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Category: nephews

2013/Aunt Carrie/Baby Gray/graduation/high school/nephews/ten years

Ten Years

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

Friday evening, I sat in the stands of our hometown football field and watched my oldest nephew graduate. I’m so proud of him and the young man he has bec...

cousins/nephews/Ranch/senior/shooting/tractor

Just Short of Pinchin’ his Cheeks

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

In last week’s mail, I got a graduation invitation from my oldest nephew. I might have cried a little. Then this weekend, he went to his senior prom. Seni...

2013/nephews/road trip/shooting/stock show

Not My First Rodeo

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

We’ve been running around the last couple of weeks for stock shows, shoot outs, and calf scrambles. Mal made the trip to the rodeo with me to watch L scra...

flip flops/fun mail/love/nephews

Snail Mail

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

If there’s one thing I love, it’s mail. Actual stamp on a package, tangible, mail. I happened across this post about happy mail one day, and I was i...

Baby Gray/competition/guns/nephews/shooting

Shootin’ the Breeze

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

It’s no secret my family loves guns, shooting, and such. We’ve spent many afternoons at The Ranch “shooting skeet” (which we’ve le...

baseball/Kingsville/nephews

Homerun for Your Money

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

When baseball season rolls around, we try to make it to Kingsville to see WBT play. This year, Mr. Mischief is on a team, too. They played simultaneously, which...

nephews/rodeo

Scramble This!

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

I try to be an avid supporter of my nephews and their endeavors. I do what I can to get to their events. Last week, my oldest nephew was participating in the Ca...

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There were days I wondered if he’d ever start pl There were days I wondered if he’d ever start playing to win. Now look at him: sheathing his sword on strike three. 😂
Baseball weekends are the best weekends. Lessons Baseball weekends are the best weekends.

Lessons learned. Memories made. Work put in.

Baseball is a big part of our story, and we are so glad to be able to share it with the boy.
All the Mother’s Day things—grateful for my mo All the Mother’s Day things—grateful for my mom and the ones who call me mom and the places I get to fill in the gaps and the hurt and the waiting and the in between. 

It’s a day of balance and challenge and so many emotions and thoughts. Where ever you fall on the Mother’s Day spectrum, I hope your day was just what you needed.
From band to the baseball field and back again. B From band to the baseball field and back again.

Big day yesterday with 1s in both band competitions and a 2-0 day on the field. 

Today didn’t go the way we wanted on the diamond, but that’s a big part of the game.

I don’t want to remove the failure because it’s part of life. It’s what helps us grow. We don’t grow when life is easy and comfortable. Growth comes from working through the hard and getting better—not just in baseball but in life. 

Full disclosure: it is a lot more fun when we win, though. 🙃 Grateful for these boys and this team to grow with.
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