Griffin Family

05/02/16 Holy Smokes!  It's May!!! We've been keeping busy as usual enjoying life in a house of girls.  The girls are still taking piano and they are really talented.  Katie has been playing for YW and does a great job.  Holly is doing a solo at a band concert Tuesday night this week (that neither of her parents will probably make it to!!!! We are both working.  So thankful for grandparents and recordings!!!).  They both sound really great.  Katie's had a rough week at middle school not making student council and then not getting selected for the talent show (by the student council that she didn't get into.  As if to add insult to injury!!!)  She is still amazing and doing great but a couple of things she wanted to do didn't work out.  So she's learning to deal with some let-down that hasn't been too fun at all! Here is her video -- it was pretty cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-e9PkgPV44 4 1...

4/24/16 Holly on the soccer field   Fun week.   Sunday we had dinner with gma and gpa.  Cafe Rio pork burritos.  Yummy.  We thought Eldon and Diane were coming but I guess the dates were off and they weren't in town afterall.   Monday we went to Wendy's place and had a picnic dinner (pizza, salad etc).  Some people swam. Some played pickleball.  We talked and hung out.  Just Ben and Laura, Gma and Gpa, Wendy and family, and Us and Marlee came. Dallas and McK were working so they couldn't make it.  Not sure where B&L's kids were.  Nick and Ann came over late. None of the others came. Wendy's place is a great gathering place.  Plenty of room and the kids are locked inside the gates.  Dad's got games on Tuesday evening now so the girls did piano lessons and then hung out till I got home.   Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday we played pickleball again with the McCallisters.  We are really en...

Winning team! Amazing Race YM/YW 04/16/16 Saturday night -- and it's been a good busy week!   Dad has been doing TV/videos again so he went and did that this week.  Kinda keeps him super busy and a little stressed as he has to prepare all the content including video highlights and then go tape it and get all pretty for his recording and then he has to patiently wait while the guys produce the show.  And they are always late.   Probably can't watch this but here is a link to this weeks show:    http://www.stgeorgeutah.com/ news/archive/2016/04/12/spo- region-9-hardball-show- highlights-quotes-from-week-1- week-2-starts-tonight/#. VxMIgjArKhc Katie's team The girls did an activity for YM/YW this week...the amazing race.  They had a lot of fun with it.  Holly's team won and got a key chain.  Dad and I have been playing pickleball while they are at YW each week lately.  That has been a ton of fun.  The McA...

Salsa Garden Tomatoes, Peppers, Onion and Jalepeno Also cucumbers, squash, pumpkin cantelope and strawberries Side yard Roses popping in the spring Beautiful roses Budding roses in the spring Strawberry garden

0 4/10/16 Just another normal week here at the Griffin home.   Back row: Katie Griffin, Aspen Chase Front Row: Sydni & Sam Chase and Holly Griffin (the triplets!) Tuesday I went and met with a retirement counselor and it looks like I'm on target to retire at aage 56.  (I thought 57 so a little earlier than I thought).  He looked at our 401K and projected pension and he said I'm in a good spot.  He made a couple of suggestions but said really we're doing good. So that was nice. The thing I worry about is medical insurance.  I think we are pretty ok for everything else but that is the wild card. Fun to think about but gotta put it away now for about 9 years! We played pickleball again this week.  The McAllister's have introduced us to two more couples so we have played a game or two with those other people now.  We saw them on Wednesday night and then again Saturday evening.  For the most part we are pretty good match ups so it's fu...

4/2/16  Holly, Lauren and Zie painting at Gparents house during priesthood session I thought I'd try writing on Saturday night since Sunday morning has kinda been rough lately (course it's conference so I might actually have time, but whatever!)  It's quiet here for a minute!!!  (Except Katie won't stop talking, heehee!) Monday we went to the Sharp's for dinner.  We haven't seen them in a long time because she's getting her master's degree and has been super busy.  And of course we are busy too.  They sold their old place and bought a really nice Salisbury home out in the fields.  We had a nice visit and some delish food.  She made lasagna and ice cream and we had garlic bread.  We hung out and talked and stuff for awhile afterward.  The weather was nasty that night.  Rainy, windy.  Their tramp kept flying across the yard.  Landon went out several times trying to secure the dang thing! Tuesday night the girls...

3/27/2016 The weather has been pretty nice this week so we were able to play pickleball Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon after work.  The McAllister's joined us and then on Thursday they introduced us to some other couples and we played with some different people.  The one couple was the best of two married couples and were preparing to play in a tournament Friday.  They were pretty good (too good for me!!) but the other couple we were able to hold our own with.  Dad thinks we could have won on a different day -- probably so.  It was fun to meet new people and play though. Tuesday was caucus night so the prosecutor wanted to get done early so we had a nice early night (prosecutor left at 6:30 p.m., we were out of there by 7:15 p.m.)  Unfortunately I know that the next two weeks we are going to pay for our easy night as the calendar is stacked high.  Wah!!!  Judge always likes to say...you never get a day/night off, you ju...