BenSpark Family Adventures

The X-Men 3 trailer is supposed to come out today but I haven’t seen it yet, while I was checking movie trailers out I found these two that look interesting. This movie looks like it will be awesome. The Fastest Indian. – Hmm what is it about, gotta click it to find out. Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston in a comedy. Ah, that is why they’ve been together so often lately. Apple – Trailers – The Break Up Also here comes another fairy tale retelling. This looks fun. Apple – Trailers – Hoodwinked Not much else coming out that I am excited about except maybe Chronicles or Narnia.

Photo-A-Day #240 12/04/05 Today I helped my Dad put up the Christmas tree in downstairs. It is smaller than past years. We have had 11 foot trees in the past but this one is about 8 feet tall or so. We had some snow here today. Just enough to make it look nice but not too much to make it crazy.

Photo-A-Day #239 12/03/05 Today Allison and I went to her Aunt and Uncle’s house. This was the sign in the bathroom. Classic. Ken, since you never read this you will not enjoy it but this is one that you would have really liked. The Christmas party was a lot of fun with food, games and desserts going around. Thanks for the great time.

I was able to upload the honeymoon pictures to Kodak Galleries tonight. That is because I finally fixed the connection to the Internet here at home. It took a couple of hours to track down the exact problem but it is now fixed so both me and my sister Tara can now telecommute without frustration. And Dad didn’t have to totally rewire the house. A Honeymoon recap will go up when we get some more time. Couple of things I want to mention. Maureen of We’re in a Fight is doing the “A-Day” thing with a Christmas Movie-A-Day till Christmas. She started with Home Alone, a classic. And today’s is Scrooged. Keep ’em coming Mo. My friend Becky is doing a Photo-A-Day and she has a terrific eye and some beautiful dogs that she photographs on occasion. I added her to my Photo-a-Day list. I made it to Christopher Williams website. I am listed as a Photo-A-Day friend.

Yes, this is a long time coming, but now with the wedding, honeymoon, Thanksgiving and a week of travel for work over, I now have some time to sit and reflect. I have to say that the wedding was one of the best days of my entire life. From start to finish everything went off so well. All of the months of planning, the help from our friends and family and the attention to detail helped us have such a great day. Friday night, the rehearsal dinner. (Already recapped so not writing it again) Wedding day. I got up super early as usual and did some blogging. and at 7:30 my Grandpa Bennett, my Dad, James, Derek, Neil, Ken and I went down to JD’s for breakfast. We had a nice full breakfast and shared some stories and advice. Then the guys and I got ready for the wedding. Neil helped us all with out pocket squares and French cuffs. Uncle Richard’s cufflinks were a great part of my tux. I was buzzing with excitement that I did not even realize that we were running late. It was kind of weird for ...

Photo-A-Day #238 12/02/05 My company has begun decorating for Christmas. This year they have added a tree to the outside of the building. It sits upon the water fountain. The lights were going on it when I arrived at work this morning. They were complete when I left. I wonder if more decorations will be going up. Today was the first day back in the office since I left the thursday before the wedding. Weird going back to work, but familiar and easy to jump back into things including the 5:30am wake ups. But with the Eragon books on CD the ride into work was a snap.

I should have gotten up to record this and it is very dark because I was playing with the settings to get the Photo-A-Day discreetly (aka no flash). But here is the airport serenade of “The Most Wonderful Time of Year”