad turned 70 years young!<br />
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It was also Babe and Kathe's 49th wedding anniversary this month. Next year will be a big one. :-)<br />
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Kenny and his buddies have started playing Dungeons & Dragons again. Usually they have been getting together online to play once in a while, but they planned a weekend this summer that they could get together in person. They met at Timmy's house and had a great time, not only just playing Dungeons & Dragons. They also went to an arcade! :-)<br />
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Kenny wasn't the only one playing video games. The kids and I have had a lot of fun playing different video games all summer too. Kyle was playing a lot of Warframe and Rainbow Six Siege among other games, but lately he has been obsessed with the recently released Destiny 2: Forsaken.<br />
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Some of the other games we've been playing are LEGO Superheroes 2, Typoman, Hue, and Overcooked 2. The second Overcooked game came out just before Delaney had to go back to school, so great timing there. Delaney was also able to use the money she got from working a soccer camp one weekend to get herself an X-Box system that she could take to school. So for a while, we had two systems to play on. Nice!<br />
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The latest one we are trying to finish up is LEGO Worlds. This game is a lot bigger than we originally anticipated. We got it a while ago during a great sale, but we didn't have time to play it then. And when we got it, it was only a single-player game. But now it is set up for 2 players, so that was a pleasant surprise too.<br />
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Before we knew it, it was time for Delaney to head back to school. She has to go in early for soccer, even though Wisconsin doesn't start school until after Labor Day. She moved in on Saturday, August 11th. It took us two vehicles to get everything up there. This is what our soccer room looked like right before it was time to leave. That is A LOT of stuff!!!<br />
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This year she is in an apartment; she is very excited about it. She is sharing with other students, the main living area, kitchen and bathroom -- but she has her own single this time. Her room turned out really nice. I think she is happy to be back at school, but she misses the kitties a lot.<br />
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When we got back from dropping Delaney off, the fur babies were waiting for us in the window. They aren't used to be alone for so long. :-) They were so happy someone came home.<br />
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Once back at school, Delaney was right back into Parkside soccer. They are in a new conference this year with some new uniforms too. Here is a <a href="https://parksiderangers.com/news/2018/9/1/ranger-womens-soccer-dominate-in-3-0-victory.aspx" target="_blank">nice article</a> about one of their games that Delaney scored in. She's also been starting and getting a lot of playing time. They even had a trip to Boston to play some games. They flew there and back, got to do some sightseeing, and played some soccer. They even toured Harvard's campus. Here's to a great season for Ranger Women's Soccer!<br />
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Then, unfortunately for Kyle, it was time for him to start thinking about school. He is also a sophomore, but in high school of course. First, we had to wean him back to a normal schedule, as he was playing into the wee hours of the morning and then sleeping in past noon. Waking up at 6am for school was quite the change for him! He volunteered a couple of days at the school helping them get chromebooks ready for everyone and with whatever else they needed done. And before we knew it, it was time for school to start! Delaney's didn't start until after Labor Day. Here are their first day of school pics.<br />
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Believe it or not, Kenny and I also just celebrated our 23rd anniversary. Can you believe we have been married 23 years? Crazy!
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And to finish off this blog, Kyle just got his braces off a couple of days ago. Yippee!
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And with that, we're finished!
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Luv,
Ken, Dani, Dee & Kyle
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Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-18295710058510692312018-06-12T22:23:00.000-05:002018-06-13T11:46:22.385-05:00Summer Vacation is the best!Lately, the blog posts seem to only come every few months so it means we have to go back a ways to where we left off. Our last post brings us to our Spring Break! We were fortunate enough that both Delaney's and Kyle's break coincided this year, so everyone was home together. We didn't have any big travel plans this time around. Instead we had some much needed rest, relaxation and down time. There was definitely a lot of sleeping in and laziness (at least for the kids and I -- Kenny, not as much). We also started the LEGO Superheroes 2 game, celebrated Kyle's 15th birthday, and watched Ready Player One. Everyone (yes, including Kenny) had read the book, and we were all anxious to go check out the movie adaption. We all enjoyed it; it was fun catching all the little references throughout. Also, one of Kyle's birthday gifts was a co-op video game called Overcooked. It is a hilarious game that we all had a lot of fun playing together. We quickly discovered that Kenny and I were always the liabilities -- and we had to be spread out to keep the teams balanced.<br />
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The latest Marvel movie, Infinity War came out just at the end of April. Everyone was excited to go see it, Delaney ended up seeing it with a friend up in Wisconsin the same time we saw it here. I even put on a Marvel shirt myself! This was me, happy and excited before the movie...<br />
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And this was all of us emotionally compromised after the movie. :-(<br />
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Delaney had a handful of soccer of soccer games left with Parkside, then finals to study for, and then she was home the second Friday of May! It seems as if she came home with way more stuff than she left, but we somehow made everything work. We stayed up very late getting things organized and then had a bridal shower to attend that Saturday after she got home. Believe it or not, the ring bearer at our wedding is getting married! (Yes, we are old!) They had a beautiful shower at Theo's Steak and Seafood, and their wedding is coming up very soon.<br />
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Delaney has been pretty busy this summer with a part-time job and playing with the Chicago City soccer team. She is enjoying playing with the team a lot, not quite so much dealing with the Chicago traffic getting there back and forth. Kyle had to get through a few more weeks of school before his summer break started at the end of May. Kyle's last day as a freshman in high school:<br />
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Now that school stuff is over for both kiddos, it feels more like summertime! Yeah!!! It is really nice to have all the studying and deadlines done for a while. Kyle and his buddies are playing a ridiculous amount of video games until the wee hours of the morning with lots of sleeping in. Some more LEGO Superheroes 2 has been accomplished, we are currently at 99.2% or something absurd like that. We just have a bunch of little things to finish up everywhere as well as the achievements to tackle. Kyle does have a class he's taking online this summer (at least it isn't summer gym like last summer); he just started up his Health class this week. So it can't all be fun and games all the time, but working on one online class isn't too big of a deal.<br />
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We also have lots of house and organizational projects we are trying to tackle this summer, not sure how many we can actually get to -- but anything is better than nothing. First, the house got a good spring cleaning (it was overdue, so a definite improvement right there). Then we are working on organizing our photos (both digital and printed), with organizing our office and garage high on the list as well. While it may not be your standard fun summer activities, it is so nice to actually get some of that stuff accomplished.<br />
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And just this past weekend, we finally made it out to see the movie Solo! It was an enjoyable origin story for Han Solo; Alden Ehrenreich made a great young Han Solo -- the relationship with Han and Chewie was the best.<br />
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I'm sure we'll blink and summertime will be over, but we'll definitely make the most of it while we can.<br />
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Luv,
Ken, Dani, Dee & Kyle
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<br />Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-22145318228117166062018-03-15T21:19:00.002-05:002018-03-15T21:19:49.594-05:00Another post, finally!Wow, has it really been like 5 months since the last post? Geez! There really never is enough time to do everything you want to do. So... looking back to right after the last post, Kyle went to his first high school dance with Madison; they attended the Homecoming dance. I'm not sure either one of them were exactly thrilled with the whole "dance experience," but hopefully it won't be their last one.<br />
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Kyle seems to have adjusted to high school pretty well. He still has a big gang of buddies that he is always playing online video games with on the X-Box (including Madison). And while Kyle is getting through his first year of high school, Delaney is getting through her first year at the University of Wisconsin Parkside. Skipping over a mild case of homesickness at the beginning, Delaney is really enjoying her college experience and doing very well in her school too.<br />
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And, of course, still playing soccer! She got the #22 (like someone else that we know), so that is pretty neat. She was able to play in every game this season. They didn't have a great record, but have something to build on for next year! They are moving into a new conference next season which includes playing Purdue Northwest. She even has a spring game in Hammond if anyone wants to come on out and see the Rangers play -- Saturday, April 7th.<br />
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In October, we had a family wedding to attend on Kenny's side of the family. They had a beautiful outdoor wedding at the same location where the reception was. It was a gorgeous old barn, renovated for events. They had lovely weather; everything was so pretty!<br />
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Then of course, Christmas was coming up. It was time to start getting things ready. Literally, my most stressful/exhausting/overwhelming time of the year. We tried to keep our shopping to a minimum, and we handmade a lot of gifts this year: ornaments, sewing projects, etc. It was a lot of work, but we were able to get everything done with a big sigh at the end when it was all over.
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Also in December, it was time for the new Star Wars movie: The Last Jedi. A friend of Kenny's got us tickets to go see it right when it opened on the IMax. Sooooo awesome! Kyle invited Madison to come as well. Everyone thought the show was great, and the audience participation was pretty intense. :-)<br />
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Kenny's work had a dress-up Christmas lunch. His department's theme was National Lampoon Christmas Vacation. They were the hit of the event!
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Then it was time for all the Christmas get-togethers!!! Family and friends!!! Lots of food and presents and good times!!!<br />
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While it is always nice to get together with everyone, it is just as nice to have it all behind you and enjoy the rest of the Christmas vacation. Delaney's break was very long too! We read a lot, watched movies, played games and finished up several LEGO games to 100% as well: LEGO Dimensions, LEGO Undercover City and LEGO Ninjago. It was nice to have some down time and just have fun. Looking forward to more down time and LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2 for Spring Break!!!<br />
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Delaney has been making some beautiful string art projects too. Here are a few she has made recently. (Thor REALLY wanted to help with the strings, but he was thwarted.)<br />
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February 28th was Rare Disease Day; a day that has become important to our family. Without awareness and fund raising for LAM, I wouldn't have my medication to slow down my illness. A huge, heartfelt thanks to anyone and everyone who has ever donated to the LAM Foundation. We can't thank you enough!<br />
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We've also had birthdays!!! First Loki turned a big 4 in October; it's hard to believe that we have had the little guy for four years. Delaney was at school for his birthday, so they were both missing each other a lot.<br />
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Then Delaney had her 19th birthday (* gasp *) in January, and Kenny and I both had our birthdays in February as well. My friend RuthAnn came up to celebrate with me on my birthday, and we had a great time just hanging out and making some projects. I made my first mini quilt!<br />
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Later this summer, my favorite singer Dierks Bentley will be releasing his ninth studio album: The Mountain. With the preorder, I received this cool necklace.<br />
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On a much sadder note, my grandmother Imogene just passed away. It wasn't a shocking event, she was a little over 96 -- she enjoyed a long and full life. She had been slipping away the last few years and didn't even remember who we were anymore. Instead of confusing her, when we visited her with my mom we didn't try to keep explaining to her who we were... rather we just enjoyed her company. In a way, I felt the grandmother I remember had been gone a while now. The grandmother I remember was so full of life -- always busy cooking, cleaning or working on her yard. Her house was always immaculate; from the basement to the attic, to every cabinet and pantry -- always spick and span! Family meals there always left you way too full, and there was always food left over. After both of my children's births, she came up and helped us out. Not all that much with cooking and cleaning (although I am sure she wanted to!), but instead with just holding my babies, rocking them to sleep, taking them for walks in their stroller -- just giving them love and attention so I could get things done and have a little break. It was such a blessing. My father's parents passed away when I was very young, and her husband Cecil passed away a little before Delaney was born. It's somber to think that all my grandparents are no longer with us.
