So, I'll happily withdraw my suggestion about giving presents localyl... it is just WAY less confusing this way. (special thanks to those of you who actually understood what I was talking about, that's not easy.) I'm addicted to change, it's fun, and healthy. So on that note: if one change came out of the discussion, at least I just talked to 5 of you I wouldn't have this week. :) Dave's family and us will just do our own cousin exchange perhaps so we can open something from each other. Rach, I'm diggin Rachomuchacho. Maybe you should look into updating your drivers licence. :) Racherrooo--the elder, you can look forward to a x-mas gift from Canada. Any suggestions or requests??? I'm thinking a maple theme... syrup, parafanalia, cookie cutters, red sweatshirts with sequence leafs?
Love you guys!!! Mary
Friday, November 20, 2009
I am Happy to have Spurred so much Family Chatting
Wow
Don't worry. Everything is as it should be. I Rachel B Bentley @ gmail.com (B is for Brady) am the one who wrote the oh-so-confusing line, "We have already sent Jim and Mandi their gift." So everyone's giving two down. Whew! (I know it must be confusing for us to be on top of it this year, as in years past some have been known to get their gift sometime in Feb.)
Rachel the Younger
Dan's Rachel
Rachbacca (I seem to remember seeing something like this on one of Dan's bulletins)
Re: Huge Clarification
Okay, now Mary and Sharon are telling us two different things.
Duke it out guys, and let us know who wins. : )
Rachel (the old one)
--- On Fri, 11/20/09, Matthew & Sharon Gehring <gehringms@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Matthew & Sharon Gehring <gehringms@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Huge Clarification
> To: "Rachel Bentley" <rachelbbentley@gmail.com>, "Mary Williams" <zachandmary@gmail.com>
> Cc: "Charlie Williams" <ccrump@segwayfunding.com>, "Daniel Bentley" <mountdfb@hotmail.com>, "David Bentley" <david.bentley@autodesk.com>, "Jimmy Bentley" <jbentley@unitedfirstfinancial.com>, "Karalee Dave Bentley" <bentleybunnies@yahoo.com>, "Kathy Crump" <mtckathy@hotmail.com>, "Marisa Bentley" <marisabentley@hotmail.com>, "Rachel Bentley" <bstephen_2000@yahoo.com>, "Rick Bentley" <richard.bentley@usafa.af.mil>, "Stephen Bentley" <stephen.a.bentley@intel.com>, "Toney Bentley" <bentley.anthony@gmail.com>, "Wendy Bentley" <mtcwendy@yahoo.com>, "Wendy Bentley" <wendywbentley@gmail.com>, "Bentley Bulletin" <thebentleybulletin.post@blogger.com>
> Date: Friday, November 20, 2009, 8:39 AM
> Dear
> Family:
>
> Apparently, there is now some confusion concerning our
> Christmas Giving List. Yes, there are two Rachels in
> our family, but it is actually Dan and Rachel that are on
> top of it. And good thing because they should be
> giving to Jim and Mandi. Everyone should be two
> down. By keeping it that way, we will not get out of
> order.
>
> So...Steve to Dave Dave to Sharon Sharon
> to Mary Mary to Steve
> Rick to
> Kathy Kathy to Dan Dan to Jim Jim to
> Rick
>
> Let's leave the amount at $25 total. So
> figure out how that works best for the family you are giving
> to.
>
> Love you all,
>
> Sharon
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Rachel
> Bentley <rachelbbentley@gmail.com>
> To: Mary
> Williams <zachandmary@gmail.com>
> Cc: Charlie
> Williams <ccrump@segwayfunding.com>; Daniel Bentley
> <mountdfb@hotmail.com>; David Bentley
> <david.bentley@autodesk.com>; Jimmy Bentley
> <jbentley@unitedfirstfinancial.com>; Karalee Dave
> Bentley <bentleybunnies@yahoo.com>; Kathy Crump
> <mtckathy@hotmail.com>; Marisa Bentley
> <marisabentley@hotmail.com>; Rachel Bentley
> <bstephen_2000@yahoo.com>; Rick Bentley
> <richard.bentley@usafa.af.mil>; Sharon Matt Gehring
> <gehringms@yahoo.com>; Stephen Bentley
> <stephen.a.bentley@intel.com>; Toney Bentley
> <bentley.anthony@gmail.com>; Wendy Bentley
> <mtcwendy@yahoo.com>; Wendy Bentley
> <wendywbentley@gmail.com>; Bentley Bulletin
> <thebentleybulletin.post@blogger.com>
> Sent: Wed,
> November 18, 2009 1:21:20 PM
> Subject: Re:
> This X-mas Exchange
>
>
> Just for the record, we've already sent Jim and
> Mandi a gift...so we're good.
