The Gray Report

January 7, 2018 Happy New Year! We all went to bed at the regular time New Years Eve, I think it was the first time in over 20 years I've not stayed up till midnight and it felt . . . amazing. On the first day of the year we took down all our Christmas stuff and did a deep clean of the closet under the stairs - I've finally come to understand and appreciate "that special feeling" Mom used to tell me I would get if I would just clean my room :) After nap time we went bowling and the kids had a fun time hefting the large balls and rolling the down the track. The next day Hinckley came downstairs saying sorrowfully “I hate normal life!” when he saw all the Christmas decorations were down and remembered that all those good times were now history and not in the very near future.  Exploring "The Valley of the Moon" Hinckley bought one of those arm extension things that allows you to pick up items off the ground. He calls it his “robot arm” and really love...

August 27, 2017 Hinckley started preschool this week! He explained it this way, "we played on a pirate ship, slid down the slides, learned our letters from animal pictures . . .  If you ever want to go potty there, just go right down the hall. My teacher is Ms. Amber, she likes us and we love her. Her favorite color to wear is red, and her favorite color just not to wear is brown. My favorite thing to do at preschool is to make crafts. I like to eat at preschool, they have juice and popcorn. I miss Addie too, but I still like my preschool friends, and that is it!"  First Day of Preschool - Hinckley with Addie Friday night we went to the Ward “dance” which was essentially a ward dinner of pizza and rootbeer floats. Zach and Kylee Halvorsen were the DJs and it was fun to see them plugging songs in to see what sort of reaction it would get from all the kids. Hinckley had fun running around with glow sticks and some young boys. One teenager turned on the hall lights ...