Hi! If you found this blog, you probably know us, but still I will take the time to bore you all haha! I am Kellie (the mom). Dennis is the dad. 
Samantha (Sammie) is the daughter and Alex is the son! We are of course the Gray Family! And we rock :) Ok ok ... maybe we don't rock but we are a pretty cool family.
Let's see ... a little about us all. I am 31 years old and my favorite color is yellow. I like all music, any kind of chick flick or drama, most reality TV and lots of other stuff too. I run a photography business and I love web design too. I like to knit and digital scrapbook in all my spare time (haha).
Dennis is 29 years old and hmm ... I will have to ask him to write some more stuff :) I could probably tell you most of what he'd say, but why steal his moment ya know?
Sammie is 
She likes music, dancing, jumping on the trampoline, playdates, playgrounds, and talking non stop. She still loves Spongebob. A lot! She is well into British Reception and really likes that. She is learning to read!
Alex is 
He likes silly noises his sister makes, every kind of food he has tried, listening to songs and stories, and things that shake and make sounds. Oh yeah, and bouncing! He is cruising like a pro now and starting to walk a bit better while holding our hands. He learned to blow a kazoo toy and likes to make noise with that! He will start taking a music class in January and also will start going to British daycare twice a week. He's a sweet, loveable little man!
So yeah that is us! We are living in England right now while Dennis plays Army for a little while longer. Don't ask what we plan to do after this because we really don't know! And if you talk to Dennis you'll see it changes daily ... maybe even hourly! haha For now we are just enjoying our family and trying to travel all around Europe. Thanks for stopping by :)
Here are some photos of the kids in their Christmas outfits! I didn’t slack this year!!! If you want to see photos more often than I update this blog, then get a free account at flickr 
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I will update more later on about our Disney Paris trip, but for now here are some pics from the last couple weeks!
At Dennis’ work potluck …
Our Thanksgiving Dinner
Watching it snow one day…
With her My Little Pony
And lastly, from dinner tonight, enjoying daddy’s BBQ ribs and some football!
Dennis had his photo taken with General Patraeus before he left Iraq and we finally got the digi file!
Here is his wikipedia if you aren’t sure who he is…
Alex turned one!!!
We just had a small party for Alex on the 25th … friends came over (their daughter has the same bday as Sammie and their son is about 1 1/2 months younger than Alex)… we had pizza and wings then did presents, then went to the base carnival and haunted house (it was SCARY and I went with the lights on HAHA! Sammie was so scared, poor kiddo!) … then we went home and had cake and visited … Dennis and Julie went back to see the haunted house with the lights off and then we just visited until about 10pm … so tired but luckily the time changed for us last night! Extra hour of sleep 
! Here are some pics 
Carnival! Dennis was a scary skeleton, Sammie was a princess, I was a mouse and Alex was a pumpkin!
And last, Halloween! Alex did not go out with us … he stayed home and handed out candy with daddy! We were out of candy within 45 minutes … lots of ghosts and goblins apparently! Sammie was a hit as Spongebob and everyone commented on her!
Alex after a long night …
The gang before we left (Alex did not go with us though as he helped daddy hand out candy!)
I swear she was the most loved costume of the night as we walked around! EVERYONE commented on her!
With Vampire Mickey
How Mr. Alex fell asleep 
Hasn’t fell asleep in my arms in a long time!
After getting some loot!
Spongebob and Spiderman … not your typical girl outfits but what fun they both had!!!!!
Standing up!
Clapping!
Where’s Alex? (been doing this a while but first time on video)
We have had a busy month … it seems to have flown by, which is fine with me because we are less than 2 weeks from Dennis being home! Please keep him in your thoughts as he travels all over creation to get back to us. We want him home ASAP but as safely as possible too!
Ok so I am not going to post ALL the photos from the last month and a half but let me highlight some things…
Thing #1: Sammie’s pirate bowling birthday party and 4 year photoshoot!
She is doing really well! Such a big girl! So smart and adorable of course. Loving having grandpa around to play with and to talk into all sorts of treats! She starts school next week with a home visit on Monday, a visit to her school with me on Wednesday and then starts half days the following Monday! Yeah! She wears a uniform and photos will be coming She had her 4 year appointment and did really well with 3 shots! She was roughly 40″ and 41 pounds. Big girl!
Thing #2: Some photos of Alex:
First of all, check out the little chunky monkey!!!
And some other random photos:
Sammie learning to make a PB Sandwich!
And I saved the best for last haha! We went to London Zoo yesterday and was able to find something special Look below!
If you want to see all the JULY and AUGUST photos, click on each month!
Mommy and Sammie on a ride:
Sammie and her birthday twin Hermione on a ride…
Fearless Sammie!
Alex supporting the USA
Princesses ride in Princess planes!
Her daddy is so proud!!! ♥
Alex at Hermione’s birthday party!
Princess Sammie complete with makeup!
dirty princess feet!
Rub a dub dub!
8.5 month old Alex … nakie baby of course!
Remember you can see all our photos at my flickr page! I usually upload them there more quickly than I upload them here!!! Sammie’s party is tomorrow so I will try and get birthday photos up soon We will do her 4 year old shoot sometime this week!!!! Thanks for looking! Write a comment!!!
What a fun time we had this Saturday! British friends of ours invited us to their neighboring town’s summer fete. Basically it is like a small village carnival back in the states. We had a really nice time and a BEAUTIFUL day! The local church was just so quaint and beautiful. It was decorated for the festival and the theme of each design was gardens. There were so many creative entries.
Sammie and her birthday buddy Hermione had so much fun… face painting, rides, games, puppet shows, music from the local school and so much more! We ended the day with a meal of fish and chips!
Here are some snapshots from the day and please go look at the photographs of the church as well as some new macro shots on the photography blog.
