Griffin Family

10/30/2010 LETTER TO AJ ON HIS MISSION Not sure when your p-day is going to be so I thought I better send you a little something in your in-box. Hope you are loving it and doing great.  We are anxious to hear from you and hope to hear great things! Today has been a busy Saturday.  The morning started early scrubbing the kitchen floor and cleaning out the remainder of your bedroom.  I think we have gone through just about everything now and got your things neatly tucked away in the closet.  The border around your bedroom was pretty solidly stuck to the wall.  I tried and tried to remove it with no luck and then gave up and went to Nisson's and bought a product that helps remove borders.  It worked like magic.  The stuff just falls off after 15 minutes with this goop on it.   I am probably 10 minute away from completing this 2 hour project.  Maybe next week we'll paint.  We'll see how much time and energy we have! ...

Dear Taylor,     Your mom and dad have been forwarding your letters on to everyone and it has been fun to hear how you are doing there.  It sounds like things are great so far.  Singing in the choir sounds like fun.  Glad you are enjoying your time and doing so well.  You must be coming along well with your language if you are starting to dream in Spanish (even if you don't understand it--- it's a good start!!!)     AJ will be there 2 weeks from yesterday.  Crazy!  We are buying him the final things -- we have luggage and shirts, pants, shoes, sheets and towels.  He got a new VISA card yesterday from the bank and extended his driver license this morning.  His room is TRASHED (what else is new, right?!)  but once we pack everything up it should be MUCH better!  We got the stuff to treat his clothes with and will have to figure that out this weekend.    He is WAY excited to get...