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Love,<br />
Ken, Dani, Dee & Kyle
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<br />Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-68241782615826866592017-09-25T19:52:00.000-05:002017-09-25T20:28:25.164-05:00Summer Over and School in Full Swing!As always, our summer seemed to go by way too fast. This summer, Kyle participated in Summer Gym, too -- that certainly cut into our summer free time. He had it from 7am to noon every day from June 12th to July 19th. Now that he is done, he has all his gym credits he needs for high school! So while it was definitely an inconvenience and really screwed up our summertime sleeping in, it is so nice for him to not have to deal with daily PE at school and be done with it.<br />
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Then right after Summer Gym, Kyle had no time to celebrate before having to go to the orthodontist and get his braces. He's been doing very well with them, he should get them off as his sophomore year is about over. So while this hasn't been the most fun summer for Kyle, he accomplished a lot.<br />
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Delaney had a fun opportunity to intern in Chicago through her new UWP Soccer team for a week at the end of July/beginning of August. She was assisting the company that provided the transportation for the MLS All Star Game. She got to stay at the downtown Hyatt, meet a lot of MLS players, drive Audis around, and really enjoyed her experience. She told them that whenever they need help again, to give her a call.<br />
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Then it was time for Delaney to move in to UWP for college early since she is an athlete. So on Saturday, August 12th we loaded up the car with all her supplies and headed up to Wisconsin. She is living in a suite style building. There is one area for four suites; each suite has two bedrooms with their own bathroom and shower.<br />
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Kenny and I couldn't get over how much room she had. She and her roommate even have their own walk-in closet and 15' ceilings. It is huge! Our rooms while we were in college, seemed barely larger than her walk-in closet.<br />
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She has been tackling those bare walls and personalizing her space. She has added some photos, posters and other stuff to make her room a lot more comfy.<br />
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She even personalized her laptop!<br />
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Kyle started high school on August 17th. It was nice to only have a two-day week to start off. It is so hard to believe that he is in high school!<br />
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Delaney's actual classes didn't start until September 5th! We asked for a selfie on her first day of class, and we received this:<br />
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Delaney has had 13 games so far, 9 official, with several road trips: to Minnesota, Missouri and Evansville IN. She isn't a huge fan of the bus trips, but it is nice she is getting some playing time. Kenny has actually gone to a few of the games, but it is awesome that the ones he can't attend we can view online.<br />
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It is hard to believe that it is almost October already!<br />
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Ken, Dani, Dee & Kyle
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Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-5681709343621667852017-07-09T19:26:00.001-05:002017-07-10T10:09:36.372-05:00Playing Catch Up: End of School, Graduation, and More!Yes, it has been quite a while since our last post. We have been overwhelmed with end of school, high school senior activities and everything else going on. We left the last post with Kyle's lovely cast and fracture. While dealing with the cast at school was definitely not ideal, Kyle really wasn't all that upset to be out of PE at school. He got to report to the library for that class and read (which, as you know for Kyle, is certainly not a burden). He basically read about a book a day, with that extra reading time. I gave up on trying to keep up with him, instead, I was trying to give him as many series as I could think of that I had already read! When it was time to get his cast off, he was actually almost upset to have to go back to PE! Thankfully, though, he did get it off just in time to enjoy Spring Break without it.<br />
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Since this was Delaney's last high school Spring Break, we let her pick the destination. She basically wanted to go somewhere when it was warm and thought Florida and amusement parks sounded fun. She also invited a friend to hang out with her for the week, Shelby. So, off to Florida and Universal Studios we went. The weather was absolutely gorgeous; I think it was the best weather we have ever had on vacation. For the most part, we kept everything low-key: hanging by the pool, getting a pedicure, playing miniature golf, and beach time.<br />
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We even forced the kids to take a photo in their Captain America pajamas (go, Cap!).<br />
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It wasn't all just laid back; however, we had a great time at Universal Studios too. Everyone went together for one day, then Delaney and Shelby went back for several more.
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We got to check out all the Harry Potter stuff, the new King Kong and Transformers ride, and so much more. It was a blast!<br />
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Delaney and Kyle even unexpectedly met up with their cousins while checking out the Harry Potter stuff! What a surprise!!!<br />
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The last time we went to Universal was back in 2013. Check out the difference a few years can make. Crazy, right?<br />
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Kyle had his birthday on our road trip, too. He is now 14 years old! (* gasp *) Then a few weeks after we got home, Delaney had her senior prom. She and Phoenix went together, and they had a great time. After prom, they went with another couple and spent the remainder of the weekend at the beach up in St. Joseph, Michigan (with their dad for supervision, of course).<br />
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While Delaney was trying to finish up her senior year, she still had soccer games with Three Lions as well as University of Wisconsin Parkside events preparing for college. She was crazy busy! With UWP, she had an overnight with her soccer team, placement tests, an orientation day, and her "official" signing to play soccer for them. Delaney is now finished with Three Lions and ready to be a UWP player next year. Thanks to Mike, Graeme and all the Three Lions United family for several years of great soccer!<br />
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We were also up to our eyeballs in end-of-year school stuff: awards nights, taking senior pictures, getting ready for Delaney's graduation from high school, etc. Kyle won his last middle school award for reading the most books (Delaney got this twice and Kyle all three years).<br />
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Even though it didn't seem like it would EVER arrive, it was finally the last day of school -- well, half day actually. Hard to believe, but Delaney is officially out of high school. They both had fun after school plans. Delaney and her friends went mini golfing and out to lunch, then spent the day after in St. Joseph at the beach again, while Kyle had an end-of-school party at a friend's house. Good times!<br />
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Then it was finally here! Delaney's official graduation ceremony from high school; it is so hard to believe we are the daughter of high school graduate.<br />
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Delaney and I were a bit overwhelmed tackling the senior pictures. But we got through it all, and she got some great pictures. We ended up making her a couple of albums at <a href="https://www.shutterfly.com/" target="_blank">Shutterfly</a>. I made her a senior pictures album, while she made a senior year album documenting her last year of high school. We were frantically trying to get everything done and submitted, so it would be back in time for her graduation party. It was soooo nice to get it all finished!
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Once the photo books were off for printing, it was now time to get ready for the graduation party. Delaney baked a ton of cupcakes, went through a ton of photos, and helped set up the backyard -- everything turned out wonderful! We had tons of help, too. Kenny's sisters and niece helped so much with the food and keeping the party running smoothly. We definitely couldn't have done it all without them.<br />
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Then, of course, Phoenix had his graduation party as well as Parker. And she and Phoenix have been graduation party hopping ever since.<br />
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Here is Delaney and Parker, from preschool to now:<br />
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We are enjoying what's left of the summer; there is not much left!<br />
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Luv,<br />
Ken, Dani, Delaney & Kyle<br />
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Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-91680571085444711302017-02-08T21:20:00.004-06:002017-02-09T07:37:36.733-06:00Soccer, Holidays, and More!<br />
How can so much time go between posts so easily? I guess there is always something going on, right? Well, going back to where we finished last time, the Fall Sports Awards were coming up. Hard to believe that this is Delaney's Senior year. She's come a long way from her freshmen year, earning the Rookie of the Year:<br />
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We are so proud of Delaney’s accomplishments during her Senior Year! The best part was to see the team re-capture the DAC and win Sectionals; next year, they can “Defend the Crown!” Delaney was selected to the DAC All-Conferen<span class="text_exposed_show">ce 1st Team and was named the MVP of the Conference! She was named to the All-District 1st Team and played in the Junior/Senior Showcase in Indy. She was also recognized by both newspapers as the Post-Tribune All-Area 1st Team and the NWI Times All-Area 2nd Team. She was named as an ISCA All-Academic player. </span>Finally, she was selected as the Team MVP and received the Team Captain Award (along with Sam!).<br />
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The team, parents and coaches helped the Lady Bulldogs have a great four years. Delaney loved playing with her fellow seniors; it was an amazing experience and she is so happy to have shared it with them. They’ll forever be Lady Bulldogs!<br />
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Since Delaney was selected to the All-District Team, she was invited to participate in the Junior/Senior Showcase Showcase. And it was COLD!<br />
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The showcase included three games and Delaney had a couple goals and assists in them. The best part about the weekend was the warm banquet at the end! It was a wonderful celebration of soccer. Delaney had a great way to finish up her high school soccer career - she was selected as All-State, Honorable Mention!<br />
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We will be trading in our RED for GREEN next year as she will be attending the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in Kenosha! We are looking forward to following the next chapter in her playing career!<br />
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Kenny had a holiday get-together with his buddies where they had to dress up as a character from a holiday movie. It took some convincing from us, but we finally persuaded him to go as Bad Santa. Since we hadn't seen the movie before, we had to do some research on his character so he could pull it off -- but it was a hit! He wore his dad's old Santa costume, and the wear and tear on it just helped pull the character together. Add in some alcohol, poor behavior and bad language... and he ended up winning the contest!!!<br />
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Unfortunately, everyone in the family got sick at one point or another. Kyle had a slight cold with a cough, but he didn't end up missing any school. He got it the easiest. I got what seemed like a never-ending cold that kept going away and coming back. After I got tired of the yo-yo'ing, I finally saw my doctor and he gave me some great meds. He thought I may have been starting to develop pneumonia, so probably a good thing that I finally went in. Kenny waited too long to get in to see a doctor, and he DID develop pneumonia. He got some great meds too, and he finally started feeling better. And saving the worst for last, Delaney got nailed. She had a horrible flu that just wouldn't stop. She had a fever, felt horrid, cough, sore throat... was just miserable. She ended up missing two weeks of school before break, and she was so behind in her schoolwork. It was definitely not a good time for her; she's NEVER missed that much school before (and doesn't want to ever again).<br />
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Then it was time for the holiday madness to begin. We decided to showcase our fur babies in our holiday card this year (Kenny had no say in the design process). The kitties were less than fond of their elf and Santa hats, complete with ties and bow-ties -- but it was all worth it.<br />
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Kenny was lucky enough to snag two premiere tickets to the new Star Wars Show, Rogue One at the IMax theater. So he and Kyle got to see the movie the night it came out, and they loved it! Delaney and Phoenix saw it shortly thereafter, and it took some time to figure out when I could finally see it. But we finally find a moment and ended up going to the IMax to see it with my dad and Delaney. It got rave reviews from everyone!!!<br />
