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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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I’ll never get over the generations of friendshi I’ll never get over the generations of friendships that come from raising our boy in the town we grew up in.
Dropped this guy off for his last day of fifth gra Dropped this guy off for his last day of fifth grade today. I don’t know where the time has gone—seems like we were just finishing Happy House. 

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We don’t do a ton of news and current events with him, unless it’s pertinent to him. As we drove to school this morning, I shared a little about yesterday’s events in Uvalde and let him know there may be some drills or different protocols in place.

I reminded him that in the event of a lockdown drill, his @dexcom receiver needed to be turned off and his phone needed to be hooked to headphones to avoid any noises from either device while allowing monitoring to still take place.

Pumping families, they make some noises as well. We don’t have a plan for those since we are MDI, but you likely need one. These instructions are written into our 504 and his teachers are aware.
Word on the street is that we’ve got an annivers Word on the street is that we’ve got an anniversary coming up—what are some fun and unique places you’ve been with your spouse? We’re up for something new and different.
Another graduation celebration in the books for th Another graduation celebration in the books for the weekend. 🧑🏼‍🎓

I will never be sad about the fact that I was close by for so many years when this “baby” was a baby. I was down south during my undergrad when he was born. I left chemistry to go to the hospital and have been smitten ever since. 

Time and distance have stood in the way of so many things, but never my love and desire to be there.
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