Bray Family Movie Trailer

If you've done something twice, does that make it a tradition? The last two times the whole Bray family has gotten together, we've organized the grandkids into making a video. The kids have watched this 20 times in the 20 hours since we finished the video. We had a lot of fun making it.

Bowling Stones

Miriam and Henry both made it to the end of their charts (by practicing the piano, emptying the silverware, etc.), so we went bowling as a family. Quite by accident, we ended up at a small cash-only (in 2010?) alley, with small balls and small pins. Apparently, it's called duckpin bowling. It was a fun twist on bowling and worked out great for kids that can't carry a bigger ball.

A reason to slow down and smile

We decided it was cheaper to buy our kids slippers than turn up the thermostat. As we're not ones to just give our kids things as nice as slippers without a reason, we waited until Halloween and made a trail of pumpkin seeds for them to follow to find their gift. It was fun, but the really special moment was our kids' creativity the next day.



Here's the text from Miriam's note that flashes at the end of the movie.

"Dear Mom
I love you
You givd me a spris so I dsidid to giv you a spris
Love Miriam ed Henry"

Do the Creamery Shake

We went to visit a local creamery on Saturday. They gave out little containers full of milk that just needed a little shaking to become butter. Thus, everywhere we went there were people shaking. It was a fun, free trip.



PS We had a great video last week that got muted by YouTube because we don't license the music we use on our videos. Usually, it just sends us a warning. If anyone has any ideas for allowing us to use unlicensed music, let us know.

Pony Pony

We went to a park that had quite a variety of activities, including pony rides, for a limited fee, and on the way home, the song in the video came on. We debated about whether the background singers were saying 'Ride your pony' at one point in the song. The internet (the ultimate settler of arguments) says yes. Enjoy.

Retro Entry: From ATM to MATH Team

Before our digital camera took usable videos, we used to have a video camera. We had lots of great footage that we never downloaded to our computer. When we finally tried to download video, we no longer had the computer with the software and operating system necessary. After trying multiple computers and methods, we were able to download something, but the download wasn't smooth. The audio was terrible and the picture jerky. Here is the best of what we were able to salvage:



A year and a half of our lives in less than 3.5 minutes.

A Dream (finally) Come True!

Miriam has been asking to take dance lessons for at least a year. We successfully put her off for a while, but decided the time was finally right to let her give it a try. We've got one happy girl!

(She's in the pink leotard with the fluffy tutu. You can't actually see her face until the end of the video.)