tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355053402012-01-27T01:29:41.041-06:00what's going on with us...Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16967247915262038290noreply@blogger.comBlogger4681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35505340.post-56471777419734405532011-11-18T19:28:00.000-06:002011-11-18T19:28:31.235-06:00

This blog is at an end.  I'll leave it here for now, but we are no longer the "Mississippi Bonners in Illinois".   We have a BRAND NEW blog now, check it out here: www.bonnerlife.blogspot.com Please keep up with us! Love,Brittany (for all of us)

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Luke: "Hey Mom-there's smoke around the bathtub because it's hot. I think you're trying to  cook us alive!"

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We spent a little time there, settled in somewhat... Aaron's present from his dad Our house deck back view beautiful front yard tree THEN we (Brittany, Luke, Joel and Aunt Em) went for a visit to Texas... Amanda and Joel in the pool Addy driving the golf cart with her homemade seatbelt all the kids on the hammock with Brittany pushing kids driving with Grandpa The Boys

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These pictures are from during our period of leaving Illinois: Missions Night After-Party and our near empty house Senior girls getting their gifts from us Aaron's last Summer Wednesday, they celebrated by beating him up! Out to eat with our Hensley girls the amazing volunteers who came and helped us with our last minute cleaning up and repairs and then they loaded our

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 Aaron and Emily doing some of the painting in our house as we prepare: And BONUS picture, our new floors! Good job Aaron! And thanks to Jim and Ryan!

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Philips Park Zoo Mastodon Lake Fun or Frightening? Throwing rocks in the Fox River Lazy swing Luke Joel Emily

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(the Holy Spirit) "helps me to do what is right and to not be afraid to do what is right." -Luke

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As I type this I am surrounded by equal parts empty space and boxes.  We are packing up life in Illinois and though the accumulation of six years and 2 kids later will fill the U-Haul, we find that we are leaving much behind of ourselves with the people of Central Bible Church with whom we have loved and invested ourselves. Six years ago, after much prayer and waiting, God called us to Illinois

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Our favorite villainous sidekick: LAMPY Dance with me Lampy! From Veggie Tales' Larry Boy.

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Joel to Mommy: "I love you all the time."

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The Paris Wife by Paula McLain My rating: 5 of 5 stars "I close my eyes and lean into Ernest, smelling bourbon and soap, tobacco and damp cotton-and everything about this moment is so sharp and lovely, I do something completely out of character and just let myself have it." "We called Paris the great good place, then, and it was. We invented it after all. We made it with our longing and

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The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli My rating: 4 of 5 stars "If the picture was no good, it meant that you weren't close enough." "She herself full of latent images taken over the years, and yet what she had seen would stay inside her, hidden. Linh had covered her eyes...because he understood that for them the eye was the most important thing. We close our eyes to spare ourselves or those we

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I heard whispering during naptime today and went to go and shush them, but as I got closer I stopped to listen. Luke was reading the Bible to Joel.  I listened for a minute and let them whisper. My heart is swelling!

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Many of you have asked how the "NO SHARING DAY" went. Actually, it went really well! By mid-afternoon they were begging to be able to share-and they shared beautifully all day.  I'm not going to make any predictions about the long-term future, but I consider "NO SHARING DAY" a success!

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Today's solution to the neverending "he's not sharing!" and "he knocked over my tower!", etc.  NO SHARING DAY! All the toys that aren't packed (which are, of course, the best of all the toys) were divided equally and the room partitioned.  "Mommy" has declared NO SHARING DAY for her own sanity... and in the hopes that the little people will decide that "sharing is better because then I have

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Last Wednesday was our AWANA Awards Ceremony, Luke completed his Cubbie program, getting his Second Book Award! Yay Luke! Congratulations-you worked so hard! Isn't he cute?! He is looking forward to starting Sparks and couldn't be more excited for Joel to begin Cubbies when he is 3 years old! (isn't that sweet!)

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A portion of Luke's Prayer tonight "Dear God... ....please help us with you for your word that you speak... ...In Jesus name, Amen."