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And since Delaney's 18th birthday was coming up, Sam took her to Chicago for the day to celebrate. They had a great time. They went sightseeing, had some yummy food, and even got to figure their way out from an escape room in The Great Escape Game. They escaped the Gold Rush room in time to win and achieved stickers; they want to go back and do another one (they highly recommend going there).<br />
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Then it was time for New Year's Eve! It always seems impossible for the year to be over. We had our traditional Benich Game Night. We play as many games as we can, as late (or early) as we can. The cats had fun hanging out with us too; we moved their kitty condo close to where we were playing. We ended up staying up until 5:15am in the morning. We played a total of 19 games, with the lead switching back and forth a few times. And drum roll... for the first time ever, Delaney pulled off the win!<br />
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It is hard to believe, but Delaney turned 18 this year!!! Aaaaaaah! We had fun looking through a bunch of old pictures from when she was little too:<br />
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For her actual birthday, we opened gifts up here at home. Kyle had fun giving her a bag of 18 gifts, all of which were individually wrapped. It took a while to get through all of those. Then we had a yummy meal at The Lighthouse with all the grandparents. Delaney later celebrated with Phoenix; he took her to Tequila Restaurante.<br />
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Turnabout was really early this year, so it seemed like things were just rushing into one another. Which meant we were scrambling to get her dress shortened and some straps added in time. But we finally finished everything, and they had a great evening together. (This was their 6th dance together!!!)<br />
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Delaney and her friends had an ice-skating outing planned to celebrate Sam's birthday. They went out to Valparaiso and had a great time. They also stopped at a cupcake place in Valpo nearby, and enjoyed huge and delicious cupcakes after their ice-skating.<br />
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Ironically, the day before on January 12th (a half day of school), an incident occurred. On that fateful day, Kyle was happily slipping around on the ice with his friends on the way home when he fell the wrong way. He really hurt himself, and a neighbor saw he was hurting and was kind enough to take him home. We were hoping that it would just be a small injury and resolve itself with some rest... but no luck. We took him to the pediatrician, who thought it was just a sprain and recommended crutches and rest. The crutches were problematic for Kyle, especially with school, and he probably didn't use them enough. His pain wasn't going away, so we finally went back to the doctor. She recommended we see an orthopedic doctor, where he received an x-ray and discovered he had a slight fracture, close to his growth plate. So... he now has a cast.<br />
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He'll need to wear it for a few weeks, then get x-ray'ed again. Hopefully it will be healed by then, and it can be removed. Until then, after a few more days at school with crutches... Kenny was able to find him a scooter. He loves it; he gets along so much better at school with it. With luck, it will make the remaining weeks go by a lot smoother for him.<br />
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Although things aren't as bad compared to Kyle's injury; we've had a tough couple months. We had to get a tree service to take down our dead tree in the backyard before it fell on the neighbor's pool, our TV receiver stopped working (it's hard to play Lego Dimensions with no sound!), the microwave bit the dust, the dryer stopped drying, and we signed the paperwork for Kyle to get braces. To add insult to injury, we found out that St. Joseph's College -- and the computer lab where we met, of course -- is closing down! <br />
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Let's hope the worst of the year is behind us and the rest of 2017 is awesome!<br />
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Love,<br />
Ken, Danielle, Delaney & Kyle<br />
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<br />Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-69331393299170764012016-11-08T19:38:00.003-06:002016-11-08T21:11:25.123-06:00Lady Bulldog Soccer, Senior Night, and More!Delaney's senior soccer year schedule is now over. She is definitely a little melancholy about it. The last post was up to the away LaPorte game. Crown Point won this game 4-1; Delaney got a goal and an assist. Then they had a Saturday away game at Culver Military, which ended at a tie 1-1; Dee scored. Their next game was again away at Chesterton; a tough game, 0-1. Ending their away game streak, they had two games in Indianapolis against Hamilton Southeaster and Brebeuf. Both were a 0-2 loss, which is an improvement over previous losses against these teams! Finally a home game again vs. Valparaiso, this one was quite a nail biter. The score was 0-1 the majority of the game, with a 1-1 tie with only a few minutes left in the game. The game then went into overtime, then onto penalty kicks - which gave us a win! Another home game was next vs. <a href="http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/girls-soccer/benich-crown-point-scrape-by-andrean/article_36cd907f-85ce-5e77-95e7-47e89ee9e754.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share" target="_blank">Andrean, a 3-2 win</a> with Dee having 2 goals and an assist. One more home game vs. Merrillville, a 5-0 win. Next was an away game with KV, a 1-3 loss; Dee scored. Then they had their rescheduled game with St. Joseph, a 1-0 win -- a CP first win against that team. Then, believe it or not, it was time for Delaney's senior night; a 9-0 win, started off with a goal by Dee.<br />
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That was their last home game; Dee was a bit emotional about it. Next they had an away game with Munster, a 0-2 loss. Then on to Sectionals! Game 1 was vs. Merrillville, a 9-1 win. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/sports/ct-ptb-girls-soccer-crown-point-st-1009-20161008-story.html" target="_blank">Sectional Final was vs. KV, a 2-0 win</a>! <br />
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Regional Game 1 was vs. Highland. It was a rainy, miserable start but they came out strong with a 2-0 lead at halftime. Dee got a goal and an assist. Unfortunately, it was answered very quickly in the second half, tying the game at 2-2; which went into OT, then PK's for a loss. Penalty kicks are a harsh way to lose. The Lady Bulldogs had a great season: undefeated at home, DAC Champions (a 3-way tie with Chesterton & Valpo), and Sectional Winners! <b>It's always a great day to be a Lady Bulldog!!!</b>
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During Delaney's high school soccer season, a couple of exciting things happened. One, we got a new kitty: Thor! Loki was initially not overly fond of his new little brother, but they have come to somewhat of a tolerate understanding at this point. He is super friendly, loves to purr, and gets into everything. But he is soooo cute, he can pretty much get away with anything.<br />
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Also, Delaney went to her Senior Homecoming with Phoenix. Her Aunt Danah helped her put her hair up; it looked gorgeous. I think they had a great time.<br />
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Our nephews, Parker and Connor, are phenoms in Cross Country, and they had a great season. They qualified to run at Semi-State. And our niece's volleyball team won their 6th Grade Championship. Way to go, everyone!<br />
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Then on October 29th, we celebrated a family wedding: Kenny's godson Jason married Brooke.<br />
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For Halloween, our nephew Michael dressed up as the Millionaire Man from Monopoly. Love it!<br />
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And just because the Crown Point high school soccer season is over, it doesn't mean that soccer is -- heavens no! Delaney is already playing with her travel team Three Lions United. They've had 3 games so far. They've played Michigan Rush, a 0-2 loss (with no subs, so a rough game). Then they won against Sporting QC 2-0, with a loss against Indy Prem 0-1.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
Ken, Dani, Dee & Kyle<br />
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<br />Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-45268615796942191892016-08-29T23:11:00.005-05:002016-08-30T14:17:33.791-05:00School is Back in Session!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpMf0RPHx-caep6ZRXlqwRXZVEwoiHX5w2Malmi5MrDheVR6S75LIMQSPXeB9KNv3g01LrRY4Y1B9EWF04Jby-2GdmrhbmrUNBTtIbKB4chk0FcTA744pOjUSy7NZqBa7NKwpgy5C1O55/s1600/dont_wanna.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpMf0RPHx-caep6ZRXlqwRXZVEwoiHX5w2Malmi5MrDheVR6S75LIMQSPXeB9KNv3g01LrRY4Y1B9EWF04Jby-2GdmrhbmrUNBTtIbKB4chk0FcTA744pOjUSy7NZqBa7NKwpgy5C1O55/s320/dont_wanna.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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This is pretty much how both kids felt; the summer just goes by so fast. I can't say that the rest of us were that excited either -- schedules amp up, homework starts back up, and the kids and I have to start remembering what day it is again. We thoroughly enjoyed sleeping in late occasionally, having free time to read and craft and play video games, and just having time to relax. We also read some great books; one of our favorite new authors is Brandon Sanderson. We just can't get enough of his books, thankfully he is a very prolific author. We still keep track of all our books on Goodreads, if you'd like to follow us.<br />
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It is so lovely that Delaney can drive herself -- especially to all her early morning CP soccer practices. Practice started basically right after school, and then moved up to practices Mon. - Sat. and two-a-days! Kyle had a pretty laid back summer, but he did help out at the CP library with their Summer Reading Program once a week. He was thrilled to discover that the library is a PokeStop. Both kids have really been enjoying catching Pokemon all summer; they even went out on walks together to catch more -- surreal! The library also started a Pokemon Club that Kyle was enjoying attending with a couple of his friends; they changed the meeting dates to the weekends to accommodate school.<br />
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We celebrated July 4th at Danah's. Even though it was unseasonably cold, everyone still had fun. Definitely no swimming in the pool (but most of the teenagers took advantage of the hot tub), but we played ladder golf, bean bag toss, and Kenny even set the kids up to play Mario Kart outside. They had the screen filling the side of the barn; it was quite impressive.<br />
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Delaney and Kenny had been doing a lot to get ready for their England trip, and it was finally time for take off. So begins their 8 hour flight...<br />
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They had a wonderful time. They visited many historical sites, exploring London and Manchester, and of course... playing soccer!
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She kept a blog of their entire trip; if you'd like to see more pictures and see their daily activities -- make sure to check it out: <a href="http://dreamsoccertrip.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">DreamSoccerTrip</a>.<br />
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While Delaney and Kenny were across the pond, the new Star Trek movie came out! Kyle and I decided we did NOT want to wait for them, and we saw it on the first night available -- Thursday evening, July 21st. We loved it! Delaney finally got to see it right before school started; she talked Phoenix into going with her.<br />
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This August 7th, Kenny's dad had a milestone birthday this year -- 70! He's been doing great -- trying to eat healthy and has lost a lot of weight too. He's been participating in a <a href="http://www.nwitimes.com/niche/get-healthy/lose-16/nutrition-is-key-for-times-weight-loss-contestants/article_7d7f868a-bc48-5223-9324-f036d9bd4edf.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share" target="_blank">Times weight-loss contest</a> (down over 40 pounds!), and Kathe has been eating well right along with him and losing weight too. Awesome!<br />
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The weekend before school started, we got to go to a great concert! We won some tickets to see Dierks Bentley (my favorite) in Noblesville at the Klipsch Music Center (originally Deer Creek Music Center). Kyle had a sleepover with a friend, so he didn't go with us. Delaney wasn't upset; she was able to have Phoenix go with us. We all donned our Dierks' shirts and away we went.<br />
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Cam opened up; Delaney really loves one of her songs, Burning House, so she was very excited to see her. Then Randy Houser was next; he has such a powerful voice. We knew more of his songs than we realized; he also sang one of his signature songs, Like a Cowboy. Next, of course, the headliner... Dierks Bentley! He sang plenty of his hits and quite a few from his new album Black: What the Hell Did I Say, Somewhere on a Beach, Different for Girls, Freedom and Black. As Rusty McAllister in The Incredibles says:<br />
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Then the day the kids were dreading came: Thursday, August 18th. This is Kyle's last year in middle school, and Delaney's last year in high school. So hard to believe!!! Kyle literally won't stop growing; he is now taller than everyone in the family (Delaney peaked at 5'2" just for perspective). And it seems like about every 6 months he needs a new pair of shoes, currently he is in size 12!<br />
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I found these pictures of when Dee was in kindergarten; it is so hard to believe they were that little!
