The Gray Report

July 4, 2021 We finished up the Colorado trip this week. The kids enjoyed time in the hot tub, hiking, and going to see Peter Rabbit 2 . They also had a treasure hunt sponsored by Grandma and enjoyed that between the spats of tiredness and argument. I had a really good conversation with Hinckley about baptism as we read from Mosiah 18 together and talked about how the Lord cares more about the direction we are going in than all we have previously done. It was pretty incredible to have that talk with him. I hope to have many many more at that level! We drove home from Colorado on Wednesday. Greyson was very lethargic, quiet, and not himself and we were starting to get worried since he hadn’t peed or anything recently. Well, just outside of Grand Junction he vomited a good 3 or 4 times and while he didn’t have much in his little tummy he did have plenty of water and a chocolate muffin. That was a new experience for us. He's been fine ever since! We have given up on the tablets for ca...

May 30, 2021 School wrapped up this week and the kids are pretty excited about summertime. That said, Addie was pretty sad to say goodbye to her teacher and class and there were some tears when she was picked up to go home. We enjoyed seeing Hinckley and Addie dance in their end-of-school dance event with their peers at Dry Creek Elementary. They both looked like they were having a really good time! And Greyson did pretty well sitting and watching as well, he is very quiet and pensive with all the people around. Kassie has some great plans in place for making summer fun, including some cool workbooks that include a sticker chart to a prize. Remarkably Hinckley has already finished it (about 100 pages of worksheets) after 1 day of summer and the weekend. He is really excited about the summer schedule including things like "Mother nature Monday" and "Water Wednesday". On the last day of school, Kassie took them to get smoothies to celebrate the end of the year, and th...