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This song means so much to me. I hope you listen to the words when you listen to the song-they are very powerful. I Am Newby Jason Gray Now I won't denyThe worst you could say about meBut I'm not definedBy mistakes that I've madeBecause God says of me I am not who I wasI am being remadeI am newI am chosen and holyAnd I'm dearly loved  I am newI am new Who I thought I wasAnd who I thought I had to

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Blonde and Brown, Blue and Green, diagonal and round...so different. Both beautiful.Do you see similarities? I only see the chin or shape of the face...my Day and Night.

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My friend k. inspired me to post on this: Fun Things I want to Accomplish (no way could I ever say "top five" pssht) 1) Be fluent in at least one language (working on Spanish with the boys). 2) See my name on the binding of a book in a library. 3) Visit each of my siblings at their own home. 4) Go camping with the Bonners (never done that). 5) Go ice skating outdoors (maybe in Chicago?).

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Thank you Ms. Patty and Ms. Carol for taking us to see the Toy Story show! We had so much fun!!-Luke and Joel

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I wanted to share with you one of our favorite ways to eat broccoli! This is one of mine and the boys' favorite lunches. I box of mac and cheese, two hot dogs and a cup or two of chopped broccoli added to the boiling noodles a few minutes in, fix normally and voila!YUMMY!

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I love this post by Jon Acuff about Creating Your Own "Love Languages" He lists Cadbury Crème Eggs as one of his created love languages-crack me up. Of course I had to tell Aaron that I wanted to put that under my Love Language List too! And look at what he came home with!

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Considering conditional love: that thought of loving “If you love me back.” We are commanded to love (Jn.15:17).  We are also told that “loving” someone isn’t enough-we must love them from the heart, and with actions (1 Jn. 3:18-19).  Or else we are not loving God (1 Jn. 4:20) or allowing God (who is in us) (who is love) to abide in us (1 Jn. 4:16).  Talk about a spiritual gauge.  If I am

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Love that Thou Are,Near from a-far.Love that Thou giv'd Be it Love lived.Love that art Thine,That it be mine.Love that did'st Be,Be Love in me.~me.

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This is amazing. An image of heaven? Only then everyone will be singing!

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I am raising two boys, ages 4 and 2, and through the playing and learning and growing there is in the background the thought that these boys will grow to be men.  Not soon, but sooner than I think.  Training men.   Men who I pray will be strong in the their faith, in their character, in the Lord.  Able to withstand the little (and big) battles with the world and with themselves that will come

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Luke built this tower with a curve in it! Joel put this train set together!Learning through play! 

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I opened their door to check on them before I went to bed and this is what I found:Luke and Joel sharing Luke's bed, Luke read Joel to sleep and then went to sleep too! So cute! These pictures are very important to me. Sometimes I need that reminder that they are friends and love each other after the toy stealing and fights they (yes, sometimes) have. Good for my heart. Also! Notice the CUTE CUTE

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Joel: "I'm stuck! I'm stuck!" Luke: laughing Joel: "It's not funny Luke."

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  I have a little obsessive compulsion when it come to the handling of uncooked meat.  While I am not to the degree of carnophobia, and I wouldn't classify myself as having a fear or phobia of germs, I am very careful when handling meat in my kitchen. Don't ask Aaron though, he thinks I'm crazy. I always imagined it as though the juices from raw meat were like red paint.  If you weren't

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Have you ever had a passage of scripture just stick with you for a while? You keep thinking about it and turning it over again and again in your mind?  I have been really stuck on a passage from the book of Exodus lately, "stuck" in a good way, but stuck I am.  So I'll share why this has grabbed ahold of me. You can read the passage here if you like.  Basically, its just after God brought the

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I've been thinking of Hemingway lately. Remembering the trip to the Keys when I was in High School and visiting Hemingway's house. Cats everywhere. Also, on my sister-in-law's recommendation, I recently read A Moveable Feast by Hemingway. For the first time. How does that happen? I really enjoyed it!I am now interested in this book:The Paris Wife by Paula McLainHave you heard of it?To read the

