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Category: pumpkin patch

2012/Baby Gray/family day/pumpkin/pumpkin patch/tradition/wagon

Pumpkin Pilgrimage

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

For as long as we have lived here, Mr. Gray and I have made our way to the pumpkin patch a few blocks from our house the first week it opened. In fact, the year...

decorating/Halloween/Peeps/pumpkin patch

Happy Halloween, Peeps!

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

A few weeks ago, I tweeted that I couldn’t find Halloween Peeps anywhere. I had looked at a few stores to no avail, and as a wandered Target’s Hallo...

Baby Gray/fall/pumpkin patch

Pick a Peck of Pumpkins

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

One of my favorite things is decorating our home for Fall. We have a pumpkin patch right up the street from our house, and as soon as they get their pumpkins, I...

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Our Little Pumpkin!

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

First of all, I forgot to toot my own horn yesterday… I wore pre-pregnancy jeans to the pediatrician’s office yesterday. She asked Mr. Gray why he d...

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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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