The Gray Report

Making Mischief Happy Sunday from thunder booming Tulsa! We are excited that this is our last week in Oklahoma. The weather is heating up along with the humidity, but days like today help make it possible (tons of rain and cooler temp). This week we continued to sell off things on Craigslist, pack up books, and tighten up our moving plans. We enjoyed swimming yesterday with a family in the ward, and Hinckley did really well for his first time! I also walked into the water with my wallet in my pocket . . . but everything was salvaged other than the wallet itself - which is ok since I think it is the same wallet I've had since going to Mexico nearly 10 years ago.  Hinckley is getting yet another tooth, but he is doing really well. He loves trying to escape when his diaper is being changed, and laughs uncontrollably when I do "hunk-a-chaw, hunk-a-chaw, hunk-a-chaw, hunk!" and grab him. Pretty cute. Kassie blitzed through The Book Thief and then we watched the ...

We are counting down the days here in Tulsa. We are selling off our furniture and starting to pack boxes. Our home is in disarray. We are in this weird transition period for the next few weeks before we settle into Provo. The weather here certainly changed to summer. It seemed like the wind suddenly stopped blowing and the humidity arrived. We got a lot of rain at the beginning of the week. There was a huge storm on Monday; it was the heaviest rain I have ever seen! On Monday, we made the two-hour drive to Lucien, Oklahoma, to visit the McGuire Cemetery. This is where Kassie's Grandmother Burnside (her dad's mom) is buried, and many others from that side of the family. We took photos of the graves so that we can use them as sources and post them on familysearch.org. It rekindled the fire to do more family history! We even found that some of these relatives were Vietnam, WWII, or WWI veterans. It was a great way to spend Memorial Day! Awkward "selfie" with...