The Grass Family Chronicles

I hope you all had a very nice Christmas!

We kicked off our Christmas with some stockings. The boys really love opening all the little things! Then we moved on to the presents under the tree. After that we headed to Grandma and Grandpa's house for a brunch and more stockings and presents. As we finished with presents, we were all so excited to find out that it was snowing outside! Our first white Christmas. We were all exhausted after that, so we went home for a nap and then headed back to Grandma and Grandpa's for a yummy roast dinner. It was a great day!

The next morning, we headed to Corvallis to visit No-Hami. She was so happy to see all of us, and made us the most delicious Korean meal! We even got to take leftovers home. The boys were very well behaved and are always so nice to their great-grandma.

For our last day of Christmas, we headed to Auburn to celebrate with Paul's extended family. We got our traditional socks from Gramee and Grampee and had lots of fun visiting with them and playing with all our aunts and uncles. After another wonderful dinner, we got the boys dressed in their pajamas and headed home. It was lots of hours in the car, but the boys were so good. Tired, but good.

And now Christmas is over. We are all very full, but will rally once more for the annual after-Christmas Grass Family Sushi party that is taking place tonight.

Happy Birthday Jesus!

Posted in: on Friday, December 28, 2007 at at 3:26 PM 5 comments  

Here is Caleb's school program, as promised. Unfortunately, the first couple songs were cut off as they were taped over with the church program. :(

Oh, well. You can still see how well he did!

Posted in: on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at at 7:45 PM 1 comments  

We had our Christmas program at church last Sunday. The boys did a marvelous job! You can hear Caleb's high pitched singing if you listen. :)

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We just got back from Caleb's school Christmas program this evening. To be honest, I wasn't expecting much from him. His two program performances last year were, well, less than spectacular. Anyways, we picked up Grandma an hour before the program started (had to get good seats!) and head off to his school. Caleb told me it was weird to go to school when it was dark, but he seemed excited about it. We got there, snagged our seats, and waited to drop Caleb off at his class. He was so ready to get going! When it was time, he waved good-bye and left with a big smile. I will admit that at that point, I started to get hopeful that at least he would do something up there! People, my boy was a STAR! He was so confident as he walked up to the stage with his class, and when he found us frantically waving at him, he gave us a great grin and wave. He was very intrigued by the live nativity scene behind him, but when the music started he focused and sang all the songs and did all the motions. I have a video of it, but I can't find the cord to download it, so these pictures will have to do for now. It was so great to see how proud he was of himself. What a fun night for us all!

Posted in: on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at at 9:37 PM 3 comments  

Caleb has been working on a big craft at school, and today he was so excited to bring it home! It had been carefully wrapped in a bag that he decorated with paint and glitter. He could hardly wait to get home so that Mommy and Daddy could unwrap it! Actually, he got impatient and ended up unwrapping it for us, but we were rewarded with a beautiful snowman ornament. We took it right out to the tree to hang it up, in the very front. He is so proud of it!

Posted in: on Thursday, December 6, 2007 at at 2:28 PM 3 comments  

Here's a cute one of Jakey. He just loves to roam around in his diaper!




Here's one of Caleb and Andy. Can't get enough of pictures like these!

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One of Caleb and Andy's favorite Christmas traditions is the advent calendar. They talk about it all year! Each day they are so excited to see what new treat they will find behind the door. Usually it's a little piece of candy, but sometimes they find fun little toys, too. It's such a great way to countdown to Christmas!

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Paul and I ran our first marathon today. We flew into Oakland yesterday and spent the day with Michael and Becky. They made us a huge pasta dinner in their beautiful house and then drove us to Sacramento. Paul and I woke up EARLY this morning, at 4:20AM, so we could get ready, grab some breakfast and make it on the shuttle that would take us to the start line. We were both successful in completing the marathon, and a lot of the credit must go to our super spectators, Michael and Becky. They cheered for us and took pictures at miles 5, 10, 20 and the finish line. It was so amazing to have them there!

Paul finished in an unbelievable 3 hours and 38 minutes, and I hobbled across the finish line at 4 hours and 30 minutes. It was a great experience for us, even if I am walking around on a gimp leg! We learned lots of things we should and should not do, so that we can be even more prepared for the next one. Yes, that's right. We'll do another one. Probably the Eugene Marathon in May 2008. As always, we invite any of you to run with us. It is truly an experience you will never forget!

Posted in: on Sunday, December 2, 2007 at at 10:25 PM 2 comments