There are a lot of animals in the bible. Bulls, and goats, and pigeons, oh my! But for the first time ever a couple weeks ago we came across a squirrel during the youth bible study. One of the kids was reading James 4:1 for us and it read as such, “What causes fights and [...]
November 14, 2008
Categories: Random, church, kids, life . Tags: bible study, biblical animals, biblical squirrel, James 4, Jason the biblical time traveller . Author: benyamen . Comments: 1 Comment
In trying to keep in line with my “New Music Monday” title, I searched for some aliteration to work with Tuesday. Unfortunately, there are no synonyms for alone that start with “T” so I went with solitary and figured it was close enough. My solitude was not the plan for the evening, yet none the [...]
October 28, 2008
Categories: kids, life . Tags: alone, instant messenger, old, Rockband, solitude . Author: benyamen . Comments: 4 Comments
So this likely won’t be anything profound, and to some of you it may not even be interesting, but for those of your still reading I will regale you with a tale of my life as it stands. This is after all kind of a compilation of my life here so why not include stories [...]
January 14, 2008
Categories: kids, life . Tags: babysitting, Dad, home alone, Payton . Author: benyamen . Comments: Leave a Comment
Okay, so truth be told, we’ve been home for a week now but I haven’t worked up the energy or motivation to post anything to this point. It’s not that things haven’t been happening, it’s just that there’s been so much happening that I haven’t gotten around to letting you all know about it. Here [...]
December 16, 2007
Categories: kids, life . Tags: home, NFL, Payton, Simpsons . Author: benyamen . Comments: 2 Comments
I realize that the last post was a little cryptic – it was the best I could do at 5:30am with three hours sleep – so this one I hope is a little straight forward. My baby boy, Payton Owen Benjamin Kramer, arrived to life with the rest of us humans on Friday, November 23, 2007 [...]
November 29, 2007
Categories: faith, kids, life . Tags: baby, family, going home, health, hospital, Payton . Author: benyamen . Comments: 4 Comments
The time has come
to say he’s here
to help my wife
to do my share
(da, da, duh)
How do I sleep while my world is turning
How do I stop while my ears are burning
Okay so I just dated myself really badly, but I’m in a hurry. Jenn’s water just broke so I’m on my way to MJ. Pray [...]
November 23, 2007
Categories: kids, life . . Author: benyamen . Comments: 1 Comment
Well, that’s all folks. That’s it. It’s done. It’s the end of an era in my life. For those of you who are thinking that this is a baby announcement, you are sorely mistaken, but it will be coming soon enough. No, tonight marks the end of a slightly different, but related, era. Tonight was [...]
November 14, 2007
Categories: kids, life . Tags: kids, marriage, nostalgia . Author: benyamen . Comments: 1 Comment