Grant Family Christmas 2009

Our first visit was Christmas Eve and we drove to McPherson around 12:30 that day and spent the afternoon with the Grant family, headed to Christmas Eve service at Trinity Lutheran around 5:00, and then back to their house for presents and pie! Mmmm!!

Brenley's Christmas Program at NRA

Our Brenley May has been practicing for a while only to come out and rock her performance!
She beat on tubs of butter and cool whip to Little Drummer Boy. She shook bells to Jingle Bells. And she waved ans swayed to We Wish You a Merry Christmas!  She did so well and we were so proud!

She had a great little Christmas party and program at Northridge Academy. She got lots of treats and they had a gift exchange where she opened a froggy backpack, which she loves. It was a great little morning and we had one tired girl that night!

Basketball at the Y

Beau finished his "Fall" session of YMCA basketball. Always fun to get a medal. We are proud of him for improving his skills, listening to coach and being a good sportsman.

Checking out the scoreboard. He was always concerned with who was winning and losing. Quite the competitor!

He got his defensive skills from his Mom!  ha ha

Shooting a free throw for the first time. He didn't make his shots (he was fouled twice in the game, so he got to go to the line twice for four shots), but he did really good! And got his rebound both times and put it right back up!  Atta boy!

Moments of Brenchilada

I don't know what to say. She is just funny. Had to capture these. From applying make-up to wearing Mom's hats...........she is a little chameleon.

This is her Gymboree Ad! Ugh. So cute!

Santa

We visited Santa tonight.  We started off with a drive thru light expedition benefiting ARC. It was so pretty. Then we went inside and said hello to Santa. Beau couldn't remember what he wanted and sister wasn't so sure of him - she for sure wasn't sitting on his lap - so in went Mama (can you tell I wasn't expecting a picture to be taken?). 

They were facsinated by his sleigh bells. So cute. Ah........the magic of Christmas is alive and well.

Brenley May - 22 months

I'm a few days behind in getting my monthly Brenley update logged on and I'm not sure where to begin. This chick is so darn funny (not sure what is on her face. Her Dad snapped this cute pic while Mommy was away). But I am so smitten with this one.  She is onery and smart and dramatic and stubborn - all wrapped up into one precious blond haired little ball!

She is talking so much now - mostly still in her native Mandarin language. She can say Christmas Tree pretty well and is very good at saying basketball or football, which is on our TV most all weekend.  Let's just say, Dad is quite proud of his girl on this one.

She still isn't an eater, unless cheese counts as the most nutritious food group there is.  She just moved up to a new room at school (about 2 months early, but they had a spot and some of her older friends were moving up), and the first note the teacher wrote was that she hardly ate any lunch. I had to write her back and tell her not to worry, but that was typical.  Mom of the year - right here.

She still basically has the same loves in her life.........puppies, babies, her blanket, and cheetos. We are anxious to see what she thinks of Christmas this year - if she will be overwhelmed by it all or just love every minute of it.

She still imitates about everything we do. It's awesome watching yourself through someone else.

We just continue to enjoy every minute of her and every month.  Speaking of, tell me my baby won't be two in two short months?  Ugh........time slow down!!

Beau's face

Okay, I better do a little catch up here before Christmas! 




This post is about Beau Grant, our big boy.  First of all, I just love this pic of him and and his Daddy.  How cute are my boys?

But Beau also hit a milestone and got his first pair of prescription glasses.  We knew this day would come considering his Mom got glasses when she was 10. His Dad got his glasses in late junior high/early high school.......and both of our distance vision is BBBBAAADDD. So now Beau inherited our vision genes and has a slight vision problem and wears his glasses only at school when reading something at a distance.


And can you stand how cute he is?!?!?  Wal-Mart Optical (and I NEVER sing the praise of Wal-Mart) got us hooked up for $39! Just the write price for a 6 year old boy that loses gloves on a daily basis and would forget his backpack each morning if it wasn't for his 2 year old sister handing it to him!

He is adjusting to them well and still looks like a little stud.

Basketball is going well for him. His team is not outstanding, but Beau is getting pretty darn good. He has been so much fun to watch. He is progressing so well and figuring out where to go, what to do. It's just been amazing as parents watching him develop like this. We are certainly very proud, and have had a few talks about sportsmanship and teamwork and he seems to really get it.  Only one more game before the Fall session is over and then he will start Winter ball in January. Where does the time go?