The Gray Report

January 2, 2020 Hard to believe we are moving into 2021! Time to ring out the old and ring in the new. This week was filled primarily with three things. First, fun daily activities such as sledding in the little snow that we got, going to Thanksgiving Point museums with a new pass we got for Christmas, playing at parks, and more. Second, home projects. I built out some desks in the "office" (previously Greyson's room), added hooks and a small bench to the downstairs entryway closet, and did battle with the internal toilet mechanisms (I'm currently losing). The final thing was a visit from Kassie's parents for New Years. We had some fun games, watched Wallace and Gromit Close Shave, Wrong Trousers , and A Day Out, and ate some dip, root beer floats, and tamales, and such. It's been a great holiday for the most part! Greyson at the water table in the Museum of Natural Curiosity Happy New Year! Greyson has really internalized the language Kassie and I are workin...

November 15, 2020 This week, Addie not only talked all about her crush (a boy named Grey...ironic right?), but came home from school talking about how she saw Grandpa Halvorsen in a video at school for Veterans day. Hinckley did too! Addie talked very humbly and sweetly about veterans in the military and it was clear that she was thinking about it all day. Her prayers lately have been very sweet as she thanks Heavenly Father and Jesus for being nice and expressing her love for them. Those are precious moments to hear her chirping out these things. There have been some adjustments this week with the tighter constrictions with COVID. Hinckley had some difficulty going to school one day, it may be he is dealing with some anxiety and stress about COVID and restrictions on "everything fun" such as playing tag. We are just glad they can go to school! Hinckley has been doing lots of drawing lately and just finished The Book of Three this week as well. He loves talking about Minecraf...