Groneman Family

Kiera still loves her 2 blankies. She also loves dressing up and especially loves "pretty yadie shoes" (dress up shoes). We took Kiera hiking in the foothills behind our house last week for a study break for Steve. She liked it. I think she is going to LOVE hiking in the woods someday.She was 100% potty trained before albaturkey and is now 100% un-potty trained again. I'm starting my last set of clinicals this week so I'm not going to start up potty training agin. Looks like we'll just have to continue spending $100 a month on diapers for a while. Lydia has been our little spit-fire lately. She is seeking revenge in grandma's behalf on her mommy. She loves unloading everything and getting into everything. Steve thinks she is just as opinionated as I am and thinks we are in for a difficult daughter. We'll see. I introduced the hose to her this week which she loved. I just finished our annual "NOW" (Nelson Organization for Women) convention. It is...

Our trip at the mountain this time was fun because we got to see little Emmy, which made up for some of the not very fun parts of the trip. When we got up there, to our trailer, the place had LOTS of mice droppings everywhere! Kim had done his best last fall to find all of the possible openings for mice to get in, and we had left probably 8 mouse traps. I had known there was a mouse problem in there, so I came armed with my clorox . So all of Friday (except maybe an hour) was spent pulling out dirty bedding, washing out drawers and cupboards, floors, sinks, shower, toilet, dishes etc. We were sitting there talking to Keith and Syd and enjoying some strawberry pie with them...and out from the stove top came a mouse! We had found 4 dead mice in the traps, and we had found 1 where it was obvious that a mouse had been stuck (glue trap) but had gotten away. There were several traps that were untouched....but we had a live mouse! Kim armed himself with a pair of gloves and went after ...

The other day, we had my mom and dad over for dinner. Afterward, we were sitting on the patio enjoying the evening with them...and we had a new experience! I could smell a very delicious smelling fresh baked bread. I had never smelled it before in our area unless I was making bread, and I wondered where on earth it could be coming from! I didn't have to wonder too long before Brett and Katie came out to join us with some fresh backed foccasia bread and balsamic vinegar! It was SOOOO tasty! EVERY bit as good as Macaroni grills bread. They brought us out a loaf, and even though I was not at all hungry because we had just eaten, I HAD to eat it! Katie is a darn good bread maker! I love the fringe benefits of our new neighbors! They are great!

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We went to the mountain this weekend. Emmy brought Chad & Erica up too. It's nice and peaceful. One time I was sitting on the deck holding Emmy and Chad was sitting next to us. Everyone was enjoying the sound of the stream running and the birds singing and Emmy was just into it. Suddenly Erica came onto the deck from behind a tree and scared Emmy to death. I thought she was going to jump right out of my arms. I guess there is a downside to meditating to the sights and sounds of nature. :-)

Costco had a Disney DVD sale, and so we decided to take advantage and get a few. We got Wall*E and Bolt, which we'd never seen before. Wall*E was good. It's got some tree-hugger overtones to the whole movie, but it's not near as bad as Day after Tomorrow. It's an interesting movie, because there are large portions where there is no dialog. It's a really cute love story though. There were a few things that didn't make sense, but overall it's a good movie. Not as good as Monsters Inc., but a keeper anyway. This film is rated G, and I agree with that rating. Bolt caught us both off guard. Within the first five or ten minutes, I looked at Erica and said, "I guess we'll need to put on our seven-year-old mentalities to watch this movie." A few minutes later I said, "scratch that. Put on your five year old mentality." We were just about ready to turn it off, but we decided to just watch it, since we're planning on having a fiv...

Jacob LOVES Oreo cookies. I bought some Oreo knock-offs for him, which he has enjoyed thoroughly. Today while sweeping the kitchen, there was a big fragment of cookie in the pile of dirt. Benjamin asked me a question, and I turned back around just in time to see the piece of cookie that had previously been in the dirt pile inches from Jacob's mouth. I shouted, "NOOOO!" which startled him sufficiently to keep the cookie from reaching its target. I put it back in the dirt pile and swept it all into the garbage-- under some existing trash in case Jacob decided to look for it. Well, I came back from putting the broom away only to find that piece of cookie once again inches from his mouth. Fortunately another shout once again disrupted it's trajectory, and that time it went down the disposal. Poor Jacob was left without a cookie. And while on the subject of Jacob, yesterday he ran away from home and moved in with our next door neighbors. To make a long story short...