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She measured her expectations and sprinkled her hopes with little flourishes. Crying her heart into the onions and peeling potatoes with her frustrations.Patience learned waiting for a boil, precision in her temperatures, confidence in bold strokes; she purified her spirit as she washed lettuce, emerging also fresh and bright.She sought solace in familiarity. She tasted the world off the end

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The Bonner cousins The Boys Luke & JoelThe Girls Madison & Hannah

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I haven't been blogging lately-SORRY! (That is IF anyone is reading this...)  I have been very busy lately. I couldn't think of anything to post. My camera died and my keyboard stopped working. The boys were suddenly very shy. There really is no excuse. I thought about deleting this blog and just focusing on Facebook, but I like the blog better, and honestly, I've been more and more aware of

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Fall is here! Has settled in pretty good. Fall means Football! Here are some pictures of us watching our friend and his team playing football!  Snacks, blankets, hoodies-all a must! Joel's beautiful smile! 

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Driving and being silly on the start of our adventure~ We made it! Lunch time-picnic Welcome to Starved Rock! We had a great adventure! Hope you enjoyed the pictures!

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We left our car at the zoo and walked to some painted trees just outside the zoo for a picnic lunch Then we walked to the beachWalking over Lake Shore Dr. Very cool bridge! The Beach!I think it is so cool to be playing on a real beach in the shadow of skyscrapers. The building behind us with the two antennaes is the Hancock Building! As you can see...we pretty much have the beach to ourselves!

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On Thursday we went to the Lincoln Park Zoo-it is the largest FREE zoo in the country. We paid to park and enjoyed our free fun!A great fall day at the Zoo!Joel getting a good viewAt the Monkey house!When you put your hands in the different prints, you can hear the monkey sounds and see where they live light up on the map! I think he was ignoring us Being monkeys Sounding like monkeysThis

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We didn't plan our anniversary trip to Chicago to match up with the Hawks' Parade and Rally, but since we were there...Chicago was all decked out! So many peopleHAHA!! all the windows in that building were full of people we were in a crowd of business men and reportersConfetti and fireworks We've seen the Stanley Cup in person...far away...but still!

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June 1, 2010 was our 8 year anniversary, we had fun in Chicago!

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Lawn Golf and Bubbles! Very fun

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At the zooThis is either Teeter or Totter OtterLuke's cheese faceJoel with the alligatorIs your mama a llama? We saw baby birds Every picture of an Armadillo is a picture for Mark

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Hanging out at the new Firepit! smores-yummyGreat picture of Mark and Amanda

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Fishing off the dock with GrandpaGreat cast Luke Fishing from the beach Getting late and still going strong

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what a great place for fun! swimming playing in the sand water wars

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Grandpa's firstBrittanyMark and Amanda Aaron flyingMark's wipeout

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In May we went to Texas!To surpise my dad for his 50th birthday!! He was surprised!And we had tons of fun on our trip: More pictures coming soon!

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Mommy: *pretending to "taste" Joel* "mmm...Joel tastes good! yum yum"Joel: gigglesLuke: "Mommy. You can't eat Joel-he's my brother."

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Today I was finishing up the (daunting) task of putting up winter clothes, which, by the way, I accomplished (yay) !Luke and Joel had lots of fun helping:

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Happy Birthday Aaron! 30We try to keep him young

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Poor kid was so tired the other day, here he is asleep on the couch after a long morninga little closer so you can see his new war wound oh so sad!nevermindSilly boy

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" People are often unreasonable and self-centered, forgive them anyway.If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.Give the world the best you have. And it may never be enough. Give

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"When God says "no" it doesn't mean never, and when he says "wait" it doesn't mean no."

