Griffin Family

11/27/11  Guess what?! Your GINORMOUS box arrived this week!  We haven't opened it yet because it is for Christmas but it is safe and sound here in our room!  Everybody was WAY excited to see it!  (How much did that cost to send??! -- I think sending you something that size would be over $200, maybe more!)  The little box I sent off last week was $60 and it was WAY smaller than that!  (Katie and Holly want to know if there is b-day presents in there that I need to find before Christmas?) So things are good here.  Thanksgiving was beautiful.  The weather was up above 60 degrees and Jared and Family, Nick and Bree, Ben and Laura, Grandma & Gpa and our family ate at Aunt Laura's.  Everything was delicious.  The crowd wasn't too big -- we all fit on a long table or two in the back yard with the little boys at a smaller table.  It was nice.  We were down quite a few with Wendy and Eddy, Austin and family, and the who...

11/20/11 Are you feeling better after your bought with the Dengue Fever? I hope so!  We figured you were probably all back to yourself at this point! Dallas has MONO so we were able to think about you while we have been trying to take care of him.  His tonsils are HUGE (I may have told you that last week).  They may have gone down a little bit but they are seriously still monster tonsils as of yesterday.  The DR said MONO is a virus so he just has to get over it.  He gave him some steroids to shrink the tonsil (like I said this is about 6 days in on the meds and they aren't really shrunk at this point) and some pain reliever (tylenol with codeine) to help him fight the pain and get some sleep.  So far he's still gone to school and "functioned" but he seems tired and not quite himself. Dave commented that Dallas was kind of being lazy last week and he was surprised -- I told him he had Mono and he was like, OH, well that makes sense. So I to...

11/6/11 The weather has turned chilly cold.  It makes me want to climb in beside the fireplace with a good book and not go anywhere or do anything.  But alas...there is much to do! So I don't know what the deal is with baptism here in the states but Fellicity said she was grounded and couldn't come to church today.  So do you think they will move her baptism date out? She was supposed to get dunked Dec 7.  The Sis missionaries even came to our ward today to see her I would guess. I think they said they have 14 wards or something like that.  So that was quite a treat.  And then she wasn't here.  Bogus! I had 6 girls in YW today though.  I think that is a record.  And only 1 was a visitor.  Sis Whitney's granddaughter comes sometimes.  That was cool.  And Kristin Porter gave a really good lesson on healthy habits and developing good habits.  She is a pharmacist and very intelligent and she is really interest...