Griffin Family

  We talked about Shrek the Sheep in Church today. Somehow he escaped being sheared for 6 years and when they sheered him it was 60 lbs of wool. They likened that to humans who stray and accumulate the weight of sin. And how good it feels to repent and return to white again, just like Shrek the sheep.  Become lighter, liberated and joyful, through the covenants you make and Jesus Christ.  I don't know if you can use this in your teaching but it was a nice little lesson in YM/YW meeting! Shrek, The Sheep Who Escaped Shearing for 6 Years KAUSHIK PATOWARY    JUL 23, 2014    3 COMMENTS Shrek was a Merino sheep, a castrated male, belonging to South Island, New Zealand, who gained international fame in 2004 owing to his gigantic coat of fleece. Shrek became famous after escaping his enclosure and evading the shearers for six years by hiding in caves. Merino sheep are usually shorn annually but Shrek managed to escape the blade for six years straight. When he...

  Hey! It's Sunday afternoon - Feb 26.  Dad's birthday is Wednesday...he'll be 57 years old! WOW!!! right?!  I think we'll do birthday dinner with his sibs on Wednesday and then Thursday we're talking about doing shooting over at Rowdy's Range or something fun. We'll see!  I haven't gotten any presents yet...it's hard to buy for a guy that has everything! Well let's see...this week has been different! In a good way mostly, haha.  Monday was a holiday for me (as you know! since I got to talk to you lots!!!) Dad had to work all day. It's always nice to have an extra weekend day! I went to a wedding shower for Darby Riley. It was really fun to see Sister Bulow, Sister Turner, the Riley Twins & Morgan, Sister Porter, Sister Whitney, Sister Beckstand and her daughter Shayne. Lots of the 8th warders. A surprise was seeing Sister Myrna Stout there from our current ward. Apparently, she is the groom's Aunt!  Super cool.   The shower was great...

  Well, it's been quite the week!  As you know, Marlee had beautiful Imogene Kay Griffin, 7 lb 11 oz, 20 in after a grueling labor. Her water broke at 1 a.m. on Sunday, Feb 12 and Imogene didn't arrive until Monday, Feb 13 at 11:05 a.m. 34 hours from water break to baby and 4.5 hours of pushing. Needless to say, that was a lot of work!  But she's perfect and beautiful. You did good, Katie!  (Missionary prayers!!!) Tuesday was Valentine's Day and we kept busy. I took my sugar cookies to work and shared them. After work, dad made a big hunk of smoked meat and we had a nice romantic dinner together  Wednesday I spent 3 hours up in the court training the new girl (Yes, Morgan, the assistant has already quit). Since I was working late I didn't go to lunch with B&L and Gpa and Dad. They went to Paula's without me.  Thursday they started recarpeting my office at work and I got kicked out of my office. So I stayed as long as I could and then went up to the...

 Love you   for Valentine's Day!!!  Hope you do something a little extra for V-Day. Maybe you can make sugar cookie hearts and take them around to members or something!!! It's been a really hectic week and I can't really figure out why. But whew!  Seriously! My bosses were gone Monday and Tuesday so I picked up a project from the utility office that kept me busy at work. Other stuff mixed in with it to make me feel really really busy! Tuesday I went to the Dixie Center and met dad and watched the Mayor of St George do her state of the city address...it's an hour long talk about our community basically. Not too exciting but something different to do for sure.  Wednesday we met at Don Pedro's but I had to be late cause the bosses were all back and right as I was walking out the door my boss texted me about an urgent problem that he wanted me to take care of right away. So I did. And was 20 minutes late for our dinner date.   For YW we did heart atta...

 Good Morning! I hope you are doing well and have had a great week! It's Stake Conference here so I feel a little freedom (no ward council!!!) Although I did have an extra 90 minute meeting yesterday and evening session last night...so yeah. haha The overall idea I'm getting from yesterday's meetings is that we need to find the one...look for who is in need and help and love them. Love everyone...but find the one.  Our stake president counselor told a story yesterday that was pretty dramatic. He said that there was a mischievous boy who decided to get a cinder block and tie it to a rope which he then tied to his arm. Then he went up on the freeway overpass and would lower it down and freak out the cars. Just as they were about to get to the cinder block he would raise it up out of the way.  Obviously people were freaking out and called the police. As the police were approaching things were getting a little chaotic and the boy wasn't paying close attention....

 Well after almost 5 weeks I got my office back! Yeah!!!! It's been kind of fun wandering around and also kind of un cool as I always felt a bit off, ya know??! It looks really pretty good. I got it back on Tuesday or Wednesday. Sadly the carpet has some flaws and they are going to have to rip it out and start over again in a few weeks when more carpet arrives. Sigh.  Stayed busy moving myself and my bosses offices back together. It's funny the different temperaments of the three guys. One was like...yeah...just do it. Put everything back together. The other was like - just get rid of everything (he's getting a new desk next week) and then I'll put it back together next week...basically pack up my mess but that will be it. And the third was like...I got this. You don't need to help. Seriously, leave everything alone. I can do it myself.  (I still did stuff but he protested! haha) Wednesday we went to Angelica's with B&L and Gpa. It was yummy, as always!  I p...

Becca, Kayla, Marlee, Holly, Shelly I  hope you had a great week and you are feeling better. I've been worried about my lil Hermana!! Marlee (3 weeks from due date) Kayla (20 weeks from due date) Been a busy week and I'm still without an office!  (My friend told me this is proof I don't need all the crap I have in my file cabinets and drawers...!!!! -- Maybe she's right?!) Rachel and family came down last weekend and we had Sunday and Monday dinner with them. The kids are so grown up! Duncan is a senior and tall and has a girl friend. Miranda is a sophomore I believe. Drake and Evie are like 10 and 8. They are all nice kids and it was fun to see them for a little while.  Our office remodel is coming along. My office is painted but there was a carpet change and so that got delayed. They say they will carpet my office Tuesday this week. So by Thursday I should be able to settle in again. It will be 5 weeks Thursday since I left my office.  Part of my job is signage in ...