Griffin Family

  Uncle Don and Aunt Pat came down for Grandma's funeral. They were staying close by at a hotel in town and came and spent a couple of hours hanging out and playing with us. 

Marva Jean Griffin November 03, 1938 - June 21, 2020  Marva Jean Bahr Griffin was born November 3, 1938, in Neola, Duchesne County, Utah to William Martin Bahr and Ruth Mitchell Bahr. She was born in her grandparent’s home, which was actually their living quarters in the back of their store. She was named for her maternal grandfather, Marvin R. Mitchell, but was called “Jean” throughout her life. Jean was the second of nine children. Her father was in the army air corp during WWII, which meant she grew up in many places, including Hill Field. In the summers her family moved to Uinta Basin and lived on her grandparents’ farm while her father crop dusted and gave flying lessons. The family later purchased a farm in Payette, Idaho. Jean started school in Salt Lake City and her grandmother registered her in the wrong class; she was put in 1 st  grade instead of kindergarten and that was never corrected. She was always the youngest in her class. She wa...

85th Birthday Celebration for Grandpa The weeks prior to grandma's passing everyone tried to come around and visit as much as possible. We knew her time was short and wanted to spend every moment possible with her before she departed from us. We had been staying away a bit for the past couple of months since the corona virus pandemic started and it was very difficult. At some point she realized she didn't have much time left and instead of asking us to stay away encouraged us to come around more so as not to waste precious time apart.  We were also taking turns helping around the house. We each took a week and during our week we would do whatever needed done. There was yard work, shopping, cleaning, changing bed sheets, laundry. There was so many helping the work always got done pretty easily.  Girls loving on Grandpa - June 12 Grandma has been saying she was going to die for some time now. Last ...

  The babies were in the NICU for over a month. Here are some of the pictures during their stay. Bath time

Morgan Chase and Colton Bell got married last weekend in her backyard and for Monday night of her honeymoon she came and played at our house!  We feel pretty honored to have them come spend the evening with us!