Griffin Family

12/17/2007 LETTER TO FRIEND: YES!!!  HE SAYS THE TRUNK IS FULL OF GIFTS AND WE ARE JUST ABOUT DONE.  HE WANTS TO BRING IT IN AND LET ME LOOK OVER WHAT WE GOT IN CASE HE MISSED SOMETHING BUT HE FEELS PRETTY GOOD ABOUT IT.  WE WANT TO GET THE LITTLE GIRLS BIKES AND HE DIDN'T GET THAT YET...BUT BESIDES THAT...DONE FOR THE KIDS. AND I BAKED 8 LOAFS OF BREAD THIS A.M.  BEFORE WORK...SO I AM TRYING TO GET IN THE SPIRIT! OOOOOOOHHH BUT IT IS HARD! KATIE'S REAL BIRTHDAY IS FRIDAY SO SHE IS "STAR OF THE WEEK" THIS WEEK AND GOT TO TAKE HER POSTER IN THIS MORNING TO PUT UP ALL WEEK.  SHE CAN'T WAIT!     SO I DO HAVE ONE MORE BIRTHDAY CAKE TO MAKE! ANDY IS HOME A LITTLE MORE THIS WEEK.  WORKING IN LAS VEGAS THURSDAY AND THEN I THINK HE IS WORKING FRI AND SAT BUT HERE LOCALLY. I TALKED TO MY MOTHER IN LAW THIS WEEK AND OUR 4 GIFTS (ANDY'S 3 SIBLINGS AND PARENTS) HAVE TURNED INTO 8 GIFTS (3 MARRIED NIECES/NEPHEWS AND...

12/10/2007 THANK-A-TUDES 1. I didn't get ditched today (My walking partner started working until midnight and is unable to get up at 6 a.m. to walk many days now...but today she got up and we walked!!!!) 2. I can wear a sweater outside and not freeze. ( I love it here in the spring, fall and winter!) 3. Seeing the delight on my little girls faces as we plan their princess party for Friday this week.  (They are turning 4 and 6 this week and will have their first birthday party ever -- with friends) 4. Santa's lists can now be emailed by my pre-teens to "Mr. Santa" - what will they think of next???  We get full color pictures of what they want and can simply click a few buttons and what they want will come right to our door steps if we are wealthy enough!!!! 5. Memories of Saturday's dance recital - holy cow were those kids cute!  I'll have to send you a picture of my little ballerina's next time I write from home! 12/12/2007 THANK-A-TUDE 1....

Hi Jonny!      How are things on the other side of the world?  It’s already tomorrow there too, huh.  That is so weird!  What season is it there now?  Is that screwed up too?     Things are about the same here.  Aj is working his tale off trying to pass all his classes and do football and work.  It’s good for him I guess…  He asked a girl to homecoming and we are anxiously awaiting a reply.  He says he’s ok if she says no because she was “Plan B.”  The girl he wanted to go with already had a date.  This will be his “first date” if she says yes.  Kind of scary to start SO BIG…I guess homecoming is an all day event now instead of just dinner and a dance…  Dallas has been camping and we had MAJOR rain – so he got to come home early and soaked.  Yuck.  That doesn’t even sound fun at all.    Bryce is anxiously awaiting his first camp out.  He is trying to g...

I started writing you yesterday and got slammed and never did write.  So ... next school year we have AJ in High School --- a junior... holy crap I'm old...  And Dallas will be in 7th grade, Bryce in 6th grade at the intermediate school and Katie in Kindergarten at the Elementary.  The next year we'll have one in every school.  High, Middle, Intermediate and Elementary.  That ought to be fun. Katie is excited to start school but we are still waiting to find out if she'll go all day kindergarten or half day.  75% of the kids will be all day.  82% of the children requested all day.  So some children will not be all day.  They said they are trying to find the ones that "need" the most help.  Katie tested really well and probably doesn't "need" the all day...so we'll see.  One of my best friends is the all day kindergarten teacher and we wanted to be in her class though so we are fighting for her.  Bryce had her and did really ...