Cutler is Here!

Cutler Lenny Gray was born on Friday, August 1 at 2:53pm. He weighed in at 8 lbs. 4 oz. He was 19 1/2 inches long and as you can see, he came with a full head of hair.

Mom and baby are doing great!

More catching up...

These event's are not necessarily in order but they are

what we've been up to since my last post.

3rd of July Fireworks at Granite.

(I can't believe how many people always show up

for Lenny's b-day bash!)

Abby before the fireworks....Abby during the fireworks

Jackson and cousin Jacob / Boss with Grandma Shawna


Boston fell off a chair and onto his head which caused some hemorrhaging in his brain. So we spent the night at primary children's so they could monitor him. They also put this neck brace on him because they thought he might have injured his neck too. It was pretty scary but thankfully we were able to take him home the next day and he is absolutely fine...

only he still tries to climb up on the chair!

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Lenny got a year older on July 3rd! We had some ice cream cake at home just before we headed out the door for the fireworks at Granite. Not the smartest thing to do since

Boss and Abby both ended up with chocolate and

mint ice cream smeared all over their

"custom made" patriotic shirts (courtesy of Thoughts that Stick).

Thanks to the extremely long winter we got a late start getting the boat out this year. But we have been trying to make up for lost time. Lenny has been tearin' it up on the surf board and has even gotten Jackson, Abby and Boss on it with him (I only have video of their rides). Sadly I can only sit on the boat and enjoy the ride. But I still love it. I also love when the kids get so worn out or relaxed...I'm not sure which one it is or if it's a combination...that they totally crash. If I wasn't the mom making sure they were all safe I'd be doing the same thing.


The same night that we spent at Primary Children's with Boss, Jackson had his belt testing for Tae Kwon Do. It was actually the make up test since we had been out of town the week before when the scheduled test was held. So Lenny and Jackson went and Abby tagged along to watch. I remember Lenny telling me that it would be pretty quick, maybe a half hour or so...2 1/2 hours later...Jackson is able to leave with his new orange belt and the piece of wood he broke into 3 pieces. Apparently there were a lot of people who missed the originally scheduled belt testing day. I'm so glad we've found something for Jackson to get excited about besides video games though I'm sure half the reason he loves Tae Kwon Do is that he views it as a game and he loves passing a "level" to move on to the next color belt...whatever works.

Keeping up with our kids

Have you ever felt like your kids are doing something blog-worthy every day but you just can’t keep up with them? That has been the story of our kids lives for the past month…so here is my attempt to share what our kids have been doing;

Abby finished her first year at Super Start Preschool. She really loved her teachers and learned so much. She especially likes to write her name and now autographs every single picture she draws.

Abby on her last day with Miss Emily and "best friend"/next door neighbor Anna Sorensen

Just a few days after her last day of school Abby had her dance recital. It was held at Kingsbury Hall this year. They wouldn’t let us take pictures inside the venue but here she is afterwards. She was so adorable prancing around the stage with the other girls. In fact she made me, my mom and Lenny’s dad cry. After the recital we went to Litza’s Pizza to celebrate Abby's performance with yummy pizza, garlic bread and ranch dressing. (That's a good dancer diet - right?)

Abby with Anna (and Anna's cousin) after their performance


Abby with proud parents after her performance


We went to Lagoon with Lenny’s parents. Boston was the bravest of all the kids. He would ride anything, even the haunted house ride. Jackson of course wouldn’t even look at the haunted house and Abby went through the ride but I’m not sure if she opened her eyes.

Jackson's look before just about every ride


Jackson loves the boats. I think it's the last year he'll be under the hight max. He was a little upset when I told him that. Hopefully he'll be a little more adventurous by next year.


only 12 - 14 years 'til this will really be happening!!!


Boss and Abby flyin' high...actually I don't think they ever figured out how to make it go up. But they loved it anyways.


I always get a pecan or walnut covered caramel apple on the way out of lagoon. Boss decided it should be his instead.


Jackson celebrated his 6th birthday on June 9th. It’s hard to believe our first born is already 6. He had a party with some neighborhood friends. The theme he chose was Frogger - one of the video games he has kind of been obsessed with for the last 2 years. They played ‘pin the fly on the frogs tongue,’ ‘musical lily pads,’ and had a scavenger hunt.
Later that night our families came to the house for a BBQ. We had a lot of fun and Jackson had a great day.


Jackson opening presents from friends.


This is as still as I could get all these boys to stay for a picture.


We had strawberry shortcake for the cake at the family party so we used the extra cupcakes from his friend party for him to blow the candles out on.


Some of the family that came for Jackson's birthday.


This is Jackson showing us how happy he was about his day.



Abby and her friends got a hold of somebody’s makeup and here are the results of their makeovers.


Abby, Katie, Anna, Grace, Jane


Abby was a little sad when I told her her make up was kind of scary.