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Before school even started actually, Delaney had her first soccer game with her second game after the first day of school. Her soccer senior year! They've had four games so far, 3 wins and 1 tie. <br />
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Their first game was a 1-0 win; great for their <a href="http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/girls-soccer/covaciu-s-first-varsity-goal-leads-crown-point-to-victory/article_9caf073d-cc76-5322-8279-d9e7143e8d80.html" target="_blank">season opener</a>. Delaney had the assist. Their next game was a frustrating 0-0 tie. The third game was a final score of 9-0, with Delaney getting a powerful shot off for one goal that my dad counted as his birthday goal (since he came on his birthday to watch her game). Their last game was a close one, going back and forth, finishing with <a href="http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/girls-soccer/c-p-holds-off-lowell-in-back-and-forth-battle/article_0b91433c-13c1-5fa4-9c68-e078304285ce.html" target="_blank">CP winning 3-2</a>. Delaney had a goal and two assists -- what an exciting game! Their 5th game on Saturday was rained out, with their upcoming game away at LaPorte.<br />
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Check out some highlights in this <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6YNZg7OCRk1N0tMTnpTMHBVaFU" target="_blank">VIDEO</a> !<br />
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This past weekend, the guys took a weekend off before the weather turns and enjoyed some beach time up in Michigan. <br />
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Delaney and I had more of a girls weekend, enjoying the unusually quiet house (no video games) and giving ourselves pedicures!!! <br />
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Love,<br />
Ken, Dani, Dee & Kyle
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School is out, finally! Sometimes it seems as if school will NEVER end. Delaney is now officially a SENIOR in high school! (* gasp *) And Kyle is officially an eighth grader, his last year of middle school. It is hard to believe that they are old enough to be in those grades.<br />
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As the school year winded down, Kyle was invited to Taft's Awards Night and received the John Millstead Award for Reading Achievement for the 7th grade. This is his second year, maybe he can go for a three-peat in 8th grade? :-) He still keeps track of all the books he reads on <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>,
under Kyle Benich. If you are on Goodreads too, add him as a friend.
In fact, Delaney and Danielle Benich are on there as well. Join all of
us!<br />
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He also was a member of the Hoosier Book Club, where he was 1 of only 2 students who read and did a project on all of the books. Kyle ended up making a commercial for each of the Hoosier books, you can find the links on his Goodreads review for each book, or he has a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNrmiH-UmbZyOfZ_lBIeWJRm21IAtu-lZ" target="_blank">YouTube channel for them set up</a>. He's going to do the same thing again for the upcoming Hoosier books for next year.<br />
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Delaney had a fun Six Flags trip through school with her Physics class. Her boyfriend Phoenix was in the class too, so they had a nice day off of school. The weather forecast was a bit stormy, but thankfully it held off most of the day -- they only had to leave a tad early when the rain/storm came into the area.<br />
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As far as her never-ending soccer schedule, Delaney's Three Lions season is over and she's going to be starting practices for Crown Point soccer for her senior year next week! She'll also be attending some soccer camps throughout the summer.<br />
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And this past June 1st, was the 6th Worldwide LAM Awareness Day. I was officially diagnosed in 2008 after many years of breathing issues and being misdiagnosed by a few doctors. <a href="http://www.thelamfoundation.org/" target="_blank"> </a><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=246477840079" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">The LAM Foundation</a>
says there are about 1,400 American women with LAM like me and
an estimated 3,500 globally that have been diagnosed with LAM or
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a progressive and deadly rare lung disease
which affects women during the prime of their lives.<br />
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On June 1, women with LAM, scientists and clinicians around the
world who are researching the disease, along with The LAM Foundation
paid tribute to these efforts on Worldwide LAM Awareness Day. Also, we'd like to thank our local doctors Dr. Dilling at Loyola and Dr.
Devanathan in Hobart who are treating women with LAM and
instilling a sense of hope every day, so we can find a cure together.<br />
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The kids and I are so looking forward to the summer break. Not that
our time will ever be completely unstructured, it will be nice to at
least have some less structured time where we can at least get more rest
and some more time to chill out. Kenny is even on his summer schedule
with work, where he works 10 hour days Monday through Thursday and gets
Fridays off. He's not looking at the 10 hour days with a lot of
excitement, but he's looking forward to the 3 day weekends for the
summer. So, here's to summer!<br />
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Love,
Dani, Ken & Kyle
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Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-45012124444089280612016-05-12T19:08:00.001-05:002016-05-12T19:27:29.747-05:00Stay Strong!!!Stay Strong!!! There are only 15-1/2 days of actual school left to go. We can do this!<br />
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In the midst of all the never-ending schoolwork, soccer practices and travel soccer... Delaney had her Junior Prom! She had to go to Indianapolis for a game, come back and get dressed up for prom quite swiftly, go to prom and basically get no sleep, then head back to Indianapolis super early in the morning for another game. Not exactly the schedule that she would have liked, but she made it work with a little help. Her Aunt Danah even came over to do her hair for her, while her dad drove her all around everywhere.<br />
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Finally... she was ready! We took a couple of pictures before she left.<br />
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Then they met up to have a picture taking session beforehand...<br />
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And the dads even got in on the fun...<br />
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Here they are during the march...<br />
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And after prom...<br />
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Hard to believe that she is old enough to go to a prom, right? And even better, she even scored a goal and an assist the next day. What a weekend!!!<br />
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Also Delaney was inducted into the National Honor Society. It was cute, Dee and Phoenix were right in line by each other -- nice to be up early in the alphabet: Benich and Bergner. <br />
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It was time to think about Mother's Day. I saw my mom before and was able to give her her gift, while Kenny invited his family over for a game night to celebrate the day before. We had a few lively rounds of Apples to Apples.<br />
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Then on Mother's Day, Kenny took the kids and I to see Captain America: Civil War. We were #teamcap all the way!<br />
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Love,<br />
Ken, Dani, Dee & Kyle<br />
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<br />Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-28862014652266290012016-04-04T17:09:00.002-05:002016-04-04T17:12:51.104-05:00Spring is finally here!It doesn't seem like it most of the time but officially Spring is here. There have been a few bright spots of lovely warm weather, and I can't wait for more. Spring also brought a spring cleaning weekend, which the kids weren't too thrilled about. But it so needed done. The entire house was dusted and cleaned. Poor Loki's naps were completely messed up; he is terrified of the vacuum cleaner.<br />
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Kyle turned 13! Can you believe it? It's so hard to believe that he is a teenager. I'm not sure how we are going to make it with BOTH kids teenagers now. Kyle has been wanting to go to the <a href="http://www.gallopingghostarcade.com/" target="_blank">Galloping Ghost Arcade</a>, so they took a ride up and had a great time. There are over 450 retro games; they said 5 hours went by like 5 minutes. They definitely want to find time to go back and hang out even longer next time.<br />
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And for his birthday dinner, Kyle wanted Olive Garden. Yum! <br />
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He got a bunch of sweet birthday gifts, video games and the like of course... which he loves! He also got this awesome Stormtrooper snuggie. <br />
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Once again, he wanted monkey bread for his birthday cake. Kenny got creative with the candles we had available.<br />
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In honor of Kyle's birthday, we all wore Star Wars t-shirts. Can you tell from the picture? Kyle is officially 2 inches taller than me now. Crazy!!!<br />
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Then it was time for Spring Break! It didn't seem like it would EVER get here. We were all looking forward to a break from school and homework. We didn't have any big plans, more of a determined effort to relax and get caught up on sleep. There were also lots of books and Netflix on the agenda. Kyle and I even went to see Batman vs. Superman; we both really liked it. Kyle rated it a 9/10. Delaney saw it with Phoenix; she felt it was a bit dark, maybe from more of a comparison to the Marvel movies. Kyle even made time to finish up the Lego Jurassic World game with me... 100% completion! Woo-hoo!<br />
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Kenny's team also had an awesome indoor season -- tourney champs! Great job!<br />
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Love,<br />
Ken, Dani, Dee & Kyle<br /> <br />
Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-41034157359914107072016-03-03T21:04:00.001-06:002016-03-05T17:00:18.348-06:00How is it March already?Am I the only one who is just so over winter and snow? UGH!<br />
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Somehow the last post we had was back at the end of November! Geez! Time just flies, doesn't it? So much for making more timely posts. Oh well! HA!<br />
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Right after Thanksgiving we got all the Christmas stuff out and decorated. Loki was super excited to see the tree again. He made his own little perch inside where he could hang out.<br />
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Being the geeks that we are, we took advantage of the Star Wars mania with the movie release and made our Christmas card this year appropriately:<br />
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Then it seemed like all too soon the Christmas celebrations started up. Kenny first had a get-together with some buddies at the Balmoral Race Track. Nothing says Christmas like betting, right?<br />
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Our family had an early get-together with Danielle's side of the family the weekend before Christmas. The kids started off opening a twofer gift: each family got a new X-Box One system. We had them open at the same time, so everyone was surprised.<br />
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Then, of course, they had to get a whole bunch of accessories to go with as well. They were very fortunate to have received all the wonderful gifts that they did -- even the clothes! :-)<br />
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The annual holiday Christmas pictures were taken again. Even Loki got in on the fun with the kids, wearing his brand new Christmas tie (much to his chagrin)!<br />
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There were several celebrations over Christmas weekend with Kenny's side of the family. Christmas morning, we did our immediate family gifts. The kids got a bunch of stuff they've been wanting, and Loki got a brand new water fountain that also grows some grass. I think he was intrigued with the box initially. HA! And I got a pretty new pair of gold Converse. Sweet!!!<br />
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Later that same day, Kenny's side of the family came over to celebrate. There was too much food and lots of fun for all and even more annual holiday pictures. Kyle also got to play Christmas songs for everyone on the guitar. Yeah!<br />
