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Seeing as I missed birthday and half birthday posts for all of my boys, I need to do a few make-up featurettes. Wren got one on her half birthday so we'll call her good. 

Hi! I'm Grey and I'm seven years old!


I'm a pretty awesome kid. Lately, I've really loved playing pretend games with Wren. It's even better when my brothers want to play, too.  My says I'm a peacemaker because I try to help out my siblings when they're upset and am happy to give up something myself in order to help someone who's sad. But don't worry, impish Grey is still around, he just comes out a little less often. Sometimes, I just can't help but to push buttons.


I've really taken to reading lately. I set a goal to read two chapter books and then I got hooked. My favorite's the Dogman series and I've also enjoyed Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Captain Underpants. I'm doing great in school, I especially enjoy math. I had a bit of a hard time at my new school because it was hard to make friends but I finally found some good buddies. At home, I always love a good cuddle.


Horray for me!

Road Trippin: Black Canyon of the Gunnison

Our major destinations visited, we headed for home. After a brief stop to take an absolutely freezing family portrait (which you'll see later), we took one more detour to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. After the massive Grand Canyon, it was fun to see a more narrow but very dramatic sample. It was the cherry on top of a excellent trip!

Road Trippin: Mesa Verde

After the Grand Canyon, we headed to a town outside Durango in order to head to Mesa Verde the next day. I'll be honest, Mesa Verde was a bit of a disappointment. A bit of it was closed because of the season, one part was closed for a rock fall, and another area required tour tickets which was sold out by the time we arrived. But we still walked around, saw what we could see, found the dioramas, made the best of it. The kids were being cute taking turns holding Wren. Plus, on the way in we saw hot air balloons take flight and on the way back found a cow pie-shaped hot spring right off the road. AND we found a wild tarantula... so that's cool...

Road Trippin: Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon was much busier than I'd have expected for October. I guess it's the place to be all year long. We had a few grumps during our visit but promises of souvenirs lifted everyone's spirits. We hiked a little but not too far down, considering the little legs we had with us. Grey, being Grey, dropped a big rock on his foot and later tripped, scraping his knee. But he soldiered though it.