>
> Merry Christmas,
>
> Rachel
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:30 AM,
> Mary Williams <zachandmary@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Hello Family-cita,
>
> I was just thinking about Christmas this year and I have 2
> suggestions for discussion....
>
> Suggestion #1: We do a x-mas exchange with the families we
> live by instead of doing the rotation. For instance,
> this x-mas we will be with dave/kar so we'll switch with
> them, The colorado bentley's can swap, and the Salt
> Laker's and Dan can combine together. That would
> be fun and simple... let me know your thoughts.
>
> Suggestion #2: We could just can the whole idea and do no
> "required" gift exchange. Traditions
> don't have to continue forever. Another
> thought.
>
> I vote for suggestion #1... what do you think? Mom
> wants you all to know she doesn't care a bit and has no
> opinion on the matter, she's not involved in any way
> shape or form. She's insistant on this
> point. She wants none of it. She's basically
> baa-humbugging chirsmas all together.
> j/k
>
> The first 3 to vote get a special gift from me. No
> telling. Love you all!!!
>
> Maria
>
> P.S. I've committed the unthinkable crime of putting
> all our christmas decorations up. Even listening to
> music. This is the Canadian way, we celebrated
> Thanksgiving in October. It's liberating.
> Sorry to all of you post-thanksgiving decoration
> fundamentalists.
>
>
>
>
>
Huge Clarification
From: Rachel Bentley <rachelbbentley@gmail.com>
To: Mary Williams <zachandmary@gmail.com>
Cc: Charlie Williams <ccrump@segwayfunding.com>; Daniel Bentley <mountdfb@hotmail.com>; David Bentley <david.bentley@autodesk.com>; Jimmy Bentley <jbentley@unitedfirstfinancial.com>; Karalee Dave Bentley <bentleybunnies@yahoo.com>; Kathy Crump <mtckathy@hotmail.com>; Marisa Bentley <marisabentley@hotmail.com>; Rachel Bentley <bstephen_2000@yahoo.com>; Rick Bentley <richard.bentley@usafa.af.mil>; Sharon Matt Gehring <gehringms@yahoo.com>; Stephen Bentley <stephen.a.bentley@intel.com>; Toney Bentley <bentley.anthony@gmail.com>; Wendy Bentley <mtcwendy@yahoo.com>; Wendy Bentley <wendywbentley@gmail.com>; Bentley Bulletin <thebentleybulletin.post@blogger.com>
Sent: Wed, November 18, 2009 1:21:20 PM
Subject: Re: This X-mas Exchange
Hello Family-cita,
I was just thinking about Christmas this year and I have 2 suggestions for discussion....
Suggestion #1: We do a x-mas exchange with the families we live by instead of doing the rotation. For instance, this x-mas we will be with dave/kar so we'll switch with them, The colorado bentley's can swap, and the Salt Laker's and Dan can combine together. That would be fun and simple... let me know your thoughts.
Suggestion #2: We could just can the whole idea and do no "required" gift exchange. Traditions don't have to continue forever. Another thought.
I vote for suggestion #1... what do you think? Mom wants you all to know she doesn't care a bit and has no opinion on the matter, she's not involved in any way shape or form. She's insistant on this point. She wants none of it. She's basically baa-humbugging chirsmas all together. j/k
The first 3 to vote get a special gift from me. No telling. Love you all!!!
Maria
P.S. I've committed the unthinkable crime of putting all our christmas decorations up. Even listening to music. This is the Canadian way, we celebrated Thanksgiving in October. It's liberating. Sorry to all of you post-thanksgiving decoration fundamentalists.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Re: This X-mas Exchange
This is great feedback, I'm glad we at least all want to still do the exchange. So since Rach and Steve are so on top of it, and already sent their x-mas package, the subject seems sort of null and void. (you are seriously on top of it!) We continue the exchange as planned. That's cool. So if Steve gave to Jim, we're all going backwards one person? That's good to know. Wasn't this fun talking? Does anyone want to exchange cousins like Charlie suggested? We could you know...
Maria
Usually our family rotates year to year. Each couple exchanges with another couple and rotate annually so that you are always exchanging with someone else. The cousins do the same with one another. It works quite well. Just a thought.
Charlie Crump
Segway Funding, Inc.