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We had one more celebration with Kenny's family, with yet again more holiday pictures, then somehow Christmas was over.<br />
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We had a wonderful break from school during this time that unfortunately didn't last near as long as we needed, but it was definitely better than nothing. On to the New Year's celebrations!!! Unfortunately my reign as New Year's Eve champion was short-lived. Kenny once again was the champion for the night, but for the first time... Kyle was in the running. He only needed 1 more game for a tie, two for a win! But it was something insane like 4am in the morning, and we were all too tired to continue.<br />
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Delaney turned 17 this year... soooo hard to believe! School, practices and everything started back up on her birthday so we were remiss in getting a good photo of her with her cake. (I don't remember, but I am guessing she wasn't all that thrilled about getting her picture after working hard at practice too.) She spent the day before with Phoenix, so she shared this photo with us:<br />
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I had also received some hot rollers for Christmas but hadn't had anytime to play with them yet. I finally got them out and messed around with them. I snapped a quick picture the first time I tried them. Does anyone remember Cynthia from Rugrats?<br />
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But I am getting used to them, and they do a great job curling my hair. They are just what I wanted!<br />
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Delaney's soccer started back up right after the New Year: Three Lions United practices, soccer combines, college visits, and more. We've also been to Ohio and Indianapolis for College Showcases. The Cincinnati trip was great - 70 degrees and sunny. The week after, not so much. <br />
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Thanks to Grandma, Papa and Phoenix for braving the weather and cheering Delaney on!<br />
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It was turnabout time! Delaney was excited to get all dressed up and ready for the dance. For a year-round soccer girl, getting all decked up is definitely not her norm.<br />
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They were tortured with a photo session before they headed out; they survived just fine, however. Afterwards they had a nice dinner at TGI Fridays before finishing up for the evening. <br />
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Great Grandma Imogene turned 94 this year!!! It was so nice to celebrate with family and some friends.<br />
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Kenny and I both endured our birthdays again this February. They really are much less of a celebration than when you are younger, aren't they? And this year I had the added "bonus" of a snowstorm on my birthday. Kenny and I were checking out the non-stop snow, definitely no birthday dinner out that evening. It was nice though to have two snow days afterwards; the kids were ecstatic!<br />
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February 29th was Rare Disease Day: a day to raise awareness of all the rare diseases in the world, including <a href="http://www.thelamfoundation.org/" target="_blank">LAM</a>! Since its start in 2008, Rare Disease Day has grown larger each and every year.<br />
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Thanks to everyone for your support of <a href="http://dreamsoccertrip.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Delaney and Ken's trip to England</a> with her Three Lions Club. Everyone purchased raffle tickets (although no one won from our group), helped sell to others and shared the information with others. Delaney has made her goal, and a little bit extra to help with some of Ken's way.<br />
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Now, time for Spring!<br />
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Love,<br />
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<br />Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-91855398720150286282015-11-26T00:27:00.002-06:002015-11-26T00:36:32.821-06:00Busy, Tired and Frankly Tired of Being Busy!I am really starting to hate the word "busy," and I have been diligently trying to work on getting rid of as much busy as I can... but with kids' schedules, work schedules, home/vehicle maintenance, basically you name it... there is only so much that you can eliminate. Ugh!<br />
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Our last post left off with Delaney in mid-season with her Crown Point High School team. They had a pretty decent season, but didn't accomplish all their goals -- especially losing sectional this year. Delaney had some great game winning goals in the Chesterton game and the Sectional opener against Merrillville. Kenny was able to get some videos:<br />
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Even with hectic soccer schedules, a girl still gets to dress up and go to Homecoming. She braided her own hair too; even soccer girls like to play dress up once in a while!<br />
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Kyle has been continuing with his guitar lessons. Kyle's guitar teacher wanted him to compose his own song. So, over the past few months, Kyle had his first song completed (with some help from his teacher). How cool is that? Check it out:<br />
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And Kyle is still growing (much to Delaney's dismay, as he is already taller than she is). While she has been told that she is basically done growing, the podiatrist said that Kyle has a lot of room on his growth plate to go. He's having some growing pains. He has some stretching exercises to do, new inserts for his shoes, and a brand new shoe size. He's now a size 10 -- bigger than his Dad now.<br />
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Halloween! Kyle ended up going out in the rain and trick-or-treating with his friends. He went as Agent Phil Coulson from the Avengers. When people asked him who he was, he responded with, "I'm sorry, that's classified!" He also had business cards to hand out to potential heroes inviting them to join the Avengers Initiative. And, of course, afterwards there was the very intense candy trade!!!<br />
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Delaney didn't go trick-or-treating, but she did get dressed up to go help out at a Halloween party at school. She was a spider-vampire lady of some sort. :-)<br />
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It's hard to believe that her junior year of soccer is officially over! The Sports Awards night was held last week. Delaney was presented with a few different awards: DAC All Conference Team, Academic All-State, NWI Times All-Area Team Honorable Mention and Post-Tribune All-Area Team Honorable Mention. Senior year, here she comes!<br />
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Once CP soccer ended, it was Three Lions time for a bit. The team had a
College Showcase to attend on November 6th and 7th. They had a few
weeks of practice and some good games down in Indy. After that weekend,
she was benched. She has some injuries to attend to -- some mid-season
injuries to her knees and ankles. She is in therapy; resting and
stretching are the best thing she can do right now. Hopefully she'll be
good to go again when winter training starts back up again. She has
been in contact with various college coaches and is planning some
college visits and some campus ID events.<br />
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And we've had our first snowfall! It wasn't just a dusting; we had about 6 inches total. Crazy! So not ready for winter. Can we just skip to the warm weather again? :-)<br />
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Now we get to get ready for the holiday hoopla!<br />
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Luv,<br />
Ken, Dani, Dee & Kyle <br />
<br />Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-32312596803069787762015-09-08T21:26:00.000-05:002015-09-08T22:18:31.247-05:00We Are Definitely Back into the Swing of School and Soccer!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KWScxEby8-4TUrMdDIDwFMpHRBhb4gzqrRatXI1LZZhWO4uPaNZpzXKYGytzfr5XLw9XQSPes-YjyhC7kHgVOgwoz4BLbm2VZfOvLZ5nCYxRT70-t4RhLXc_O6Dz9iyLrry-weS0mPyb/s1600/dee_paper1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KWScxEby8-4TUrMdDIDwFMpHRBhb4gzqrRatXI1LZZhWO4uPaNZpzXKYGytzfr5XLw9XQSPes-YjyhC7kHgVOgwoz4BLbm2VZfOvLZ5nCYxRT70-t4RhLXc_O6Dz9iyLrry-weS0mPyb/s320/dee_paper1.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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Delaney has been quite busy with her Crown Point soccer team. They're currently at 4 wins, 2 losses. Their <a href="http://www.nwitimes.com/conferences/duneland-conference/crown-point-lake-central-opener-suspended-due-to-lightning-delays/article_25e87c15-2049-58d4-8c2c-ce88f73e0da0.html" target="_blank">LC game was stopped after lightning</a>, 1-1. Since it was a conference game, they had to reschedule the last 20 minutes. After two overtimes with a still 0-0 score, <a href="http://www.nwitimes.com/conferences/duneland-conference/lake-central-tops-crown-point-after-overtime-and-penalty-kicks/article_6b64b7c3-214c-5955-9d27-0d5f557dadb6.html" target="_blank">they went into penalty kicks</a>. Unfortunately they lost 1-2 after the PK's. Their <a href="http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/girls-soccer/c-p-escapes-with-win-over-highland/article_f221ab8c-5148-56f1-859e-d259b301217e.html" target="_blank">Highland game</a> was a win at 2-1, Delaney got the winning goal at the 75th minute.<br />
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Next they had their first away game at Portage, giving them another win 4-0. With another away game at Lowell, giving them a 1-0 win. <a href="http://www.nwitimes.com/conferences/duneland-conference/crown-point-wins-nail-biter-to-hand-lowell-its-first/article_015daed5-8ea3-562e-8092-a268b2536728.html" target="_blank">It was a rough game</a>, but Delaney managed to sneak a goal in after a great assist. Their second loss was away at South Bend Saint Joe, always a difficult game 0-4. Then they trounced LaPorte with a 8-0 win. And weather continues to be an issue! Their Culver Military game was cancelled due to lightning, and today's Chesterton game was delayed today due to heavy rain/stormy weather as well. Can't wait to see how the rest of their season goes... <br />
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My sister had a fun family pool party with outdoor movie night. It wasn't quite as warm as everyone would have liked, but the kids seemed to have no problem hanging out in the pool anyway. Delaney and Parker just lounging about.<br />
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And the party was finished off with a great outdoor movie night watching Guardians of the Galaxy.<br />
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Delaney had her normal Saturday practice cancelled, so she decided to go watch her cousins at the Cross Country meet. They are "runners to watch" -- exciting!<br />
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Believe it or not, this year is our 20th Wedding Anniversary. Crazy, right? Kenny planned us a week away in Florida over our anniversary, and since we had our honeymoon at Disney -- we even had a day at Epcot on our actual anniversary. Other than our day at Disney, we hung out at the pool, slept in, played some mini-golf and just relaxed. It was AWESOME and went by so fast!<br />
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Even though hurricane Erica was giving us a bit of a scare for our week off, we ended up having some lovely weather. We spent several days just hanging out at the pool. I was able to do a lot of reading, while Kenny was getting through a lot of computer stuff. After a delightful day lounging about, then we'd go out for a yummy evening meal.<br />
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Then on our actual anniversary, we headed out to Disney and spent the day at Epcot. Kenny even had us each get Anniversary buttons that we wore all day, and we were constantly getting congratulations all day from everyone. We rode several rides then headed over to the Polynesian for a delicious lunch since we stayed there for our honeymoon. <br />
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We even got our picture taken with Mickey, who just happened to have Goofy there with him. And Goofy was SO excited that Kenny was wearing a Goofy shirt!!! In the evening, Kenny had a reservation at Mexico for a scrumptious dinner.<br />
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And last, but certainly not least, we caught the fireworks before heading back to our hotel. AWESOME DAY!<br />
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Hard to believe that it has been 20 years since we were married.<br />
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And back to reality...<br />
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Luv,<br />
Ken & Dani<br />
