MAKE BEN FAIR

Just wanted to share this great picture from our first ever trunk or treat at ubc. Jamie and Matthew decided to dress up as Dave and Toni. It was very funny. Trunk or treat was awesome. We had about 20 cars decorated and lined up in the parking lot. All the college students were ready to go just waiting on kids and I started to get nervous. I was like, "what if no kids show up?" Then it was like "field of dreams" If you build it, they will come. Out of nowhere we were packed. There were kids all over the place. We had several families thank us for offering something safe for their kids. It was a great thing. If you want to see more pictures click here.
cheers

UBC had its first fall retreat this past weekend. It was seriously an awesome weekend. we went to latham springs and friday night Mike Evans led a journaling exercise...it was awesome. then we played capture the flag, ate smores and watched the movie "in America" Saturday we got up and kyle taught on "how to read the bible for all its worth". this was equally great. it was so refreshing to get away from waco, from my cell phone and just goof off. we made funny jokes about being "on the mountain top" and not being ready to go back to "the valley" i must say Mr. nash is the king of these jokes. my wife has decided that i have multi-personalities. there is travel ben, camp ben, normal ben, angry ben and fun ben. Evidently camp ben is really fun and so i am going to try and be more like him all the time.

I received my Ukulele in the mail a few weeks back. it is really fun to play. i am going to work on an album of surf songs this winter. so hopefully by spring break i will have my album all ready to go. I will keep you all posted on my progress.

The election is over and I am really glad. I was really into all the politic stuff this election but am really glad to be done with it. I got alittle burnt out towards the end. I am happy to say that I volunteered at congressman Chet Edwards office during the election. He is the only democrat that got reelected this time since the redistricting lines were drawn. he has done alot for central texas and is a great guy. I was proud to be apart of something like that and glad that he won.

We went to see I Heart Huckabees this past saturday night. I thought it was so funny. I have heard some mixed reviews but i give it 2 huge thumbs up. Maybe it was the mood i was in or maybe i just connected with the never-ending circle that philosophy conversations go..but i loved the movie. well, i am going to start posting alot more. the post might not have the fancy pictures but I need to start keeping track of what is going on in my life. Life is good and I enjoy sharing about it. So cheers to blogging and to all who blog.. KEEP BLOGGING!