Getting Ready for the Season

The kids are pumped for Christmas - aren't we all? We have made cookies and treats, we decorated the tree, we have wrapped presents, and even cleaned our house. 

What the kids have been doing:

Bryson has been talking so much lately, it is so fun to hear what he comes up with next - it is really entertaining when he says, "snowman" because it sounds just like, "oh man!" He also likes to watch the "Ginch" not Grinch.  He loves "lights" (Christmas lights) all over town and at our house.  He LOVES candy, cookies and suckers.  But even more he LOVES yogurt raisins.  It took us forever to understand he was saying "raisins", but we hear it so much now, we know right away. He also loves cheese sticks, and applesauce.  He is great at going to bed, he says good night to everyone and everything then walks upstairs.  He still loves his "lala" or "la-ly" which is his nickname for the nickname for blankie and shoves it in his mouth and puts it over his head when he is sleeping, which makes mom nervous.  

 Jaden  is still loving preschool - I was able to go to school with him last Friday to help the class make gingerbread houses.  The kids in his class are great, and his teachers are great as well.  He is excited for his pajama party tomorrow in school. He is so lucky. Jaden has been obsessed with computer games lately.  All he wants to do is play on my computer or on anyone's phone he can find.  He is also a little sweet tooth, but if it is not candy/cookies - he LOVES tacos.  Last night he ate 2 1/2 tacos.  Both

This is the boys enjoying each other watching a movie.  They really do get along and love each other!

Xmas 2011

Check out our 2011 Xmas card at this link. Enjoy!

Xmas 2011

NEW GARAGE

I am sure you have been anxiously waiting to see the finished product! It is done, we can park inside of our garage, and close the door.  WE LOVE IT SO MUCH! Can you heat the excitement?  Merry Christmas to the Grimm's. :)  My second night parking in the garage, it snowed - perfect timing.  Thanks to my wonderful husband for doing so much for this.

Fall into the Season

When I got home on Tuesday after practice I noticed there was a lot of leaves that had fallen, and Jaden has been asking to rake up a pile, so we headed outside in the beautiful weather and raked up a BIG pile of leaves.  Jaden loved running and diving into them, Bryson slowly backed into them and then plopped down.  What a beautiful season.  

Can you spy Jaden in the leaves?

 Last Sunday, Iowa State had a home volleyball game at noon.  We finally had a chance to go cheer them on.  It was a heart-breaking 5 game match against ranked Texas.  I love watching the Cyclones, they are so good. They boys had such a good time too.  Jaden yelled, "Go Cyclones" about every minute and Bryson tried to cheer too.  Jaden did slip up once and yelled, "Go Hawkeyes".  Not sure why that came out :) but I was glad he didn't get beat up.

Cute pic of the boys in their cute jammies.  They are getting so big and they still love each other so much!

Also - I don't have a picture yet, but my 9th grade volleyball team kicked some butt today in our home tournament.  They played so well and got 1st place.  We didn't lose a match, let alone a game all day.  I only had to call 1 time out all day.  They were covering their hitters and picking up blocks, hitting so well, passing well... They all showed so much improvement not only individually, but as a team as well.  So proud of them.

Apple Orchard

Saturday morning we decided to enjoy the nice weather and go pick some apples and raspberries at the Berry Patch Farm outside of Nevada.  It was awesome having Jason home to come with us.  The boys had so much fun picking apples from the trees, and Bryson I think ate more raspberries then we brought home.  We are missing Grambo's apple tree (that blew down in the storm) so we had to get extra apples to make some apple crisp.  

At Grandma and Grandpa's

My cousin Kristen's little boy Preston wanted to spend his 4th birthday party at "the farm". Meaning where my parent's and my mom's two sisters live within 40 acres. We had so much fun, playing games, bobbing for apples, riding on a hayride, and playing with many cousins. From my cousins on my mom's side, there are 8 kids and 7 of them are boys. And are all pretty close in age.

Grandma Sandy and Grandpa Marty also like to spoil the boys and bought them a police car to drive around and show off. :) They loved it!

Jaden's First Day of Preschool

Jaden is now in the free 4 year old preschool program at the elementary school. He started on Tuesday. He seems like he loves it. Here is his front step picture. (notice my beautiful gerbera daisies - they haven't been this bountiful for 4 years, they are so pretty this year.)