The Gray Report

October 1, 2023 We had a good conference weekend with legos, basketball crafting, candy bribery, and uplifting messages! Overall the kids did pretty well. We also put up the Halloween decorations which is nearly as exciting for everyone as putting up Christmas decorations. They were extremely enthusiastic. It was great to take Hinckley and Addie to a session of Conference on Saturday, and fun to ride up with Trent and Hallie and see some other familiar faces at the conference center. It was a good time. Williams bros Ready for conference Half time break Conference lego spelling At the Saturday afternoon session The entrance to the conference center Halloween decorations up Hoop crafting As for the rest of this week, we went to two fall festivals - one for Hinckley's school and one for Addie and Greyson's. The kids enjoyed the games and activities and little prizes they earned. We shared our big news with you this week about another child coming to our family in April! The kids ...

August 27, 2023 Greyson started Kindergarten and is doing well with that. He rides the bus home and is the last of 12 stops. Addie broke her arm this week when she slipped and fell on the kitchen floor. It is a minor break though and the cast should come off in a few weeks pending all goes well there. We had a campout behind Timp with M&D and enjoyed some good camping food, spooky stories around the campfire, and a morning hike to Stewart falls. Hinckley got stung by a bee as we sat by the falls which sort of dampened the mood, but overall everyone had a great time.  First day of Kindergarten A pink arm Hinckley's fire building masterpiece Camping dinner S'mores Camping Breakfast Camping basketball one of the "Letter trees" Setting off on the hike Stewart falls with a bee sting August 20, 2023 This was a big week with back to school for the two oldest. Before that however they ended the summer with a fun trip to the Utah State Capitol with Nan and Grandpa and some...