Zimmer Zone

Monday, April 7, 2008

Happy B-Day Kim Mee Zee!!

Monday, April 7th was Kim Mee Zimmer's very first birthday -- yea! Boy that first year sure went fast ;-)

The day began like any other day for her: breakfast!

Love that smile!!

Then we celebrated her birthday at Chuck E. Cheese -- YES!!

Her crown says it all: It's Party Time!!

We let Kimmee ride a few of the rides, which as you can tell: she had a blast!

The cake was a huge hit! It was a ladybug cake with cupcakes for the feet and head. Very cute! Party Time!!

I enjoyed the black-frosted cupcake! Oh yeah!!!

Hmmmm?? Vaguely familiar.....

My ladies -- and yes, that IS Jade!!

The Zimmer boyz!

We gave the cleaning honors to Grandma!

Love the bow!

Here is the birthday girl, sporting a lovely new necklace from grandma (ParMar).

To answer the question that everyone wants to know: yes!
Kimmee is now walking!

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

As you may or may not know, I play recreational hockey at a local rink here in Denver: Big Bear Ice Area. Last night I played for the Big Bear C-League Championship hockey game at the Pepsi Center. This is the arena where our Colorado Avalanche play! This was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and our game started 20-minutes after the Av's finished beating up Calgary.

Our team finished the season at .500 -- we had two losses to the number one team, and two losses to the number two team, plus an additional loss in a close game. In the playoffs, we beat the number one team 7-5 on Sunday night to advance to the finals at the Pepsi Center. We were seated at number 5 in the playoff bracket.

Last night (Monday, Mar. 24th) in front of a sold-out crowd of 30 fans, our team BEAT the number two seed, handing them an 8-to-2 loss! We were up 4-1 at the start of the 3rd period, then scored a short-handed goal at the start of the period, then just opened up on the goalie. It was an incredible rout! I did not score a goal last night, but I had 5 shots-on-goal in the first period alone (I play defense, and get very few shots-on-goals in the games). I had a great breakaway chance, and back-handed the shot thru a defender's legs, but the goalie pad-saved the puck. I did manage to score 2-assists in the game, which always feels great! Especially at the Pepsi Center when my daughter heard my name announced over the speaker system with my assists!

It was a fantastic night, and we celebrated our victory at Old Chicago's! Very, very cool!

Here's some highlight pics of the game for you to enjoy!

Our team is the Fightin' Amish. We were wearing our white jerseys. Although I may look alone, I'm not. The rest of the team is on the attack, and I'm standing at the blue line. But I'm not being lazy. As you can see in the bottom of the shot, there is a "cherry picker" waiting to break out and take advantage of our defense. My job is to stay deep to reduce the odd-man attacks.

I'm the skater at the top of the pack with my stick in the air. This image is critical as it shows how we changed up our defense strategy. What you see is my defender partner taking on the guy with the puck. I'm moving to the boards to cover any loose pucks. And the additional teammate has dropped back to help on our defense, giving us 3-defenders instead of 2. It worked great and we shut them down!

This is my breakaway chance. I beat all 3 of these "Catfish", but I still had one defender to beat. I ended up backhanding my shot thru the defender's legs and shot the puck on goal. Great shot, but the goalie had an amazing save on my shot. Bummer. I still managed 2-assists in the game, though!

This is a great candid shot of me on the bench. We didn't get to sit on the Av's side since we were the "visitors", but the benches were definitely top-notch!

I was so happy that Kathy and Jade could make it to the game! It was a late night for Jade, she fell asleep in the car, but we let her go into school late this morning so she could sleep in. Good times!

This is just a great shot of our team huddling during a period break. I'm standing next to Wick, our goalie.

George, me, and Jason. Rearing to go!

This is a great still shot -- just before the action!

The winners and their smiles!

Post-game congratulatory

A beautiful sight!

That would be US!

Fighting Amish vs. Catfish Final Score: 8-2
C-League Champs! March 24th, 2008

I was very, very elated! Top of the world!

Love the rabbit!

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Prairie Style Ranch Spec Home

I recently worked on creating a spec. home for a client, but they decided to cancel their building project, therefore leaving me with a great design, but no home owners. If you are interested in developing this Prairie-style ranch home, I would be happy to meet with you and discuss this design further. I apologize if the scan is a bit pixelized, but I was limited in the quality settings on the scanner. This plan is for a 2500 sq. ft. ranch home with 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and an open, flowing central space for the kitchen, great room, family room and dining area. It can accommodate a full basement, and I have designed an attached oversized 3-car garage with a workspace area. It is in the $500-600k construction budget and would work best on a south-facing lot (as it is currently configured.)