801-273-7700
From: Rachel Bentley [mailto:rachelbbentley@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 1:21 PM
To: Mary Williams
Cc: Charlie Williams; Daniel Bentley; David Bentley; Jimmy Bentley; Karalee Dave Bentley; Kathy Crump; Marisa Bentley; Rachel Bentley; Rick Bentley; Sharon Matt Gehring; Stephen Bentley; Toney Bentley; Wendy Bentley; Wendy Bentley; Bentley Bulletin
Subject: Re: This X-mas Exchange
Just for the record, we've already sent Jim and Mandi a gift...so we're good.
Merry Christmas,
Rachel
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Mary Williams <zachandmary@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Family-cita,
I was just thinking about Christmas this year and I have 2 suggestions for discussion....
Suggestion #1: We do a x-mas exchange with the families we live by instead of doing the rotation. For instance, this x-mas we will be with dave/kar so we'll switch with them, The colorado bentley's can swap, and the Salt Laker's and Dan can combine together. That would be fun and simple... let me know your thoughts.
Suggestion #2: We could just can the whole idea and do no "required" gift exchange. Traditions don't have to continue forever. Another thought.
I vote for suggestion #1... what do you think? Mom wants you all to know she doesn't care a bit and has no opinion on the matter, she's not involved in any way shape or form. She's insistant on this point. She wants none of it. She's basically baa-humbugging chirsmas all together. j/k
The first 3 to vote get a special gift from me. No telling. Love you all!!!
Maria
P.S. I've committed the unthinkable crime of putting all our christmas decorations up. Even listening to music. This is the Canadian way, we celebrated Thanksgiving in October. It's liberating. Sorry to all of you post-thanksgiving decoration fundamentalists.
RE: This X-mas Exchange
Usually our family rotates year to year. Each couple exchanges with another couple and rotate annually so that you are always exchanging with someone else. The cousins do the same with one another. It works quite well. Just a thought.
Charlie Crump
Segway Funding, Inc.
801-273-7700
From: Rachel Bentley [mailto:rachelbbentley@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 1:21 PM
To: Mary Williams
Cc: Charlie Williams; Daniel Bentley; David Bentley; Jimmy Bentley; Karalee Dave Bentley; Kathy Crump; Marisa Bentley; Rachel Bentley; Rick Bentley; Sharon Matt Gehring; Stephen Bentley; Toney Bentley; Wendy Bentley; Wendy Bentley; Bentley Bulletin
Subject: Re: This X-mas Exchange
Just for the record, we've already sent Jim and Mandi a gift...so we're good.
Merry Christmas,
Rachel
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Mary Williams <zachandmary@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Family-cita,
I was just thinking about Christmas this year and I have 2 suggestions for discussion....
Suggestion #1: We do a x-mas exchange with the families we live by instead of doing the rotation. For instance, this x-mas we will be with dave/kar so we'll switch with them, The colorado bentley's can swap, and the Salt Laker's and Dan can combine together. That would be fun and simple... let me know your thoughts.
Suggestion #2: We could just can the whole idea and do no "required" gift exchange. Traditions don't have to continue forever. Another thought.
I vote for suggestion #1... what do you think? Mom wants you all to know she doesn't care a bit and has no opinion on the matter, she's not involved in any way shape or form. She's insistant on this point. She wants none of it. She's basically baa-humbugging chirsmas all together. j/k
The first 3 to vote get a special gift from me. No telling. Love you all!!!
Maria
P.S. I've committed the unthinkable crime of putting all our christmas decorations up. Even listening to music. This is the Canadian way, we celebrated Thanksgiving in October. It's liberating. Sorry to all of you post-thanksgiving decoration fundamentalists.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Re: This X-mas Exchange
Hello Family-cita,
I was just thinking about Christmas this year and I have 2 suggestions for discussion....
Suggestion #1: We do a x-mas exchange with the families we live by instead of doing the rotation. For instance, this x-mas we will be with dave/kar so we'll switch with them, The colorado bentley's can swap, and the Salt Laker's and Dan can combine together. That would be fun and simple... let me know your thoughts.
Suggestion #2: We could just can the whole idea and do no "required" gift exchange. Traditions don't have to continue forever. Another thought.
I vote for suggestion #1... what do you think? Mom wants you all to know she doesn't care a bit and has no opinion on the matter, she's not involved in any way shape or form. She's insistant on this point. She wants none of it. She's basically baa-humbugging chirsmas all together. j/k
The first 3 to vote get a special gift from me. No telling. Love you all!!!
Maria
P.S. I've committed the unthinkable crime of putting all our christmas decorations up. Even listening to music. This is the Canadian way, we celebrated Thanksgiving in October. It's liberating. Sorry to all of you post-thanksgiving decoration fundamentalists.
