Monday, June 29, 2009

The Birthday Boy and a Few Random Happenings!

It's hard to believe this handsome little guy with the bow tie is now a married, college grad, living the big city life! Wish we saw more of him!! Hope you had a good day Tom!!
How's this for a good "head shot" of the birthday boy? Joe and Sam had fun burying their brother on Poipu Beach in Kauai in 1996!
Now just a little catching up on a few events that I wanted to mention but I've been such a blog slacker lately.....I was really hoping we'd see some posts from those of you with great cameras!

Here's Victoria at the 5th grade band concert. Don't you just love her "I LOVE BAND" face?


We enjoyed all the songs and it was so great that Karen could get a night off and take it all in!



Next big event was Mrs. Ward's Wizard of Oz, with the great and powerful Oz being played by the one and only GABE GRADY!! He did a fantastic job and the whole class was quite impressive. The six girls that played Dorothy (see pic) were very talented and quite amazing with their ability to twirl off the stage and come back on as a new Dorothy! Loved it!




Now, are you ready for this Cedarcrest High School? Another Grady will be enrolled this fall............Eli graduated from Tolt and Aaron and Gabe are celebrating in front of the balloon arch! Hip! Hip! Hooray!





Father and Son! The Big Moment!






Next up of celebrations was a little gem called Father's Day! We also incorporated 3 birthdays, graduations, 1 anniversary and anything else we could think of to celebrate on that day... this is the part where those of you that took pictures that day are supposed to "SHARE"!!
Some friends couldn't use their Mariner tickets so we helped them out.......front row seats, right behind third base......we could almost reach out and touch Ichiro as he stopped on third.
The highlight of course was when Griffey got to pinch hit, took one swing, and hit it over the wall! MY! OH! MY!! That was fun! Thanks Jeff and Tiffany!

Sunday, June 28, 2009

HAPPY 22nd BIRTHDAY TOM!!!!!!!!!

As soon as I can scan a few old pictures I'll get this post done.................meanwhile.........Happy Birthday to a terrific son, brother, husband, uncle, friend, etc........

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Awesome Surprise!!!

My SIL called and said, "Are you going to be home? We've got a surprise to bring over!!""" Me: "What's the surprise?" SIL: We can't tell you or it won't be a surprise....." ME: "Come on, tell me what the surprise is!!!" SIL: "We'll be right over!!!"
Well, the pictures don't tell the whole story! This awesome picnic table handmade by Uncle Skip was constructed from the Tolt High School (now middle school) gym, bleacher boards, that the school was tossing out during the recent remodel! WOW! Just think, my butt warmed those benches starting about 50 years ago, Pat's butt warmed those benches, my seven children's butts all sat there and even my grandson Eli attended school there and warmed those hallowed boards!! Older than dirt........


Look close........see anything????






I'm sure this closeup says TOM......now let's see who could that be????? Tom Lawson, Tom Thompson, Tom Bennett, Tom Wilson, or??????, I'll just say I'm sure it was carved in there by TOM GRADY!!!!!




Tuesday, June 16, 2009

SnoValleyMama


Myriah Heuberger and I are in the process of putting together a local mom's organization called SnoValleyMama. The main site is still under construction, but our blog is up and running. Since I know several local mamas check-in with The Grady Bunch blog, I wanted to get the word out. Check out our blog, and look for our main site coming soon!

Once our main site is up, you'll be able to join SnoValleyMama and sign up for our email updates. We will be hosting a variety of events for local moms (from playdates to bigger events) and sharing special offers exclusively for our members at local businesses.

Myriah and I are really excited about this endeavor, and hope to put together a great group of fun moms! Thanks for your support.

Megan

Saturday, June 13, 2009

The Last One!!! Finally!!! Congratulations, SAM!!













Who is that crazy guy with the moustache????

(Would have loved a picture of the whole family, but will have to try and get everyone on Saturday.)

One Love

Sam's Graduation from Megan Thomas on Vimeo.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

The Red Door!



Out and about taking pictures for snoValleyMama when we came upon... the RED door.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Weekend at the Ocean

We had a fun weekend at the ocean! Joe bought me a kite for my birthday, and we had a great time flying it (only after a lot of crashing.) We also spent some time in a crazy store, and at the kite museum. http://www.flickr.com/photos/joelicia/sets/72157619412302248/







Bike Adventurers!