Soccer

Jaden is now old enough to play soccer.  He is lucky enough to have his mom for his coach (poor kid). But they have been doing a great job and I think he really likes it.  It is so fun to watch them play games and put what they have learned together.  Here are some pictures from his first game. 

And not to be outdone by his big brother.  Bryson always wants to play too.  After Jaden's game the other day, this is what Jason caught on camera.  

Snowman..... finally

This morning the boys and I were able to get outside for about 2 hours.  We had a lot of fun building a snowman, having a snowball fight and playing with our friends, Gavin and Trevor at the park.  It was over 40 degrees, and the little snow we got last Monday was perfect for our snowman.  We have been so lucky not having much snow and having warm weather all winter, but the boys really do enjoy the snow, so it was nice to have for a few days. 

This is a picture of my 3 boys playing, "hungry, hungry hippos."  We love playing that game, and I remember playing it when I was little.

My little smiley cutie!

Helping mom make fruit dip for our super bowl party! Well helping mom taste the dip, we had to make sure it tasted okay to feed to others.... :)

Big Boy Bed

My baby is now a big boy because he sleeps in a "big boy bed".  He has done great the past two nights, he goes right to bed and even calls for me in the morning.  I am blessed with boys who don't get out of their beds unless I get them... AWESOME!  Jaden would call for me from his bed until he was almost 3, I would much rather have them call for me to get them, then have them up and running around without me knowing about it.  Good job Bryson!  He is so proud to have a big bed like his big brother.  After I get their room all put together and cleaned I will post a pic of both boy's beds.  

Warm Winter... I'll Take it!

What another beautiful day it was! Today is January 10th - and it was about 55 degrees today.  The boys enjoyed the afternoon digging dirt.  Love it.

They both look really good in this pic, but both are getting over some sicknesses.  First off we think Bryson had a concession on Friday night.  After the boys and girls basketball games on Friday night the boys were running around with some of the high school kids and Bryson stepped on a basketball and fell back and hit his head.  He cried some, but then we came home and he was fine.  He went right to bed, (since it was after 9pm) and he slept all night.  He woke up happy and talking, but soon after he started puking and puked everything up he had all morning.  He took a short nap in the morning (which he does not usually do) and then woke up and puked some more.  Then he took his usual afternoon nap and woke up completely fine.  He was happy, playing and didn't get sick anymore at all.  It was weird, maybe he was sick, maybe he had a concession????  Well whatever it was, we are monitoring his rough housing, and glad he is feeling good now.

Well, then yesterday as I was picking up the boys from Cindy's and as we were getting our shoes on, Jaden started puking all over Cindy's front porch.  We went home and gave him some crackers and 7-up and some rest and he has been fine every since.  So maybe something just upset his tummy.  We are glad he ended up being fine.  Hopefully anything else will stay away from us for the rest of the winter.

I DID IT!

This week I enrolled in Cardio Kicks Boot Camp through our Parks and Rec and our AWESOME Cardio Kicks instructor, Monika Hinson.  I have been taking Cardio Kicks Thursday morning, which is a pretty grueling hour of both kick boxing and stations of hard things, like bag pushes and tire flips.  Well for some reason I decided to sign up for Boot Camp this past week.  It was a super intense workout Monday - Saturday morning from 5:30-6:30am, and 200 abs, 50 pushups, 50 squat jumps and 5 minutes of planks outside of class.  Also included was a strict diet, with no snacks, 5 small meals a day no more, 3 liters of water a day, only 30 minutes of TV and at least 7 hours of sleep a night.  It was tough.  I have never before been on a strict diet or starved myself, I scarfed my food when I was able to eat.
Well I lost 5 pounds in 6 days!!!!! and I do feel really good, I am going to continue with the diet (a little modified however) and continue working out.  I am hoping to lose 10 more to fit into my jeans from college.
Here I am today - so happy I pushed myself so hard and stuck with the plan to the T.  Thank you Monika for doing this camp and all the girls in the class for their awesome support and example of hard work.  Also Thank you Jason for doing to diet with me and cooking breakfast for me everyday this week.  Love you guys!

Hehe!

Santa Came...

Bryson asked Santa for "suckers" but Jason thought that he really meant a pedal tractor with loader and trailer.  So Santa brought the tractor and a big bag of suckers.  He came down stairs and he went right over to the tractor and sat on it instantly.  He really likes it and he will use it A LOT this summer.

 Jaden got a new big boy bike, as you can see it is bright green and he LOVES it so much.  He also wanted a dress up tie, he loves that too.  Since we have been spoiled in the nice weather the boys and I went outside yesterday and they were able to ride their new tractor and bike.  We didn't last too long because of the wind, but it is nice to get out for awhile, since there isn't any snow.

After our little family Christmas on Friday morning we headed over to Garrison to spend the Christmas weekend with Jason's family.  We had Xmas with his sister, Jessica, and her family, his brother, Billy and his girlfriend, and Mike and Marlene.  It is always a fun time.  This is my boys and all their cousins.  L-R: Kristin(13), Bryson(2), Logan(17), Lucas(5), Kaitlyn(11) and Jaden(4).

Then Saturday evening we went to church with Jason's dad's side of the family.  We went to church with Grandma and Grandpa Flick (Flickinger) with most of that side of the family.  You can tell that being late is a Grimm thing, b/c we were a few minutes late for the service and 3 other families of Jason's cousins were right behind us :).  At least we weren't alone.  Then we went to Grandma Flick's for a delicious dinner (as always) and present opening.  There were many kids there, so my boys had such a good time running around and playing with all of Grandma's antique toys.  

We are off to Minnesota for more Christmas' this weekend.  Can't wait. 

Hope you all had a merry and healthy Christmas.  

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!