RE: This X-mas Exchange
I personally like exchanging gifts with each other. It maintains the
illusion that we are siblings, and that no one was adopted. I don't
care how we exchange, going local might be fun.
RB
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Williams [mailto:zachandmary@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:30 PM
To: Charlie Williams; Daniel Bentley; David Bentley; Jimmy Bentley;
Karalee Dave Bentley; Kathy Crump; Marisa Bentley; Rachel Bentley;
Rachel Brady; Bentley, Richard W Maj USAF USAFA 10 MDOS/SGOX; Sharon
Matt Gehring; Stephen Bentley; Toney Bentley; Wendy Bentley; Wendy
Bentley; Bentley Bulletin
Subject: This X-mas Exchange
Hello Family-cita,
I was just thinking about Christmas this year and I have 2 suggestions
for discussion....
Suggestion #1: We do a x-mas exchange with the families we live by
instead of doing the rotation. For instance, this x-mas we will be with
dave/kar so we'll switch with them, The colorado bentley's can swap, and
the Salt Laker's and Dan can combine together. That would be fun and
simple... let me know your thoughts.
Suggestion #2: We could just can the whole idea and do no "required"
gift exchange. Traditions don't have to continue forever. Another
thought.
I vote for suggestion #1... what do you think? Mom wants you all to
know she doesn't care a bit and has no opinion on the matter, she's not
involved in any way shape or form. She's insistant on this point. She
wants none of it. She's basically baa-humbugging chirsmas all together.
j/k
The first 3 to vote get a special gift from me. No telling. Love you
all!!!
Maria
P.S. I've committed the unthinkable crime of putting all our christmas
decorations up. Even listening to music. This is the Canadian way, we
celebrated Thanksgiving in October. It's liberating. Sorry to all of
you post-thanksgiving decoration fundamentalists.
This X-mas Exchange
Hello Family-cita,
I was just thinking about Christmas this year and I have 2 suggestions for discussion....
Suggestion #1: We do a x-mas exchange with the families we live by instead of doing the rotation. For instance, this x-mas we will be with dave/kar so we'll switch with them, The colorado bentley's can swap, and the Salt Laker's and Dan can combine together. That would be fun and simple... let me know your thoughts.
Suggestion #2: We could just can the whole idea and do no "required" gift exchange. Traditions don't have to continue forever. Another thought.
I vote for suggestion #1... what do you think? Mom wants you all to know she doesn't care a bit and has no opinion on the matter, she's not involved in any way shape or form. She's insistant on this point. She wants none of it. She's basically baa-humbugging chirsmas all together. j/k
The first 3 to vote get a special gift from me. No telling. Love you all!!!
Maria
P.S. I've committed the unthinkable crime of putting all our christmas decorations up. Even listening to music. This is the Canadian way, we celebrated Thanksgiving in October. It's liberating. Sorry to all of you post-thanksgiving decoration fundamentalists.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Baby Joseph's Here!
Dear Family,
We are so happy to announce that baby Joseph is here! He was born on Wednesday, November 11, at 2:33 p.m., weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces, measuring 20.5 inches. Mother is delighted and baby is doing well. All the kids are proud as can be of their new little brother.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Gehring BB
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Beautiful Mexico
We drove up into the mountains after our conference in Vales. As you can see Mexico is beautiful. We finally had to turn around however because of the mud slides and rocks in the road the second set I'll send). iAt one point we passed a truck with African ostriches in it and a flock of turkey vultures, also a lot of pelicans off the coast.
and yet again
Happy Birthday Wendy
--
Wendy W. Bentley
Beautiful Mexico
These are some recent pictures we took of an area about three hours away from Tampico that we passed through after a stake conference in Vales.
--
Wendy W. Bentley
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Birthday to:
Baby Boy (maybe Jonathan) Crump on the 11th (if not before).
Madeline Lee Bentley on the 12th (9 years old)
Emma Josinette Crump on the 13th (Friday the 13th!)
She will also be baptized, but I'm unsure of the date
Richard Whiting Bentley on the 28th (the big 40)
Sharon & Matt will sign the papers on their new house (on the 16th or 23rd)
While I'm writing I will just add that we are celebrating Thanksgiving on Monday the 23rd since we have to be in the temple on Thursday and the Calls will be at zone conference in Poza Rica. We are hosting here at our house with the Calls, Noltes (teach at the Institute), and Alvarez (from the colonies). To make cranberry-orange sauce, I ground fresh crannberries and oranges in my blender since I didn't have the grinder. The texture is more like a smoothie than sauce, however it tastes the same!!!
