04/11/23 Happy Easter!

Tom Tom Squires

 Well we already got to talk to you today but I'll try to find something interesting to share with you anyway!

Diane and Eldon Griffin

First off, hope you are feeling better!!! It's no fun to be sick. I hope you snuggle in for the evening and wake up chipper and well tomorrow!!!

Adam and Bonnie Squires
Ben's Brother and wife

Well I think we already told you, but the dishwasher saga continues. I ordered a new part on Amazon after receiving a rubber ring instead of a heating element last week. The part didn't arrive until Thursday. I was super excited to finally complete my repair.  Only, guess what? The part that said it was compatible...was NOT compatible.  I mean...maybe it was...if I'd have bought MORE PARTS!!! (Think of a light bulb and the base. Some have fat bottoms, others are thinner. Well the thread on my new part was much smaller than the original. So if I had some different connectors maybe it could have worked).  BUt I didn't. SO I sent that part back. And ordered from GE AGAIN and hope to heaven they can get the right part shipped to me sometime soon!!! I'm so weary of washing dishes by hand!

Laura and Ben Squires

Ok, another funny (not funny) story. Do you remember last year when I hunted for months and months to find a matching picture from for our mayor's wall? Well I finally found one that was close enough that noone noticed it was exact and then they decided to "refresh" city hall. Which of course means painting and changing lots of stuff. Including the Mayor's wall. So I recently removed all the mayors from the frames they were in and put them in brand new frames. Then I had to mount them to the wall. I was given double sided sticky tape which I carefully put on each frame and placed the Mayor's on the wall. A little later I heard a splat. Went out into the hall way and found a frame down. Put that one back up...again. And again. And again.  So like 5 - 6 frames popped off the wall before I went home. 

Nick and Jack-Jack Jackson Squires

I took the time to carefully replace each one. 

The next morning I come in and a dozen Mayor's are all over the floor!!!  

SO, my maintenance guy gave me 38 lb double sided sticky tape...and I started over. Again. I changed out all the fallen mayor's and a few more. I left just a couple that seemed fairly sturdy on the wall.  Two more were down on Friday. So I need to get the last couple and then maybe, just maybe, that wall will be good!!! 

We had AJ visiting all week. He was a pretty quiet house guest. Becca was in Florida visiting her sister. AJ kept busy trying to sell real estate and dirt biking. 

Later in the week Bryce and Marlee and baby MoMo came and stayed with us. 

Grandpa Quack Quack (Rodney Griffin)
Holly Griffin, Erik Wagner
(Engaged to be married November 11, 2023)

Friday we went to the art fair -- walked around and enjoyed all the exhibits. Then we came back and got a Don Pedro's Party Platter for dinner. 

Saturday we played pickelball with AJ too and then he headed home. B&M, H&E and us headed out to Hurricane for the annual car show and then had DQ. 

Our activities were fun and just a couple of hours -- enough excitement but not overkill!

Lemon and chocolate mini bundt cakes
yummy
Made by Holly and Shelly

My friend's (Ruth Holyoak, from work) husband died on April 1 --  he has been really sick with an illness similar to ALS -- where your brain is intact but your body fails you in every way possible so that you are trapped inside your body unable to talk, care for yourself, get around...it sounds seriously AWFUL.  So it was a blessing...but also...so sad...he had just retired and they were planning to enjoy some retirement things together - trips, a home in Parowan, they are financially set up just right.  They had everything...but then poof...they didn't! Breaks my heart. 

Potato Crescent rolls
delicious!

She has been an absolute saint but wow what a trial!We went to Keslie Isom's bridal shower...her mom invited me the other day...I felt like it was a last minute -- hey just happened to run into you so I'll invite you...but I assumed there would have been a bunch of 9th warders invited. Holly and I went over. NOBODY from the ward was there. NO.BODY!!! What the heck?!  That ward was always so supportive of each other!!! There should have been so many people there!! I don't know what the heck happened!    She had a nice turn out - but they were her college friends and family. We were the only non-family, non-college people. So surprising to me!

Marlee and Bryce and
Imogene (Mo-MO) Griffin
Her first day at Church1!!

I have been struggling with a knot in my neck for quite some time - I went to the Chiropractor awhile back and he fixed it and then I did something and it started hurting again. I went in 2X last week and have another appointment on Monday. I don't know if I'm sleeping wrong, sitting poorly at my desk...or just what I'm doing to mess it up!  I hope he can figure it out soon!

I hope you had a happy easter -- We had so many musical numbers (I even went up and sang with the YM/YW).  Our sacrament meeting was about 1.25 hours and it was mostly just singing the whole time.We did have a couple of talks but they were short. 

Andy by his Maverick
after church on Easter

Today we went to Laura's house and had Easter dinner. The crowd wasn't too big...E&D, H&E, B&L, N&A jackjack and tom tom, Ben's brother and wife Adam and Bonnie and GPA Griffin. We ate out back and of course there was SO much food. Bryce and MoMo came over after dinner and hung out a little. Everyone was excited to see her.

Gpa bore his testimony that he believes in Christ and that in all his studies of science he has never found anything to contradict his belief. He talked about how the BoM and the Bible have been here for many years and they have also never been "unproven".  It was a good testimony. He talked about the power of prayer and how each of us can communicate with our heavenly father and he will be there for us. He is all knowing & powerful. 

Holly an Imogene
after the car show

Laura followed up and talked about the red eggs that is a tradition in other countries. She made a bunch of red eggs that she had on display. It was also a good testimony of Christ. She talked about how people would take the eggs to their neighbors and declare their belief in Christ and it would bring good luck to them. 

We have some eggs displayed on our mantle - to remind us of Christ and what he can do for us. 

Pops, Mo-Mo and Bryce

Love you lots! Talk to you tomorrow!  Sweet dreams Hermana!

Shelly and Andy

Andy

Erik Wagner, Holly Griffin, Bryce and Mo

Marlee Bryce and Mo-Mo. 

Kelly Campbell and Andy Griffin
Friends for a long time! 
Also fun to run into Kelly!

Matthew Young and baby
Bryce Griffin and mo-mo
Babies are just a couple weeks a part
Matthew and Bryce were in school
together and scouts. For many years!
Fun running into Matthew!

Jody and Kendall Turner
with their son Jared's kids

Marlee and Holly

Andy

Holly, Andy, Marlee, Bryce, Mo-mo

Miss Sr Universe Marianne Hamilton
and her husband Doug