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<br />Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-42793925399306063632015-08-04T21:13:00.003-05:002015-08-04T21:13:23.764-05:00Summertime!Yikes, guess I failed on the more timely posts thing. My only excuse is summertime! We've been loving the warm weather, no homework and fly-by-the-seat of your pants scheduling -- basically loving our lazy summer days. So not ready to think about school:<br />
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Delaney always had to add soccer events messing up our summertime with her never-ending soccer. :-) She's been attending several soccer college camps throughout the summer, as well as her Crown Point High School team practices throughout the summertime. They just switched to Monday-Saturday practices this week, so the intensity just went up a notch too. One bonus is Delaney got her license! She's been driving herself to and from those early morning practices. Can't beat that!!!<br />
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Going back a bit, Kyle FINALLY got to celebrate his 12th birthday with a video game party sleepover with some buddies. We had to put off celebrating to the beginning of May, due to scheduling issues. He had a blast!<br />
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Kyle also did very well finishing up his sixth grade year. He was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society.<br />
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And he also was recognized at Taft's Awards night. He followed in his sister's footsteps and won the Jon Millstead Award for Reading Achievement. He got the last place on the plaque, just below Delaney's name! Great job, Kyle!<br />
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While it seemed it would never get here, school finally came to a close. Delaney successfully made it through her sophomore year while Kyle survived his first year of middle school.<br />
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It seems like they are growing up so fast! And speaking of growing, at their last well-check visit -- Kyle has grown taller than his older sister. He was officially measured an inch taller; she is none too pleased.<br />
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On June 1st, we celebrated the 5th worldwide LAM Awareness day. Back on February 13, 2012, I started taking a medication from the first-ever LAM trial. That medicine has dramatically slowed my decline in lung function. Without it, I'm sure that my lung capacity would have just been steadily decreasing these last few years. It has brought hope to our family! I can't even begin to thank everyone for participating and contributing to the LAM Foundation making such medications and new treatments available!<br />
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This summer, in between all her soccer events, Delaney found the time to keep up her weight lifting, take the SAT, take a few photography classes, and even have her wisdom teeth removed. She's definitely stretching the definition of our lazy summer days.<br />
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While Kyle has been a bit more laid-back with his scheduling, focusing on playing video games online with his buddies, reading and playing his guitar. Both he and I have been thoroughly enjoying our time to read, many times we have easily gone through a book a day!<br />
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Kenny also won two tickets to the first-ever Windy City LakeShake: Chicago's 3-Day Country Music Festival on June 19th-21st. He not only won tickets, but he won Grandstand seated tickets. We reveled in some fabulous country music and kids' free time. It was fantastic! :-)<br />
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Delaney and Ken were able to make it to a Chicago Fire game, which they enjoyed immensely even though the Fire lost.<br />
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Then somehow it was July 4th! We invited Papa and Dinah Grandma over for food and games, and we had a great time. And Kenny and the kids went to the fairgrounds to enjoy fireworks:<br />
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Kenny got this great video of the finale:<br />
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And I think we're pretty much caught up! Here's to immersing ourselves into what is left of our summer!!!<br />
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Ken, Dani, Dee & Kyle<br />
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Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-29978053606965637182015-04-08T22:17:00.005-05:002015-04-09T08:08:38.187-05:00Kyle's 12th Birthday, LAMposium, and Spring Break!It seems like there is always something going on at the Benich household. Try as I might, I never seem to keep up with more timely posts. <br />
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Somehow, our baby boy is now twelve years old. (Next year will certainly be interesting, surviving in a household with two teenagers... yikes!) He decided for a repeat with a request for monkey bread for his cake again.<br />
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His grandparents got his some great birthday gifts. From Grandma Kathe and Grandpa Babe, he got an awesome leather jacket which he loves.<br />
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And from Papa and Dinah Grandma he got a hard-shell guitar case, which he has been wanting for quite a while.<br />
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We got him a couple of new songbooks, and the new LEGO Batman 3 game. Unfortunately, free weekends are few and far between -- so his video game sleepover with his buddies for his birthday will have to come later.<br />
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Let's here it for some new songs!<br />
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Delaney has been super busy with school, soccer, visiting colleges and lifting. Here is a video of her lifting for a Personal Record:<br />
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This year's LAMposium was in Chicago again and actually started on Kyle's birthday. Kenny left to help thoughout the entire event, while the kids and I didn't head up to Chicago until later.<br />
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We had to get through the remainder of the week, especially Delaney's fun midterms! Ugh! But, it was soooo nice to make it through Friday. We finally got a good night's rest that evening, then left Saturday around lunchtime to have time to help set up and attend the LAM gala that evening. Many friends and family met up with us there, here is a group shot:<br />
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Delaney's friend Sam was able to come with again and help out for the second year in a row. They do have clothes that aren't only soccer-related. But while attempting to take a picture, they got photo bombed by Uncle Ed.<br />
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They didn't let that stop them though. They dress up nice, don't they! :-)<br />
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Everyone had a great time!!!<br />
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We wanted to say thank you again for your support of our family and the LAM Foundation. At the LAMposium Conference, there were over 100 scientists, clinicians and doctors gathered together to talk about the research being done and to talk with over 150 patients and family members. At the Breath of Hope Gala over $200,000 was raised to help find better treatments and a cure. We were the top raffle sellers once again this year - due to all your support! We did have a raffle prize winner - a second place vacation package went to the Elo Family. We appreciate all you do.<br />
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Afterwards, we came home a nice week off from school for Spring Break. The kids and I definitely needed some down time. We enjoyed some sleeping in, laid back days and thoroughly reveled in not having a schedule to follow. Believe it or not, the kids actually get a long once in a while too. Here they are playing a Kinect Dance game:<br />
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Then we had a mini-vacation away at a friend's house in St. Joseph, Michigan.<br />
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Delaney has been experimenting with braiding her hair, and she even did my hair. I've been letting it grow out and the in between stages are... well, let's just say annoying.<br />
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We had a wonderful time relaxing out away from home. We played a lot of games, I read several books, and we watched some movies too. Sometimes it seems like we never have time to just chill out. Delaney has been having a great time with her photo journalism class, and she is really enjoying taking photos lately. While Kenny and the kids were out walking, she took a bunch of pictures (she even contributed several photos to the blog today).<br />
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She's doing a great job, isn't she? Maybe we can take over all the official photography duties! Woo-hoo!<br />
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I think Loki was more than a little lonely while we were gone, and he was super attentive and such a little purr-baby for a few days. At least he wasn't like this:<br />
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I wish he didn't have such an over-developed stranger-danger sense. Our neighbor was helping us out with him, and she said she he is so cute she wanted to pet him -- but he was having NONE of it. (* sigh *)<br />
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I think next time he just wants to come with us. Here he was when were packing:<br />
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He's so funny! Enjoy!<br />
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~Ken, Dani, Dee & Kyle
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<br />Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-24518568043593636842015-02-09T22:14:00.001-06:002015-02-09T22:14:07.929-06:00We Are Still Here!Yes, we are still here. The holiday madness is just too much. I was completely overwhelmed and exhausted. But, we did make it through. We did have a wonderful holiday break, that just went by way too fast. We got some great family pictures:<br />
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And Dee even wanted some with her fur baby:<br />
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Who let her know when he was done with the photo shoot:<br />
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We also got some nice pictures with Great Grandma Imogene and the grandkids:<br />
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I had made a bunch of Christmas pillows as gifts:<br />
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and Great Grandma seemed to enjoy hers:<br />
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and everyone got some great gifts:<br />
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including Loki, who was completely spoiled:<br />
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I am getting a little brave with sewing and made gifts for Mom and Dad:<br />
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And Kyle even played some Christmas songs with Kenny's side of the family:<br />
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Delaney even used one of her gifts to make cupcakes for a holiday party with her friends:<br />
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After all the holiday hoop-la, we just chilled out. We slept in, played video games, went to see The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (after watching the first two first again)... basically just relaxed and had a great break. I also did another holiday puzzle. Delaney was supposed to do it with me, but she decided it was more difficult than she anticipated. I got a little help from her and from Kenny, but mainly it was all me. It was the first puzzle I had done where the colors were pretty much the same throughout. Looking at the picture on the box, was pretty much useless. <br />
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Hard to believe, but it was New Year's Eve already. The kids and I were ready to take the reigning champ down (Kenny) -- let the games begin! Kenny pulled out a slew of games for everyone to pick from:<br />
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And the competition was on:<br />
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And Loki even was playing with us, look how much he grew since the previous New Year's:<br />
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And the final results, here are the wins:<br />
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Lady luck was my friend that night! Kenny was dethroned; I was the undisputed champion of the evening. And the kids were bummed. That's right, bummed. Not happy at ALL that Kenny wasn't the winner, they were upset that THEY weren't the ones who brought him down. So much for our pact! Here is my pile of winning games:<br />
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I'd have to say, what a great start to the 2015! And with the new year, Delaney started up soccer once again. She had a soccer combine to attend on her birthday, January 4th. Then a tournament in Fort Wayne (at least it was indoors).
