Griffin Family

Holly and Katie on their way to girl's camp! What a busy full week we had! Fredonia, AZ stopped at Family Dollar for quick break Sunday last week was Father's Day and we enjoyed a nice quiet evening at home.  I made everybody's favorite cafe rio pork burritos and Katie made peanut butter cream cheese pie.  Both were delicious!  McK and D came over and ate with us and brought a fun game.  It is a xbox game that you put on the big screen and then everybody uses their phones or iPads or whatever to plug in and play games together.  So we played for quite awhile.  Gam and Gpa G came and visited for a little while (they went to Laura's for dinner).  Dad got some treats everybody told him how great he is and we just had a really good family day. Stop at Jacob's Lake for another break Monday the girls had another piano lesson with Sister Black.  Sounds like they are enjoying those and while she teaches different t...

Binder boys hanging out while their mom visiting teaches me It's been a "cool week" for us as the thermostat went down to about 95 this week.  The weather is supposed to hit 111 this week give or take and stay that way for several days.  I bet you aren't that warm up there!!!  You are probably enjoying the coolest summer you've ever had! It's been a quiet week since Katie went to youth conference for 3 days and Holly spent a night at Gma's house just cause she could.  Holly also had a birthday party that was 4 hours so we were basically empty nesters for Wednesday night and Thursday night! Monday, Wednesday and Friday night we played pickleball.  We have been starting at 8:30 p.m. and playing until 10 or 10:30 most of the time to combat the sun in our eyes and the heat.  The girls usually stay home and just settle in for the evening when we leave and then go up to bed.   Sometimes they come play soccer or pickleball or run around or whatever....

Finished product! Stromboli! Yummy! It's already 9:30 on Sunday night and I'm just now getting a minute to write to you.  I didn't want to save it for tomorrow because tomorrow morning is going to be a busy one! Holly has had a fun week with the Carnevale's.  They took swim lessons for two weeks and have been picking her up to swim with Ana most week day mornings.  Afterward they sometimes stay and swim for open swim and have lunch or whatever.  They've been treating her good and she's enjoyed it.  They said they are going to take lessons again in July so they'll do it again later in the month.  Katie and some friends started an acapello singing group and they have been getting together 2X a week for 2 hours.  It is 2 boys and 2 girls I think and one of the dad's in coaching them.  She enjoys it and they want to perform sometime later in the summer maybe.  Production line for the Zepole Dad and I played pickleball Monday, ...

Katie, Gpa and Holly enjoying a swim! Grandpa G sporting his styling socks! Why is it time goes so fast when you are off from work?!   This week I was off Monday, Thurs 1/2 day and Friday and it went so fast!   Aaron Dickie Katie Monday was the party for the May birthday's but mostly Grandpa because it was his actual birthday and he's the oldest coolest of the May's!  As you know we had a pool party at Wendy's house and it was a lot of fun.  We actually went over at 4 (the party was supposed to start at 5) so we'd have time to swim and play before everyone got there since we've found that most of the other adults prefer to visit and don't swim.  Since we wanted to do both we just went longer.   It was nice.  We got to splash and play for an hour and then had sandwiches and visited for awhile.  Afterward we met up with Nancy and Russ and played pickleball until the lights went out at 10 p.m.  Tuesday was a M...