Ben's Blessing

Benjamin Grant Rencher was blessed by his dad on April 5th. Since it was Conference Weekend and the family would all be together, we thought it would be good to do a private blessing at Grandma Rencher's home. Mitch & Ben spent the morning contemplating what would be said in the blessing.

The whole thing was making Ben a little nervous.It took a while, but we finally got Ben calmed down before the big event... but we discovered this was just the silence before the storm. Ben screamed through the entire blessing. Mitch was almost yelling out the words so people could hear.

However, Ben wasn't the only one with tears by the end. The blessing was beautiful! There were some sweet promises made and the spirit was definitely felt. It was wonderful to have so many family members present!In the circle were great Grandfather Lael carter, Bradley Rencher, Andrew Rencher, Brandon Green and David Rollins of the Rencher Family. Irvine wasn't there physically, but everyone felt his spirit present. From the Johnson Family were Grandpa Steve Johnson, Woody Johnson, Logan Johnson, Donny Anderson, Andrew Weber, Joe Johnson and Andy Bingham.Isn't Ben lucky to have such wonderful supportive uncles like these two yahoos?

Easter Golf Tournament

The last few years, we have had a Easter Golf Tournament. This may seem a little odd since Easter is all about the Atonement and is a more serious / spiritual holiday. However, if anyone knows my family they know that the men feel that golf is definately religious.

"...wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round..."

1 Nephi 10:19

We lined up and started our round.

Sophie, of course wore flip flops and it was about 30 degrees outside, so we improvised and put golf covers on her little feetsies!
We even decorated our golf balls like easter eggs and or easter-bunny-eating-freak-o-nature eggs!
And since Ben couldn't decorate his own ball, I decorated him.

Strike one, Elisabeth! But can you blame her with that oaf in the golf hat jumping around behind her?

Ummm... Well, we decided to turn the event into a charity event to help special children learn how to golf...oh no that's just Levi, silly Levi...need I say more?

Here we have the old duffer, I mean old pro, who is not to be confused with the old goat - Grandpa Steve with the perfect swing!

And then there were some golfers that turned their round into a sort of Easter Egg Hunt of course

But we still had so much fun!! Like mother, like daughter...and now if they could only quit posing and hit the ball.

Beautiful swing, Robyn! And it only took three takes!

Maybe Lurpdog /Andrew needs bigger clubs, eh?

Some golfers got a little carried away and still sank their birdie putts amidst the distractions.

Is someone announcing a pregnancy? No, it's just Woody's belly announcing that it's time for lunch!

Mitch discovered that bringing his son golfing is a good luck charm. He played his best round of golf ever with Ben as his caddie. The final score for Mitch was one under par. Congratulations, Dad!

Obi Ben Yoda

Help us Obi Ben Yoda! You're our only hope!

(Uncle Woody says Ben looks a little like Yoda - I guess there is a slight resemblance)