My space

My space: My master bed/bath

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!

For Valentine's Day we went to church, which was followed by a lunch provided by the youth raising money for their summer camp. They had a trivia contest and I had to restrain myself after answering two questions, which is hard for me (as you know).

Later we went to Brett White's party. Darcy snapped this photo of Delaney, Josh and I. Mayce had decided to stay home and missed being in the shot.

Santa

I am not sure how it always happens but I find myself days before Christmas and us yet to visit Saint Nick. Thank goodness one of Santa's biggest helpers is a family member. Santa Al who is an official real bearded Santa and has been trained at the North Pole just happened to have an egagement at Great Grandma's place. He promised to hand deliver the Santa letters to his boss! Mayce thinks she is too old but I of course told her "You are never too old for the spirit of Christmas!"

My three favorite people! This photo taken downtown Kansas City in the warehouse district.

My Not So Secret Garden

Just wanted to share a few wonders from our yard! I received a humming bird feeder for my birthday it's up and ready to go but I haven't seen one yet. I also got a regular bird feeder but it needs to be relocated down to the big oak. (It was doing good attracting birds to the deck which was bad for two reasons. A. bird poo on my deck and B. Manny is sure they are there for his hunting pleasure!) I included a few pictures of flowers... first my cone flowers which were supposed to be hot pink but are white instead, not what I expected but still they are pretty. The large Sedum (sp?) is starting to bloom (Ben should be excited because butterflies will be everywhere and he loves butterflies). The Rose of Sharon is blooming great and getting taller. The dahlias are new this year and have blooms 6-8 inches in diameter. Also new is a watermelon plant they are the size of basketballs and we are playing the waiting game to pick them.

Blueberries for Mayce!

Mayce's 12th Birthday breakfast...Blueberry pancakes made with fresh blueberries, blueberry syrup and whip cream...mmm...yummy!

School Begins

August 18th marked the beginning of our school year. It was a very exciting day at the Gray house because for the first time all of the Gray children are in school!

Delaney is a full day kindergartner at Creekmore Elementary. She attended summer school and so it was no big deal. Many parents were tearful but not us we were proud and happy!

Josh is now a 5th grader and moved to a new school, Eagle Glen Intermediate School. He is excited to be a walker and only has two short blocks over the hill to get to school. His classes are in different room like middle school and he has his own locker.

Mayce also moved to a new school, as a 7th grader she now attends Raymore Peculiar Middle School. She rides the bus and isn't very excited about the 6:46 am pickup time. She is participating cross country this fall, which is the first school sport she has been able to go out for. She is doing great and comes home tired and hungry. Her picture is not from the first day of school. I didn't get home from work in time to snap one, her picture is from her 12 year old photo shoot.

A few people have asked me what will you do with all your time now that all of your kids are in school....SLEEP!