Story Time with Santa

I took Gavin to our library today to listen to Santa read a Christmas story. He was a little nervous as we waited in line to visit with Santa, but he sat with Santa for a quick second so I could snap a picture. As you can see by the look on his face he wasn't too sure if he liked Santa, but he was thrilled to receive a candy cane!

Football is over!

We are sad that football season is over. Payton and Noah had an awesome first season playing football. They both enjoyed it so much and didn't want it to end. Noah's team, the Pee-Wee Bucs, had an undefeated season! Payton's team, the Midget Bucs ended in fourth place! Great job Payton and Noah. I love watching you play and can't wait until next season! Baseball season is right around the corner but for now we have a few months to relax and enjoy the holidays together!

Happy Halloween from The Gravells

Gavin didn't like touching the goop and pumpkin seeds but he scooped it all out anyway. I dressed up for Gavin since he couldn't go trick or treating and got him a lot of candy!! Thanks Mom Gravell for sitting with Payton and Noah, they love Yahtzee!!

Happy Halloween!

We had a crazy Halloween this year! Noah was starting to feel better but we kept him home from his football game, and Gavin started the morning off with a fever and we ended up in AI Hospital because he now has a hernia. It is not strangulated so he did not need surgery right away, but we will schedule it on Monday. Jason and I were able to make it home to get everyone dressed up in our costumes, snapped a couple pictures, and Payton,Noah and I went trick or treating. We had a blast! Jason and Gavin stayed home and gave out candy. It was a crazy Halloween!!

Saint Augustine

Payton's All Saints Celebration is finally here today! He is St. Augustine of Hippo and we worked so hard on this project. Payton was quite nervous about his presentation this morning, but I know he will do great! We want to thank Auntie Pat over and over again for all of her hard work, time, and creativity on Payton's costume. It looks amazing! We could not have done it without you. Thank you Mom for your time and help with all the extras I needed. You are the best! Here are some pictures of the fabulous costume and his board.

Milburn Orchards

The boys had off from school on Monday, so the four of us took our annual trip to Milburn Orchards. We had a great time feeding the goats, getting lost in the corn maze and picking out our Halloween pumpkins.

Payton's first TD!!!

GO BUCS!! Payton ran a one yard touchdown after breaking a 30 yard run on the previous play!! Way to go Payton on your first touchdown!!! Today's game was their first loss but my baby scored the only touchdown! WOO HOO!!

Noah's Pee-Wee Buc's won their third game in a row. Noah had some awesome plays! Football season is definitely my favorite time of the year.

GO BUCS!!!

Payton and Noah played their second football games today. The Bucs are on a roll, Pee-Wee's and the Midgets won again! It was a beautiful day for football and both my boys played great! They had a lot of support today from their family; Pop-Pop, Grandma, Nana(all the way from AZ),Paul, Aunt Kristen,Uncle Dale, Aunt Chiara, and Uncle Brian all came to watch them play. (Mom-Mom was getting ready for the big trip, they love you Mom-Mom) (Where was G-Pop???)

We had a great time.....see you next Saturday!!

Mom & Dad~Have a great time...we love you and will miss you!!!!

The Baltimore Aquarium

Yesterday Jason and I took the boys to the National Aquarium. It was a beautiful day! We walked all over by the water, ate lunch and had a great time. Payton was the photographer for the day. He took amazing pictures of the fish, sharks, jelly fish and dolphins. In the first picture, Gavin is hiding behind my leg. I don't know why, we all know he is not shy!

Back to School Today!

Payton and Noah started back to school today. They didn't want their picture taken, but I got one anyway. Payton tried to hide behind Gavin....no such luck! They were ready and looked too darn cute!

Have a great first day back boys.....I love you!

FOOTBALL TIME!!

Payton and Noah started football practice with their pads last night. They both did so good! Payton is playing 3-back, tight end and defensive end. Noah is playing 4-back. The games start in September and we can not wait. Here are a few pics but I did upload a photo album to the right. Click on it and check out all the pics from last night.

Jason already started Gavin on football!!! ha ha ha

"The worst is over now...we can breathe again..."

To my wonderful family:

I just want to thank all of you for your love and support! It means the world to me....I have the best family in the world, I am truly blessed. I am back with the new me....inside & out. (ha ha the new hair do!)

I have a lot of pictures to download and put on my blog...be patient...they're coming!

The boys have started football now, so we are busy as ever! Payton also has a baseball tournament this weekend in PA, so we are crazy busy and school starts next Monday! Yippie!

Look for pictures soon, but for now here are some that mean a lot to me. ENJOY!

I took the boys to the beach condo to see Jackie & Scott and the kids. We had such a great time! Gavin just loves Emily & Michael. He says their names every day at home. It is so cute! Payton & Noah enjoyed their time with Scottie, Michael & Emily. Thanks for letting us come down Mom & Dad, we had a great time, and the crabs were delicious!!. Love you guys. We can't wait to see the Taylor's again in July with the Decoito's. Yeah!!!!! We are so excited and can not wait. Enjoy the photo album of all our pictures from the weekend.

Baseball Season is here.....

Once again our lives are consumed with baseball until August! We love it! This year Noah is on the Mets and Payton made it to the big leagues. He is playing in the Majors now and is on the A's. (Athletics) Jason is once again on the board at the league and managing Paytons team, along with coaching Paytons travel baseball team, the Delaware Liberty. We have a tournament in New Jersey over Memorial Day weekend, and a tournament at the beach in August. I am the Team Parent Coordinator for Canal. This year our friend Mo is the new President of the league. So we are exciting because this should be a fun, busy season. Gavin loves watching his brothers play ball and cheers for them all the time. If you need to find us from now until August you know where we will be!! LETS PLAY BALL!!!!!