The 4 of Us Grays

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Dream Team

Landry loves playing basketball at Proehlific Park for the Dream Team. At end of season we all met for ice cream and the girls did their cheer a final time.

https://youtu.be/PM8E_Yd4CRk

Go Dream Team!

Lake with Copelands

Brooks, Nathan and John tubing with Copelands at Belews 9/2017. Such a fun family!

https://youtu.be/jsP6GWXrWuw

Brooks has been looking forward to getting braces for a few years. Dr. Trentini did a great job and we are headed toward perfectly aligned teeth. Were fortunate to be able to do over Easter Break so he could have a few days to figure it out. Not very crooked to begin with as you can see but just need to bring whole bottom row forward and tweak. He has adjusted super well. Ladies at the office love the hair!

April 5, 2018

We spent Easter Break in Pennsylvania visiting various towns. We began in Lancaster where we saw “Jesus” at Sight and Sound Theatre, horse buggy tour through Amish Country with Aaron & Jessica's Buggy Tours and visited the first hard pretzel bakery in Lillitz.

In Hershey we visited Hershey Park, stayed at Hershey Lodge, made our own chocolate creations and learned a lot about the Hershey Co. and Milton Hershey.

Our last stop was Gettysburg Battlefield. We had a private guide on a 4 hour tour where we learned everything our brains could handle in 4 hours. Brooks said,”I was having to forget things as he was saying them so that I would have room in my brain for the next thing.” The museum and historic buildings are really special. We visited the Shriver Home (kids had read book) which has been restored and modeled as it would have been when Confederate soldiers took it over and fought from the attic. The David Wills House is where Lincoln stayed the night before his Address and the bedroom furniture is on display there. It was a really fun and educational time.

Farenhiet

Chocolate shakes!

Hershey Lodge Water Works

Sight & Sound "Jesus"

Becoming Master Pretzel Makers

Amish Farm Tour. This calf licked Daddy's face.

Landry was seriously about to put the horses to sleep.

North Carolina Monument at Gettysburg National Military Park

View from Big Round Top at Gettysburg Battlefield. Hard to tell but we are very high up.

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Big Snow January 2018

We have enjoyed a beautiful, fluffy 8 inches of snow! We were out of school Monday for MLK Jr. Holiday and then received this big snow overnight on Tuesday, leading to Wed - Fri out of school! We have been sledding on the golf course over and over. Such a great way to spend a few days out of school.

Here are a couple of good sledding videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf_IevXoOPo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVQluO-N58U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COzB7l2pRjs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfM82EMyNs0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPYlf55LcSs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n7vZnz_ei4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9n6T6CJhKE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wRQ5tSZDDw

Brooks' 13th Birthday

Birthday Interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wX8sn_PPUs

Copelands Sing Happy Birthday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcvilpoP-bE

For your birthday party you celebrated at home with Jacob Huitsing, Blake Lovett, John Copeland and Tucker Smith. You played Dude Perfect games, football and basketball. You had a great time and felt very celebrated. This may be the most drawn out 13th Birthday ever! We love you Brooks.

Playing football in the back yard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-o1ATUOhm8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScP5fzTrj74

Chubby Bunny challenge with large watermelon marshmallows

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WHNGu5ApKE

Blake's turn:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0a3r1muxgc