Griffin loves water! He loves the tub and now has a new love for the pool. He splashes like nobody's business and he's all over the place as soon as we let him go. We had a blast!

What's better than finishing out a good swim with a snack? Griffin was GOING TO TOWN on Marc's ice cream sandwich!

At this time last year we were excitedly preparing for the baby in my belly.

Here we are a year later...

The VERY Talented Liza Burdette made this beautiful window and frames for Griffin's Nursery

Liza also made these canvases with Griffin's Photos

This bassinet has been in my family for 40 years. I was adding the ribbon at about 11:00 p.m. and 3 hours later my water broke! Talk about good timing! Griffin slept in here for his first four months, right next to my bed. I made the quilt and pillow. I also made the matching skirt for his crib.

(I used to have time to do things like that!)

Cabin Fever

Talking, Singing, Laughing

Games, Movies, Ranger Rides

Deer, Sheep, a Fox, Humming Birds, Mice :(

Rain, Sun

FOOD, FRIENDS, FUN

Thanks Girls! Love you!

We're a Little Bit Country

This year for pioneer day we had the funnest family party ever! We all "camped" in my sister Missy's backyard.



The next morning a few of us did the Mona 5k. This was one of the most interesting races that I have run. At the start a lady stood up in front of us and gave us some instructions that went something like this:
"OK, so yer gonna go down the street here and at the tree with the dog under it you'll turn left. Then you'll go a little ways until you come to a gate and then you'll be on a dirt path for a little bit... but don't worry you'll get back on the road in a minute... and then at Nyla's house yer gonna turn right and I'm real sorry that it ends goin' uphill but Mona is built on a hill so it's kinda hard."

After the race we went to the local parade and then headed out for lunch and then ice cream at the red barn in Santaquin.

We spent the afternoon just lounging and preparing for our shishkabob extravaganza that was to come later that night!


After stuffing ourselves we moved on to the nights activities. I got a bruise from the kick on this little beauty, but I didn't ever hit one of the skeet... Marc on the other hand was pretty good! And Kent got the award for best dressed!

Games came next

Then the entertainment

And finally, my favorite, the dessert! Missy made all of these patriotic petits fours herself and surprised us all! They were beautiful and delicious!

And we ended the night with a fabulous fireworks show and sparklers

Thanks for all of your hard work Marbles! We had a blast and can't wait until next year!

D.I. (Literally) Y

We've lived in these new digs for a year now and our living room has always been empty. I decided to spruce it up one weekend while Marc was out of town. I'm sure that you probably don't care about all the details of how it came to pass, nor do I care to write it all. So,here are the pictures of my design on a dime.

This actually works! We have loved listening to my mom and dad's old Johnny Cash and Simon and Garfunkel records!

How do you describe this color? Heath pinned it down as "the color of infection."

Special Thanks to:

Heath, my brother in law, who was my designer and consultant through this project

Mark, my neighbor, who painted the wall for me at 10:00 p.m. Sunday night (with paint that he supplied himself!) I love the color!

Torrey, Mark's wife, for chatting with me while we watched her husband paint the wall

Mark & Torrey for donating the black rug to my cause

Ikea for making "infection colored" fabric, so I could make pillows to match the chairs

The 70's for building furniture that lasts and has given my room a total Retro Throw Back!

Concert in the Park

On Monday night we went to the Concert in the Park at the American Fork Amphitheater. The Temple Hill Symphony was performing and my friends husband is the conductor. The music was so beautiful and the weather was perfect! We had so much fun sitting on the grass and letting Griffin roll around. It was really fun to go and enjoy something that we don't normally do!

Love that face in the lower right picture! He cracks me up!

Griffin loved the music and clapped through most of it. When he wasn't clappin' he was dancin!

Pictures

Our office is treating Skye Johansen and doing trade with her for braces. I am lucky enough to have a very generous and thoughtful boss who offered part of his trade to me to get Griffin's picture taken! I was so excited! They turned out so wonderful and even though I didn't have to pay for them they are worth a mint to me! Thanks Dr. T! You are the best!

One of the reasons that I was so excited is because Griffin is such a happy baby and I was pretty sure that he was gonna grin his little heart out and this was gonna be a breeze! Boy was I wrong! This kid was not interested and just kinda stared at us like, "What. ARE. you. doing?" Skye was extremely patient but after so many pictures of a serious baby, what do you do? She sent me home and told me to come back and try again next week. So I did, and let me tell you, the second try made the first try seem like a piece of cake! He was in no mood to be dressed and undressed and posed and whistled at and sang to and so on. We only tried for a couple minutes before we could tell that clearly, it wasn't gonna work that day. So, I went back a third time and it was the magical day! Griffin was happy and awesome and we got some really great shots! I love them all, but here are a few of my favorites.

(Yes, those are supposed to be shorts)










Oh my stars I love this boy!