Griffin Family

05/31/15 Well I think things are finally feeling a little less stressful here!  The girls are out of school.  Dad's still working but not quite as much.  Last week we had our first choir practice since Christmas I think. After Christmas the ward split and things got crazy and our new 9th ward never had a choir again. We practice last week and this week before church and then sing today at ward conference today.   Tuesday the stake YW did visits and Sister Hafen and Sister Spriggs came to visit Katie (and the family).  They visited for 1/2 hour and it was nice.  They actually came late enough that I got home right after they got here, so that was nice!   Wednesday we bought 150 stepping stones from home depot.  (Lowe's had them on sale and Home Depot ad matches PLUS I had a 10% off coupon too!  So I ended up saving like $115 or something.  It was quite a bit!  I am going to try to make a little pad in the back corner by...

St. George had an earthquake, but fear not, we will rebuild.  05/24/15 What a busy week!!! Well the "exciting" news first...I was in my first earthquake ever!  There was a 5.4 earthquake that hit 60 miles south of here on Friday about lunch time.  It was the strangest thing.  It felt like a big giant truck went by and the ground shook and you could feel the movement.  Katie said the clock and other things shook on the piano.  She was by herself in the office and couldn't figure out why it was shaking.  Which is exactly what we were thinking too...!!!  She said she even stood up to see why her legs were shaking and then it stopped and she knew what had just happened. I didn't figure it out until I saw it plastered all over facebook!  The Aha...moment! This funny pix going around the internet...St. George had an earthquake.  But don't worry, we'll rebuild! Last Sunday Bryce Taylor gave his farewell. Heading to Peru o...

5/17/2015 It's been a busy week as dad winds down his sports year. He has been working super long days and getting very little sleep. I think 3.5 hours a night has been typical lately. But I think he survived and can slow down a little bit now. The girls have been busy too. It's so weird to think in a week we'll be done with elementary school forever! WOW. We are getting old! Grandma and pa Laurito came and have spent the week with us. They got here Tuesday night and will leave tomorrow. They have kind of been doing their own thing and us ours and then we have dinner and the evening together, maybe. Friday Holly got a trophy for 2nd place in the science fair. She sang so long, farewell with the choir and got to sing the last part solo. (the sun, has gone to bed and so must I...goodbye...) She was also recognized as getting the Eagle award (4 kids in the school so far have done it but they said 2 more are trying to get done and they will actual...