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Snowstorm time! We got quite the snowstorm very quickly. Kiddos even missed a few days of school! Which is really fun at the time, but not all that great when you lose days later. <br />
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Then school was back into full swing. Delaney had semester finals, Kyle had the Taft Beach Bash, and of course, Delaney had soccer practices with Three Lions United. Kyle is also doing great with his reading. He has read all 20 of the Hoosier books and has over 660 points. When he hit 500 points, he was able to get a new video game. He chose Destiny. Now he is reading a huge book by Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings. We had read his first book written for young adults, The Rithmatist and loved it. So we thought we'd try another series, since it wasn't specifically geared for young adults I read it first to make sure it was okay. I loved it, and it was perfectly fine for Kyle. So he's over halfway through now, and when he is done -- this ONE book is worth 58 AR points! Crazy, huh?<br />
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And it was time to celebrate Great Grandma's 93rd birthday! We were all able to get together on her birthday, January 17th. We met at Marcella's and had some yummy garlic rolls and pizza, and Danah made her a beautiful cake. We made Grandma a "snuggie" for her gift.<br />
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All our immediate family birthdays are in the first quarter. So we've already had Dee's, then it was time for Kenny's. Since we really never had a chance to celebrate Dee's, we had a belated get-together for her birthday and celebrated Kenny's at the same time at Tequila Restaurante. Then, of course, the snowstorm hit and basically we were stuck at home for his actual birthday. At least we had cake!!!<br />
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Now, if I could just keep on top of these a little better -- they wouldn't be so long! Oh well, there are times that I wish I could be a cat. I want to be adored pretty much all the time, sleep pretty much all the time and eat without worries. (* sigh *)<br />
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Hopefully we will post again sooner, rather than later! Enjoy!<br />
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Ken, Dani, Dee & Kyle<br />
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<br />Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-24317708855176297512014-12-03T17:57:00.002-06:002014-12-03T18:39:30.628-06:00Our Last Family Post Was In August?Since our last post was August 30, 2014 -- I think that is a definitive indication that things are way too crazy right now here in the Benich household. Between soccer, homework, and bedroom remodels for the kids... there has been absolutely no time for anything lately.<br />
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Delaney's soccer season with Crown Point High School ended very well. They were the 2014 Sectional Champions. Dee was excited to be a part of the winning sectional team now for two years in a row.<br />
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They also made a great showing at Regionals, winning their first semi-regional game against Clark 6-0. Delaney got 2 goals and 1 assist in the game, and she was named Player of the Game on the radio broadcast. Kenny's sister Kim and her kids were listening and shared all the radio mentions of Delaney with us. Teresa and Michael were apparently quite excited every time they heard Dee's name! They then played Lake Central in the final game and only lost 2-1; it was a very close game. Delaney ended the season with 11 goals and 4 assists. Great job, Dee!!!<br />
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We also celebrated our 19th anniversary during her CP season with a quick dinner out then on to Delaney's CP game at LaPorte. They won 9-0, a good anniversary present. And Kenny also attended his 20 year homecoming at Saint Joseph's College. Geez, 19 and 20 -- look at those numbers! <br />
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Delaney has been wanting to update her room for quite a while now. With CP soccer season having practice after almost every single school day and some Saturdays, and even weekend games -- Ken and I were reluctant to start until the season ended. Now that it was officially over, we started the kids' room remodels. Kyle's room went first, much to Dee's chagrin, because he was getting a lot of her old furniture. So, we basically tore his room down to nothing and started painting.<br />
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We painted the walls, trim, shelves, closet and desk baskets. We made a valance, drapes, bedskirt, pillow cases, and pillows -- which doesn't seem like that much in a couple of sentences, but it definitely took a while to get through everything... Kyle's room is finally finished.<br />
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He loves it now. He isn't all that thrilled with change, so the updating process wasn't a happy one for him -- but at least the end result is! Delaney was impatiently waiting her turn, so she was ecstatic when it was finally her turn. Now it was her room tore down to nothing ready to paint.<br />
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She couldn't WAIT to say good-bye to her purple butterfly-covered walls. [While I, as their mother, felt like we were slowly painting away our kids' childhood in these room remodels! :-( ] She upgraded to a queen-sized bed, had her walls, trim, and some furniture painted as well as purchased a bedding set with matching valances and drapes. We also made her some pillow cases and pillows to go with her new room. It was again, quite the process, and basically seemed to suck up any extra time we had. But... Dee's room is finally finished now too.<br />
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Whew! So happy that this is behind us, as the only family member who actually enjoyed the process was Loki. He thoroughly loved the entire process, all the new things to check out and explore and the drop clothes were <i>so much fun</i> to play with.<br />
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During this ever-so-fun remodel process, everything else was still going on. Just because Dee's CP soccer season was over, doesn't meant that SOCCER is over. Soccer season never really ends, as she went straight into practices with her Three Lions United team. She had to get ready for two tournaments coming up soon: one on Halloween weekend and the other in the middle of November. But instead of practices almost daily, now they are down to a couple of times a week (usually). Their first tournament over Halloween was in St. Louis. Delaney got the rather dubious honor of driving there. Kenny put on a costume and away they went (poor Dee).<br />
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They played extremely well for their first time together in a while. Winning all three games, Delaney scored a goal and assist in the first, a goal in the second, and both goals in the last game. Their second tournament was in Indianapolis, and they had a rougher time. Their first game was a 1-5 loss (Dee got the only goal), then a 1-2 loss (Dee's shot hit the post, bounced around, and Miller put it in), with a victory at the end 1-0. The weather was extremely cold and snowy too; Kenny was all bundled up watching! <br />
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And that beard... ugh! I am overjoyed to report that it has been removed.<br />
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It is so hard to believe that Thanksgiving has already come and gone!?! Seriously, where does the time go? We had celebrations with both sides of the family. We enjoyed a yummy meal the weekend before with Danielle's family, so Danah's boys could be there. Then Delaney snapped this picture on our way to yet another Thanksgiving meal for Kenny's side of the family.<br />
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It was now officially time to get ready for Christmas, believe it or not. We did a quick cleaning, then got out all the holiday decorations. The process itself is slightly painful, but the decorations all finished up helps you get in the holiday spirit.<br />
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We even found Loki's Christmas hat from last year, that was too big to fit him last season -- so we just gently laid it on his head when he was napping for a photo shoot. Look how little he was!!!<br />
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So Delaney wanted to get a picture of him in it this year. The expression of utter disdain on his face the entire time she was trying to get the hat on him was priceless. Needless to say, we never did get a good photo -- maybe we'll have to try the nap photo again later.<br />
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The kids posed for a nice picture though, all decked out in their holiday clothes. Delaney cried foul though, as Kyle's hat made him appear to be slightly taller (it is an illusion folks, although it is getting QUITE close).<br />
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And someone snapped this picture of Loki. We decided that this is the caption, "I didn't try to bite or play with it, honest! You can leave it here, we're fine."<br />
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Ta-dah! House is all ready for the holidays!!!<br />
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Unfortunately, Loki has been having a little too much fun with the ornaments. We wake up each morning to assess the carnage from the night before and put everything back. He thinks the tree is his personal playground.<br />
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We also enjoyed some fun movie time here and there during our cleaning/decorating. We watched Transformers: Age of Extinction, Maleficent, The Fault in Our Stars, and The Giver. I also just read <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/As-You-Wish-Inconceivable-Princess-ebook/dp/B00IWTWOI2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417646401&sr=8-1&keywords=elwes%2C+cary" target="_blank">As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride</a> by Cary Elwes about one of my all-time favorite movies and enjoyed it so much... that we rewatched The Princess Bride for the umpteenth time too! <br />
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Unfortunately, it feels like now all our free time is sucked up by preparing for the upcoming holiday season. Usually, we have a lot more ready by now. But since we've been involved getting the house back to normal with all the remodeling, we are playing catch up. It's always something, right?<br />
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We'll leave you with an adorable picture of our fur baby.<br />
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Luv,<br />
Ken, Dani, Dee & Kyle<br />
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<br />Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-19209440963759503782014-08-30T19:04:00.001-05:002014-08-30T20:27:13.166-05:00School, Soccer and More is in Full Swing!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeK9FdSch6eDcdkc1GAbW-fLnM478x-PelM2Sga7xKHD-0iZ0x2ondnlqH1X2fvapQuy5oRxvPVHfhrdZf3vhUMjSu7dReAi2FCEb0TogLTTV2nDo9ROADaE9LVEbLJe6Uz8gf3aExMU1/s1600/funny_driving.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeK9FdSch6eDcdkc1GAbW-fLnM478x-PelM2Sga7xKHD-0iZ0x2ondnlqH1X2fvapQuy5oRxvPVHfhrdZf3vhUMjSu7dReAi2FCEb0TogLTTV2nDo9ROADaE9LVEbLJe6Uz8gf3aExMU1/s320/funny_driving.jpg" /></a>
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Watch out everyone! Delaney has her driving permit. :-) It is so hard to believe that she is old enough to learn to drive. LOL Now she just has to get a lot of practice and log all her hours, before the big final test.<br />
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Delaney's CP soccer team is in full swing. Between school and soccer, she's extremely busy. They've had 5 games so far. They played Lake Central, 1-2 loss; Highland, a 2-1 win; Portage, a 3-0 win; Lowell, a 2-1 win; and Culver, a 3-0 win. The team is coming together and playing well. Delaney even got a few pics taken by Jim Karczewski for the Sun-Times.<br />
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And since she scored both goals at the Highland game, she was picked for the Athlete of the Week:<br />
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Also when they played Lowell, the Varsity team (who was nominated by their coach), did the Ice Bucket challenge and then subsequently challenged the Lowell varsity team as well:<br />
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We also had Danielle's dad over to celebrate his birthday. We had a Mexican feast (yummy!), and we made him his favorite German Chocolate cupcakes. I think we all ate too much, but it was very good. <br />
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Kyle is doing well and adjusting to middle school. It's a definite change from grade school, but he seems to be adapting okay. They also give them so much time to read for AR (which is great), but Kyle reads so quickly that he's going through a book or sometimes two a day! We've had to make sure he has a stack of books available at all times. <br />
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Can you believe that it is almost September! YIKES!!!<br />
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Luv,<br />
Ken, Dani, Dee & Kyle<br />
<br />Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-36422062196742124952014-08-13T19:11:00.003-05:002014-08-14T07:55:31.694-05:00Where Did the Summer Go?I can't believe that our last posting was back in June!!! I guess we've been enjoying our summer too much to remember to put a family post up. Delaney has been having a soccer-filled summer. She attended a couple of college soccer camps this summer at Valparaiso University and IUPUI. She really enjoyed it and is hoping to attend even more next summer.<br />
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She has also been working hard with her Crown Point team already. She even helped out one week at CP Girls Kiddie Camp, which was a soccer camp for younger girls. This was her first year helping out, and she had 6 girls she was personally working with. She found the combination of practices and working with a group of young girls exhausting! She's already had several scrimmages with the team and has officially made Varsity again.<br />
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They had a picture day and Delaney made this collage:<br />
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Right now, they are up to Monday through Saturday practices and her first game is before school even starts (and the second is the first day of school). So much for the rest of her summer!<br />
