The Dennings: May 2005

Saturday, May 28, 2005

In full costume and stage makeup. Dad was a little iffy on the makeup part, but it's over now!

Grace & Jade before the big show.

Monday, May 23, 2005

Grace posing after the show.

Grace's Dance school in dress rehersal for their recital

This beatuiful scale B-17 Bomber looked great in the sky, and nothing sounds like 4 engines!!

This Pitts bi-plane was one of my favorites.

Knife Edge flight

Notice the grass-- it's like a golf green!!

This was a "giant scale" radio control flyin

Joe Nall fly in. Tom & I went to this event last weekend. There were over 500 pilots and probably 1000 planes. We spent about 26 hours in the car, but we think it was worth it.

Sunday, May 08, 2005

Maddie liked her walk in the woods.

Grace's favorite, the dandilion!

The colors are beautiful!

We had a healty luch of corn dogs & french fries. The weather was beautiful, about 60 deg.

Today we went to "Nanna Nita's" house for mother's day. Don't worry, we didn't go too fast !!

The girls did pretty good getting dragged all over Holland in the wagon.

Yesterday we went to Holland to take part in the "Tulip Time" festivities.

Friday, May 06, 2005

Mother's Day

Well, mother's day is here again, and being the techie nerd that I am, I thought I'd write a quick bit about the women in my life that are moms.

My mom (Anita Denning):
Mom, thank you for being an example of a godly woman. I appreciate you putting up with me as a kid-- even when I pushed your buttons! I know you pray for me & my family regularly, and I appreciate that immensely. I appreciate how you pitched in and helped take care of the kids when Sam was sick recently. I appreciate how you serve others through your efforts at church and elsewhere as you help arrange meals for the elderly & ill. I just want you to know on this mother’s day, that I love you, and appreciate you! Happy Mother's Day Mom!
Your son,
Quinn

My wife (Samantha):
Sweetheart, thank you for your tireless work of childrearing. I know it's crazy at home sometimes, (ok, often) but you always keep going. I appreciate your patience lately as the kids were sick, and your schedule fell apart, but you pressed on, and got through it. I appreciate your desire to make our home a haven for me & the kids-- it is. I know you feel at times like your life is not your own, and your right, to be a mom means putting others needs ahead of yours everyday-- thank you. Our kids look up to you and love you more than you know-- I see the way they look at you and call out to you. I'm so proud you are the mother of my kids, and I'm so blessed to have a wife who has a heart to serve others. I love you, happy mother’s day!!

My mother-in-law (Heidi Turner):
Heidi, all mother in law jokes aside, I am proud you are my mother in law. You've done a great job of raising your daughters and now you’re a wonderful grandma. I know you wish you lived closer to the kids, but they know you, and love you. Going to see nana Heidi (& papa Wes) is always something special for them. I appreciate your consistent prayer for me & my family as well, and I also appreciate your loving admonition at times. You too are a godly example of a woman, and I am truly blessed to be your son in law. I love you, and happy mother's day!!

My grandmother (Dottie Denning):
Grandma, I know I don't see you enough, and it bugs me constantly. I love you, and think of you more than you know. It's still a special time when I get to see my grandma. I love you, and happy Mother's Day.

I have been abundantly blessed to have these women in my life. They all have helped mold and shape me into the person I am today. I love, respect, and appreciate them more than I get to say in the normal zoo that is life. I think the following passage from God's word in the book of Proverbs describes them well:

Proverbs 31:10-31 NASB
¹⁰An ^(M)excellent wife, who can find?
For her worth is far ^(N)above jewels.
¹¹The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.
¹²She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.
¹³She looks for wool and flax
And works with her hands in delight.
¹⁴She is like ^(O)merchant ships;
She brings her food from afar.
¹⁵She ^(P)rises also while it is still night
And ^(Q)gives food to her household
And portions to her maidens.
¹⁶She considers a field and buys it;
From her earnings she plants a vineyard.
¹⁷She ^(R)girds herself with strength
And makes her arms strong.
¹⁸She senses that her gain is good;
Her lamp does not go out at night.
¹⁹She stretches out her hands to the distaff,
And her hands grasp the spindle.
²⁰She ^(S)extends her hand to the poor,
And she stretches out her hands to the needy.
²¹She is not afraid of the snow for her household,
For all her household are ^(T)clothed with scarlet.
²²She makes ^(U)coverings for herself;
Her clothing is ^(V)fine linen and ^(W)purple.
²³Her husband is known ^(X)in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.
²⁴She makes ^(Y)linen garments and sells them,
And supplies belts to the tradesmen.
²⁵Strength and ^(Z)dignity are her clothing,
And she smiles at the future.
²⁶She ^(AA)opens her mouth in wisdom,
And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
²⁷She looks well to the ways of her household,
And does not eat the ^(AB)bread of idleness.
²⁸Her children rise up and bless her;
Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
²⁹"Many daughters have done nobly,
But you excel them all."
³⁰Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who ^(AC)fears the LORD, she shall be praised.
³¹Give her the product of her hands,
And let her works praise her in the gates.

Thank you Mom, Grandma, Samantha, and Heidi for your love, may God bless you as you have blessed so many. Happy Mother's Day!
Love, Quinn