Last weekend, all of our bunch (plus a few extras!) came to the cabin for our annual fall pumpkin pickin'.

Texas Rangers photo

On July 9, my nephew Wyatt Langford's world changed forever. His childhood dream of playing major league baseball came true!

Our beautiful, sweet granddaughter Juni celebrated her 8th birthday a couple of weeks ago.

Meet my baseball-star-nephew Wyatt.

In all of my 66 years of going to Emerald Isle nearly every summer, this year was my first to spend the 4th of July seaside.

It's no surprise to anyone who knows us very well that the Grays are fierce competitors.

Anyone who knows our family very well knows the Grays are just a bit on the competitive side.

Little Ada, 14 months old, is the youngest of our 12 beach babies...

Sunrise on Emerald Isle...what a gorgeous start to the day!

Even though I love my Indiana cabin set amongst the cornfields, every so often I feel the beach beckoning me.