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Kenny had a conference to attend in Atlanta from June 26 through July 2. The ISTE Conference had about 20,000 educators all talking about Technology. Kenny was in Heaven! He brought back a lot of great information for Hammond. He also got to visit CNN Headquarters, Olympic Park, and visit the Atlanta Aquarium. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">We had a nice July 4th here at the house, spending it with Danielle's parents and grandma. We had a cookout, played games, and enjoyed the unseasonably cool summer weather. Kenny and the kids also enjoyed some fireworks. Kenny filmed this finale:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">And they took this selfie together:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Kenny also got to hang out with some good buddies that he's been friends with since grade school. It was really nice for all three of them to get together and hang out a while.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Then it was time to celebrate our nephew Michael's 8th birthday! It is hard to believe that he is already eight years old. He is a bit of a LEGO fanatic, and this birthday didn't disappoint -- especially with the recently released LEGO movie -- he excitedly received several new sets that were played with that very same day.</span></span><br />
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Kenny and Kyle took off for a father/son weekend up in Michigan, hanging out with some friends on the beach. They had a great time, even though the water was a wee bit chilly -- they still enjoyed their beach time.<br />
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Dee had some soccer obligations, so she and I stayed home. We had a really nice testosterone free weekend. HA! <br />
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The very next weekend my friend RuthAnn came up for a relaxing weekend for us! She came up sans kids, and I had Kenny and the kids go stay elsewhere. :-) They spent the first evening at Danah's house, then went to Kenny's parents. We had a very nice kids-free, craft weekend. The only kid that had to stay was our furry baby Loki. Not being a particular kitty person, RuthAnn tolerated him. I even caught her and Loki exchanging an eskimo kiss on the stairs:<br />
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Really, how can you not love this adorable face?<br />
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We had to register the kids for school. They already have their schedules and supply lists, and it is getting all too close to start time. It is still hard to believe that we not only have a kid in high school, but we also have one in middle school now too! Next Thursday we start back up our rigid schedules again. UGH, definitely not looking forward to that. However, after some sibling bickering issues, I may be a little bit less upset than they are:<br />
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Kenny's technology department at his work had a little "before school starts" Tech Party of their own. They met at Zig-E's Funland in Saint John, IN. Delaney and Kyle met up there with him, and they all had a blast. There was miniature golfing, lazer tag, and more.<br />
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It's been a busy few weeks for Kenny, as he also attended the OLPH reunion and went to a Chicago Fire game with some buddies. <br />
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I am getting ready for a CTMH Open House this Saturday, and the kids are frantically trying to enjoy the last few days before school. Maybe that's why it has been so long since our last post, because it seems as if there is always something going on! :-)<br />
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Luv,<br />
Ken, Dani, Dee & Kyle<br />
<br />Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-23979311736876486022014-06-24T14:31:00.000-05:002014-06-24T21:11:50.656-05:00Summertime! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWOgVjD5ULhyry_rF3vbPaNaCeCvMioF90KGQqo48fZsFlCBEn2HKe1EGg3falaA9AJ9i0KHWi_pd8QxEBh9Vlpc0OPT0rudwW82vpULFaoZBrjJw12VZ1e7h3elpRUXb9xK3mX1i5I93/s1600/summertime.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWOgVjD5ULhyry_rF3vbPaNaCeCvMioF90KGQqo48fZsFlCBEn2HKe1EGg3falaA9AJ9i0KHWi_pd8QxEBh9Vlpc0OPT0rudwW82vpULFaoZBrjJw12VZ1e7h3elpRUXb9xK3mX1i5I93/s1600/summertime.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a>
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Summertime! It didn't seem like it would ever get here, and it is ever so lovely now that it is here. <br />
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Our last post was before school was out, so we have some end of school stuff to go over. Kyle had a quite enjoyable ending to his last year in grade school. He had a lot of fun end of school year events: a lunch at House of Kobe (for all those with AR points over 300), a Hoosier party to celebrate those who read all the Hoosier books, Double Points Doughnuts Day for those who achieved double their AR points, a picnic to celebrate the end of the school year (which had to be inside due to the weather), a miniature golf fun night for the 5th grade, and a 5th grade luncheon where they dressed up and had a nice meal and received their class awards. Kyle brought home a lot of awards, especially for his reading! He earned 1521.8 AR points, the most ever at Solon (and the entire district apparently), and he was voted "most likely to succeed" by his classmates. It seemed like every other day he was having a party or event or something. While Delaney's end of school year experiences consisted of lots and lots of studying for finals.<br />
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Their House of Kobe trip, they took an extended limo:<br />
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Delaney did have a positive event in the midst of all her not-so-fun studying. She achieved the most goals for the season with her Three Lions team. Way to go, Dee!<br />
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The last day of school went all the way to Tuesday, June 10th due to all our snow days. <br />
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After 10 years straight, we no longer have a child in grade school. It's hard to believe that we are the parents of a child in high school and one in middle school... maybe even just a tad sad.<br />
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The last day of school was also the start of try-outs for the new Three Lions United team. Delaney's Three Lions team combined with two other premier clubs in the area: NWI United FC and Indiana Magic. It will be exciting to see what happens with the next season.<br />
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Immediately after the end of school, Delaney did get to have some down time. She went to Michigan with a friend and her family and had a really nice time. I think that helped make up for all the fun events that Kyle had at the end of the school while she was studying. :-)<br />
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We celebrated Father's Day out at my sister's house. Unfortunately, it wasn't QUITE warm enough to go swimming (only Kyle braved the pool), but we did get to play some bean bag toss, lawn golf, and even some croquet!<br />
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The best, at least to Delaney and me (besides spending time with our dads of course), was that we got to play with Danah's five adorable black kittens! The little buggers are exactly alike, so we never did figure out how to tell them apart. But they are sooooo cute. Anyone need a baby kitty?<br />
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Delaney's Crown Point soccer has already started up, she has her early morning practices and this week she is helping out with the soccer camp for the younger kids. Kyle had his theater camp last week, and hopefully we are settling down to our routine of not really having too much of a routine in the summertime. :-)<br />
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And this last Sunday evening, we went out to eat at Catch 22 in Merrillville and watched the World Cup game with USA vs Portugal on the big screen. Delaney and Kenny were all decked out to support the US:<br />
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With the quick goal from Portugal in the first few minutes, the beginning could have been better, and at half-time we were still 0-1. But we did finally answer the goal in the second half, tying it up 1-1 with a goal by Jones. So exciting, now we have a game! Then we got another one by Dempsey, basically bouncing off his chest into the net giving the US a 2-1 lead. It seemed like the entire restaurant was chanting, "USA, USA" for each goal earned! Then the game was almost over, we were in overtime and getting ready to leave the restaurant when in the overtime minutes, the US let Portugal sneak another one in giving a final score of 2-2. Shocking! It's definitely great to not have a loss, but so disappointing to end in a tie like that right at the very end.<br />
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Luv,<br />
Ken, Dani, Dee & Kyle<br />
<br />Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-85435100424424159742014-05-26T17:23:00.002-05:002014-05-26T17:23:17.190-05:00Kyle's Recital: Mario Theme Song<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwQsITMkkOjUzCKCHkUwhtO5rjw2NoPYNgqG20m4qOuMRmGI2T8cZHRAhs3mVC8NtyH4Bvqy37g1fOn8TBzyQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>
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We finally got the video ready. This is Kyle's first ever recital. He was nervous but did a great job. :-) Enjoy!<br />
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Luv,
Ken, Dani, Dee & Kyle
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Benich Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841847689631354722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8404130894387089318.post-88010783944478738502014-05-21T22:20:00.000-05:002014-05-22T08:53:16.318-05:00Birthday, Easter, Soccer, Guitar and more...<br />
Has the warmer weather come to stay? It didn't feel like it would EVER get here!!! It certainly has been nice the last few days. If we can get through the last 14 days of school, we might just make it. (* sigh *)<br />
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Delaney has been busy with her Three Lions soccer team. They've had some tough weather to play through, this cold snap has given them some bitterly cold Spring games. Two of their games were played in a blustery wind that really negated their foot skills; they ended up tying both those games (3-3 and 1-1). They dominated their next game (8-2), and Delaney got a couple of goals. They won their next two games (2-1 and 1-0), they were playing very well. I haven't attended hardly any of her games this season due to the cold weather and the away games are so tiring, so we have taken very few pictures this season. Then it was time for the State Cup preliminaries, Delaney and Kenny took a trip down to Indianapolis while Kyle and I stayed home again. The girls played exceptionally well against two very good teams in the MRL 1st Division and MRL Premier Division. The first team they kept to a tie (0-0), and the second team they lost (0-3). Delaney and Kenny had a visit while there, walking through downtown and the canal. Her soccer club is undergoing some changes too. Three Lions FC is combining with NWI United and Indiana Magic to create
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We had a 90th birthday celebration for Kenny's grandma too. Everyone got together at his Uncle Rich's house, had fun visiting and looking at old pictures and home movies. Grandma had a great time, unfortunately one of Delaney's games was during the party so she had to miss all the festivities.<br />
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Then this year we had not one, but two Easter meals to attend. We went to Kenny's Aunt Annette's for lunch, and then we headed back to Danah's house for supper. The kids and I were stuck in the back of our mini van, with the traffic on the way home, it was quite the trip home -- just a tad too much togetherness. :-) It was really nice visiting with our families; however, it was a very long, tiring day. I nixed having two events like that in one day again for any future get togethers.<br />
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My friend RuthAnn and I met up and attended a CTMH event in Chicago. We got to see the new Captain America movie, The Winter Soldier, and visit a while -- then at the event we got to make some fun projects. It was nice, my upline was there too, and she organized a photo of everyone in the extended unit:<br />
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While RuthAnn and I were having a day, Kenny and the kids went down to Saint Joe. Kenny played in his alumni game, and they attended Little 500. Here is Kenny wearing his shirt he received when he arrived on campus back in August of 1990; he graduated 20 years ago! After being tied 2-2, the alumni team won in a shoot-out.<br />
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If you can't tell from the above picture, Kenny has done a great job losing some extra weight. He participated in a get healthy contest at his work -- and as everyone knows -- money is a good motivator for him. He ate the same way that I have been eating and did great. By adding some workouts in addition to eating well, he was able to win the contest by losing 14.44% of his weight (over 30 pounds). Now, if he can just KEEP it off... :-)<br />
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Then we had a busy Sunday, with both Kim's daughter Teresa's first communion and Kyle's recital on the same day. Teresa had a huge group of supporters there to share in her day, and everyone headed out to the KC for lunch and fellowship afterwards.<br />
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We couldn't stay too long because we had to leave to get back for Kyle's very first recital back in Crown Point. He takes lessons at the Music of Oz, and they had a group of students give a recital: piano, guitar, voice, etc. Kyle was a little nervous, but he did a great job. He played the "Theme to Mario."<br />
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Kenny started feeling bad around now, starting with a cough and getting a sore throat. He finally went to the doctor and found out he had pneumonia and bronchitis. He really felt it too; he didn't want to watch TV, read or even have his computer on (you know that is bad!). He even missed one of Dee's soccer games, as well as a few days of work -- but he has recovered quite well.<br />
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Kyle has had a couple of fun field trips here at the end of the school year. He went on a <a href="http://www.clcnwi.com/" target="_blank">Challenger Field Trip</a> that he enjoyed very much, as well as a trip to the <a href="http://www.taltree.org/" target="_blank">Taltree Arboretum & Gardens</a>. This is his last year for such fun outings, as in middle school and high school, there are no more field trips.<br />
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Kenny went out with his buddies to the annual Bad Pants golf outing this past Monday. This year he found a great pair at Goodwill when he was in Indy with Delaney.<br />
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It's a bit hard to tell, but the print is a moose with a keg. Yes, why anyone would even have that print, is beyond me. The finalists this year had gaudy floral prints, so maybe next year he'll need to try to find something even wilder.<br />
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This Memorial Day weekend, believe it or not, there are no plans to go anywhere. I'm hoping that we can get some much needed house projects done, as well as, maybe just have some fun and enjoy some time with the kiddos.<br />
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Luv,<br />
Ken, Dani, Dee & Kyle
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