Good Times with The Gray's

Welcome to the world little guy!!

I am so excited to announce that my nephew Hadley Tate Jackson arrived Saturday (8-29-09) morning at 5:12 am! He is 8 weeks early but he is a fighter, weighing in at 4 pounds 2 ounces, 17 1/4 inches long! Brandon and Amorey are doing so good! Emotions are high, but that is definitely to be understood! Each day Mr. Hadley will get stronger and stronger and hopefully be able to come home in just a few weeks! I was lucky enough to get to meet him on his birthday in the NICU. Amorey let me go in with her and it was such an amazing feeling! She and I and baby Hadley had a special few minutes together! What a gift from God!! He is so perfect and is loved by so many already!! I will share pictures of him when I get a few more minutes. Congratulations to my little brother, Brandon and his precious wife Amorey!!

I am blown away as to how fast Summer really went!! It was my first Summer to not have to work and I thoroughly enjoyed it! I know some of you will gag when I say this, but there were many of days that I didn't even get out of my pajamas! Hehe! But now it is time to start buying school supplies, think of ways to improve from last year and to STOP staying up until the wee hours of the night!

Speaking of school supplies, I visited Teacher's Tools on the day they had their big sale to shop for new classroom goodies!! They were having a huge drawing on this day! They had 12 different baskets to give away and it was your choice as to which basket you would enter yourself in to win. My favorite one was the Treasure Chest! So I dropped my slip of paper in and NEVER expected to win. I mean I put 1 slip in there...I figured slim chance of me winning for sure!! A few days later Amorey and I were hanging out and to my surprise I get a call telling me that I had won a basket from their drawing!! I made Amorey drive me to Teacher's Tools (we were close by) to redeem my prize! To add to my excitement I had won the most valuable one!! WOO HOO! It was definitely my lucky day!

When we got back to Amorey's house we dumped it all out on the floor and went through every single thing! We had so much fun!! Here are some pictures of my awesome prize!!

Big Brother has been a favorite show of mine for several seasons now! However I can honestly say it has recently taken over my nights, I'm addicted and cannot stop watching the show! I am convinced there are far worse things to be addicted to. The show's normal times are Tues, Thurs, and Sun for an hour,the bonus is it airs on Showtime every single night of the week for 3 hours (11-2 am). You would think that 3 hours a week would be enough, but no!! The live, unedited 3 hours a night is sinfully addicting. The show is a social experiment (taped 24/7) of who can outsmart who, but of course it is tangled up in lies, lust, backstabbing and "showmances", the term was coined by BB for a romance on the show.

The whole point is to win challenges and allign yourself with people that will get you to the end. Then it is up to the Evicted Houseguests to determine who played the game the best and then ultimately decide who wins the game.

This habbit of mine is fine now since I am still on my summer break, but things could get interesting in a week or so when I will no longer have the hours of a teenager.

So yes, I should be getting back into a normal routine just a few weeks before school starts, but I will remind myself of that tomorrow. Right now it's back to the Live BB Showtime feed!!