Luke Bennett Brenner: Child of God (1/15/01-8/31/08) "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" --Matt 5:8
My brother's website for Luke here...
More pictures of Joel here...
Here I am, and here is my wife, Jeanette:
Here are my older sons:
Here are all three together. On right are Aaron and Max.
Here are the twins, Aaron and Luke:
Can you tell who is who?
More pictures here...
Max's 6th birthday here...
Spring pictures here...
Fall 2005 pictures here...
Winter 2006 pictures here...
Summer 2006 pictures here...
Fall 2006 pictures here...
Summer 2007 pictures here...
Out of the mouths of babes:
"No, me Beata. Beata! Beata! (Max's special name)" --Max 2 yrs old
"When can I go to college?" --Max 5 yrs old
"Do De DAH! Da Da ("Buzz Lightyear" and "Woody")" --Aaron 2 yrs old
"Baby Joel is lonely in there [womb]. When I was in there I had my brother." --Luke 3 yrs old
"That baby Joel is taking too long! When is he going to come out? When Baby Joel comes, he is going to bring me a present." --Aaron 3 yrs old
"Max! Pooh bear doesn't LIKE you!" --Luke's worst insult
"...Lukey, I know who you are, but who am I?" --Max's all-purpose retort
"??? OK Max, Pooh Bear likes you sometimes." --Luke's final reply
"Remember. Member. Member. You're dead." --Aaron, when he's play fighting
"Sticks and stones will break my bones, but WORMS will never hurt me." --Aaron
"Can we keep him [dead mouse]? On Easter he will be alive again." --Luke
"I've spent my whole life studying animals." --Max 5 yrs old
"Those bad people, they give vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower for Halloween." --Aaron 4 yrs old
"Holy cowfish!" --Aaron 5 yrs old
"Gack Gack Bye Bye! ("Keisha dog is in the car") --Joel 1 yr old
"And now Luke will perform dance of the pink flamingo, while I sing..." --Max 7 yrs old
"...I really like this one." --Luke 5 yrs old
"My grandpa cooks McDonalds." --Joel 2 yrs old
"I got fired from Chucky Cheese. Now I fix motorcycles." --Joel 2 yrs old
"Sit on ME! Sit on ME!" --Luke 7 yrs old
"I need to check my airmail on my 'puter." --Joel 3 yrs old
"Why do I have to take a shower? I took one last week!" --Max 9 yrs old
"You're a bad boy, mommy! ...I hate food!" --Joel 3 yrs old
"School is taking too much time! I don't have time to care for my newt." --Aaron 7 yrs old
"Can we keep him (a freshwater clam)? I'll call him Clammy Sammy! He eats allergies. I'll get a leash and take him for walks" --Luke 6 yrs old
"I had a nightmere about vampires, and popsicles." --Joel 4 yrs old
"Luke wakes me up at night and tells me jokes. 'Knock Knock!" Who's there? 'Knock Knock!" Who's there? 'knock knock!'(X 10)...(Luke laughs). It's really annoying!" --Aaron 8 yrs old (after Luke's death)
(after seeing Amish men at the zoo) "Jessi, look at the leprechauns!" --Joel 4 yrs old
"Good times." --Joel 4 yrs old
"Mommy, you exasperate me!" --Joel 4 yrs old
Miscellany:
My kids like frogs too much. Read about it. Another story.
We tell stories in our house at bedtime.
When not listening to Raffi, what music am I listening to? Read about it.
Here is the website for the study I work on.