Welcome from Waterloo! I think you made a very wise decision. I don't have anything against GRA, in fact we adopted our fist grey from Bill, however, your reasoning makes so much sense. You sound like you will make greyt grey parents and I look forward to lots of pics and stories.
I've always had dogs growing up but I have never bonded with a breed as much as I have with greys, and you'll find many on here agree. It's almost magical, a love that goes right to your soul and I hope you experience this too!