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You don't have a soul, you are a soul. You have a body. - C.S Lewis

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Smiling Downby Pillar~You make it so hard on yourselfBut theres nobody elseThat could ever understandThe feelings that you feltI could hear you think aboutAll the time I was aroundIf you could only see me nowI'm right here looking down~So next time that you feel like cryingNext time you don't feel like tryingJust remember I'll be right thereSmiling down on youIn the morning you don't feel like

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I'm Forgivenby Sanctus Real~Well the past is playing with my headAnd failure knocks me down againI’m reminded of the wrongThat I have said and doneAnd that devil just wont let me forget~In this lifeI know what I’ve beenBut here in your armsI know what I am~I’m forgivenI’m forgivenAnd I don’t have to carryThe weight of who I’ve beenCause I’m forgiven~My mistakes are running through my mindAnd I’ll

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1) A healthy family. where's the wood to knock on?? quick! Vitamins anyone?!2) A fixed dishwasher. ::sigh:: 3) A potential garden. YAY! I can't wait to see what comes next.4) An open heart. Reading one of our youth's blog sharing how God is speaking to her heart fills me with joy and makes me thankful.5) A money-saving website. A Super-Couponing woman in my area shares all her tips and I love it!

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Okay. I just blogged my brains out-LOL. Have fun looking at all the pictures!

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Luke=blueJoel=turning green

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Luke has really loved watching all the Olympics this winter. His favorite is bobsledding! But he has added a few Ice Dancing moves to his exercise/dancing-haha. He loved it and can't wait for the next Olympics (he doesn't understand why he has to!).

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Bath Fun!Luke is pouring water on his own head!Cheese! Before the haircutSo cute!

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Watching Thomas the Train together

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Eating Valentine's Candy!Can you tell he likes it?!

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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, & those who matter don't mind.-Dr. Suess

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Tears are God’s gift to us. Our holy water. They heal us as they flow.~Rita Schiano(thanks to Laura H. for sharing)

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I LOVE this song, you can listen to it on my "radio station" at the bottom of this blog Dearly Loved by Jimmy Needham(Matthew 11:28) Please lay down your arrowsFor they're sure to pierce the skin,And water from a broken wellWill make you thirst again.When all things you've acquiredAre tested by the flamesAnd you can see them meltingThen will you call his name It's worth it brothersIt's worth it

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Superbowl Party with the Youth Group Joel playing peek a boo with his friendLuke hanging out with the guysThey had so much fun! And watched some football too! Saints win!

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Joel with his sock monkey-so cute!

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There is a Wayby NewworldsonYou say love is just a word, just four letters in a row. Just a thing that people say, or they never tell you so. And you use every excuse, to let nobody in. Now this cloud you bring around, has become your only friend. And everybody saying that it's going to go away, but it don't go. And everybody's telling you one day it's going to change, but you don't know, if it's

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1. 2.3. 4.*Cough, sniff*, UGH.

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"We mourn but our songs are of praise."If you are interested in a little backstory into this quote go to my friend Ashley's blog here. It is very meaningful!

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I believe the BibleIs the Word of GodI believe in JesusIs the Son of GodYou and I have sinnedAnd it makes God sadJesus died for sinnersHe arose for meJesus Christ has risenHe arose for me

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playing in the roomPeek-a-boo

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Birthday party!I made the cake-its a train, can you tell? The colors are dark, but they are purple, green and blueI think he likes it!He likes to hold the spoon, but he's still figuring that out... Luke! Thats gonna stainEating with two hands I love the illusion of propriety here with the spoon YUM!Pictures are nice-but you really have to watch this video to really see how much he enjoyed his

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Joel's special birthday dinner-CULVER'S!! Luke gets a cheeseburger and fries, maybe a couple cheese curds, when he goes, but Joel gets a chicken dinner with a roll and two sides! He almost eats it all!Praying for dinnerGobbling it up! All done!Full and Happy.

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Joel playing on his birthday, you can see him walking a bit, he has been walking since the beginning of December! Now that Joel is 1 year old he can sit in his big boy car seat, front facing! He loves it.

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1) My husband's thoughtfulness: He gave me beautiful roses. 2) My husband's example for our sons... 3) ...Luke gave me flowers. 4) This picture: Luke fell asleep "reading" his Bible. 5) That my boys like to snuggle. Luke will say, "Lets have our family" and we'll all pile up on the bed or couch and snuggle. 6) Brotherhood.I've showed this picture before, but I love it

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"I'll always say my prayers...and if God doesn't answer them at once I shall know it's because He's planning something better for me."-Heidi

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