Griffin Family

Fall schedule is going strong now!   Bryce started SUU Monday August 22 and also got a job at a crisis center in Iron County about 1 mile from work.  So he has been busy going to classes, figuring out where he can eat and training for his new job. He has to work 10 hours a week for his scholarship so hopefully this job will mesh well with his school schedule.  SO -- funny refrigerator story.  He wanted a fridge for his dorm.  So we went to Craigsist and found one for $25.  Score, right?!  Wrong.  He picked it up with a 10:30 p.m. meeting at walmart and gets it home.  It is really nice looking -- but NOT what was in the ad. He plugs it in...it doesn't work. We tinker with it.  Dallas tinkers with it.  Brother Hamer who knows how to do this stuff tinkers with it.  It's busted.  Contact the guy...he's all weird and creepy and Bryce decides to take a $25 lesson learned.  Throw out the fridge.  Start over. ...

This week we are almost back in full swing with school and work and just getting into our fall schedule. Katie and Holly are enjoying school and getting new lockers and learning where classes are and getting supplies and asking for money.  Every day!!! For fees and activities, uniforms, instruments, on and on and on!!! Oh well I'd rather pay lots up front and have them involved in good activities than pay to fix them later!!!!  So the checkbook is open!!!! Tuesday Dad and Katie got to go to the dr office together.  Dad got a shot and Katie got a physical required for Volleyball.  Dad also got the motorcycle inspected and ran other errands getting ready for the fall sports schedule.  Busy day!  I had court and got home around 7:30 p.m.   Wednesday after work I gave blood and then we had dinner and the girls went to young women's and did yoga.  They really enjoyed it.  We played pickleball until 10 p.m.  Thursday I only worke...

I can't believe school starts this week.  Seriously the past few weeks have just FLOWN by!!!  Monday Katie went to her singing group in the morning (with Chauffeur Bryce picking her up!!!) and then they went over to PVMS together and he helped her pick up stuff -- schedule, shirts, I'm not even sure.  They probably walked around and figured out where her classes and locker would be. Katie and Holly took their last piano lesson of the season from Sister Black and will go back to Sister Wright in September.  I think it has been good for them to get a different perspective from a different teacher. Monday night we went to Wendy and Eddy's pool and had a family pool party. It was Dickies, Ben and Laura, Gma and Gpa, Us and Dallas.   It was really fun.  Everybody really seemed to enjoy hanging together and swimming and eating. We had sloppy joes and sides.  The weather has been unsettled this week - but we were able to have our swim party and we...

Shawn Bradley and Andy Griffin at Coscto We were walking in Costco getting ready for Bryce's homecoming after party.  We came around the corner and saw this giant guy and Dad said hey there's Shawn.  And I said, Shawn who?!  And Dad said Shawn Bradley.  And then dad said, hey Shawn...my wife just asked Shawn who?!  She didn't know who you were!!! And Shawn smiled and looked way down at me and said well she's wearing the right shirt anyway (sporting my BYU t-shirt!!!) For anyone else that is clueless like me, wikipedia says: Shawn Paul Bradley is an American and German retired basketball player who played center for the Philadelphia 76ers, the New Jersey Nets and the Dallas Mavericks in the National Basketball Association.  And I will add...he played at BYU and we actually took a photo with Andy and Shawn at the BYU museum a few weeks back! (see below) Dad and Shawn talked awhile and Dad invited Shawn to broadcast with him during basketball seas...

Aug 1  What a great week!  We were all very excited to get Bryce home and spent the past week making posters and then Monday we made lots of cookies and 4 big sheet pans full of homemade pizzas. McKayla made breadsticks.  We just made a ton of food and got the house all ready to go.  Then about 5 p.m. we headed to the airport. Elder Griffin arrived in the St. George airport on Monday night at 5:55 p.m. (5 minutes early!!!)  He was greeted by our family -- Dad and me and Holly and Katie, Dallas and McKayla Griffin, Gma and Gpa Griffin, Wendy and Aaron Dickie, Ben and Laura Griffin, Eldon Griffin, Marlee Thatcher and parents  -- was there more?!  He came out the side entrance of the departure gate and was greeted with posters and applause.  I got the first hug followed by Dad. Bryce seemed a little overwhelmed -- having not hugged anyone for 2 years he didn't seem to know what to do, haha! We were able to pretty quickly grab ...