More pics of the house!

These pics were taken a few months ago, but I wanted to show some of the work that we have done.

Mark gutted the entire house. Then his Dad came and helped us from there. We had a ton of help from other family members too. Thanks everyone for helping us paint. We were finishing up the big stuff when the carpet layers were just getting started. Not shown in the pics is the new paint job. We also refinished all of the cabinants. We still have some touch up work to do, but it is now comming slowly because we are living in it. I love my new house.

Third Annual Griffiths Reunion

On June 5th we started our family reunion by going four wheeling at Three Peaks Recreational Area. After that the out of towners spent the night and Saturday we had a luncheon with the Barneys, went to Mari's baptism, then headed to mesquite for some swimming. We stayed the night in Mesquite, and bright and early in the morning went to the blessing of Qune and Quad. Did I mention Brett and Shauna had babies number 4 and 5. Yes their oldest is younger than Dayler. We took a family pic, then headed to the park for tons of fun!!! Sorry I forgot to rotate the pics, I was in a hurry.

Before the Move.

Mark used some of the obsidian rocks that we picked up. I think he is pretty good at chipping arrowheads.

Yes, it snowed in April. I took this picture after 5 min, and it kept snowing for a half hour.

Bowen likes to eat the dirt from the plant.

Bowen's First Birthday Party

It is a tradition in our family to have a lamb cake for your first Birthday. Bowen just wanted to get back to the water. We had his party at a park in Washington. It was pretty sweet with a nice playground and a water pad. When it came to opening presents we had to show him there was something cool underneath the pretty paper. Bowen and Dayler had tons of fun with their cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. Thanks every one for coming.

We Bought A House!!!

We actually closed on the house on the 6th, but then we went to Tooele for an early Easter celebration. It is a fixer upper, so we have been busy with that, plus we had a few things keeping us busy. Easter, births, birthday's (Bowen's first), and Dad's heart attack. He is doing good now. Any way here are a few pics of the house, we didn't get one of the Master bedroom (coral pink), or the kitchen with the worst linoleum I have ever seen.

Kane County with Rylie

My cute niece Rylie (pictured below) had to do a report on Kane County, so since they were down for a visit we went with them. She decided she wanted Zion canyon since the east side is in the county, and Kanab aka Little Hollywood.

We started out hiking just to the lower emerald pools, but the kids didn't want to stop, so we made the big loop to all three pools.

I knew that there were a few movies that were filmed in Kanab, but I had no idea it wasn't just a few. Rylie had a huge long list of movies filmed there.

Nashville Tribute Band

Way back on March 20th we went to see the Nashville Tribute Band at Tuachan with Mark's parents, Doug, and Kami. The kids had a blast with the baby sitters and their cousins. If you have never heard this band you should look them up. So far they have two CD's. A truibute to the Prophet Joseph, and a tribute to the Trek. It was a lot of fun!