Please take a look at the initial concept and give me a call if you would like to discuss things further!

Aaron Zimmer
T*Rex Architex
303-388-2918

Monday, January 28, 2008

THANK YOU!!

As you can tell, Kim Mee is DEFINITELY fitting in! She is a ZIMMER! I love getting her to flash me that smile!

Look at those cheeks! I call her my little cabbage patch kid! :-)

You know what, there's something vaguely familiar about Kim's jacket.....???

I thought it looked familiar!!

(Jade Zimmer, March 2000)

...same coat!

The past two weekends we have been blessed by being able to share our new joy with our friends. We have gone to two baby showers in Kim's honor, and the gifts rolled in! Thank you so much to all of our friends that attended and the wonderful gifts that you have shared. Your generosity was only outdone by your eagerness to see our newest family member. And she was a HIT!

Thank you Rhonda for hosting this shower. This was one of the few breaks away from the food table that I allowed myself!

We had good times catching up with old friends!

(not that you're old, Barbara -- but your DAUGHTER sure is~!)

One of the shower's was thrown at our Jazz. center. 40 students and friends filled the room with socializing, games, chattering, and balloons. Oh yeah, and a whole bunch of food (healthy, of course!)

Thank you Mary for bringing this shower all together. And many, many thanks to all of you who came. By the way, these are the only two pics I was able to capture before my dying camera gave out on me. If you are reading this and were able to snap a couple of good shots, please send our way. Thanks!

Kaleb had TOO much fun opening all of Kimmie's new gifts!

Did I just confuse you there with the name spelling? Kim Mee, Kimmee, Kimmie, Kimmy -- whatever works for you!

In case you were wondering, the kids are adjusting JUST FINE to the new little one in the house :-O )

One of the gifts we received was this great little child sling. It gives Kat a chance to get some stuff done around the house without having to worry about Kimmee (see, the spelling is interchangeable!) We have had a few broken cups and dishes, though, by Kim's inquisitive hand grabs!

I know I show a lot of food pictures. But truth is, she loves to eat! She loves our American food. And she ABSOLUTELY LOVES FROZEN WAFFLES!!

....and Kaleb LOVED the oatmeal!!

Man, how they grow up so quickly!

(Kal-Ray, Sept. '03)

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

New Pics -- AS PROMISED!

Kim Mee Zimmer, born Bae, So Mee in South Korea, April 7th, 2007. Arrived in Denver, CO. on Dec. 18th, 2007. Merry Christmas!

Hello there my faithful blogspotters! I hope all is well! If you haven't had a chance to read Kathy's entry, then I would suggest you skip these pictures and read her words first. THEN come on back to the pics! It's more fun that way!

We're doing well and each day is a bit better. Kim's fitting in well with us all now, eating healthy, sleeping well, enjoying life in the crazy Zimmer family!

Alright, enough talking....let's see some pics!!

Here's a great shot with my grandparents. Kimmee was a hit and a GREAT SURPRISE for the Zimmer Holidays!

This is my sister (I know, she has my hair!), grandpa, and Kim.

For those of you who may not know this, my grandpa is Ray (Raphael) Zimmer. Both my brother AND Kaleb were named after this incredible man! You can see how genuine of a man he is in his smile!

Sis, Kim, and Kiddo.

Der Zimmer Klan!

p.s. If anyone out there from the family has this shot with everyone LOOKING at the camera, please send it my way. THANKS! Obviously everyone was staring at a DIFFERENT camera!

Grandpa "Big Guy". We had a great visit in Walton with Kathy's dad. It was good to be able to see all of our family back in NE.

Now we're back home and getting into a routine!

Holding Kim and feeding her is a MAJOR accomplish- ment for me! For the first few weeks, she would tolerate me, but my time was minimal. I seem to have that effect on people :-)

Didn't take too long for Gwen to figure out where the best seat in the house is!

I think Kim's trying to poke fun at my facial hair!

Here's a great shot of Gwen enjoying her Christmas gift! She loves this game!

Bath time back home.

Kaleb took this shot...I had to post it for him.

Right now things are going very well for us. We're tired, but that's to be expected. Kim's letting go of some of her clinggyness, but not all of it. I think the worst trait of hers is that she is SUCH a light sleeper! Any floor creak, a muffled sneeze, a slight wall thump and she is AWAKE! It's sucks for us, but at least the other two kids ar