Gloves in April

I spent most of my weekend working....which meant my four walls looked like this.

Friday night I did manage to make it out for cocktails with one of my favorite people Miss Rachel...and then off to the ROCK and GLOW staff party...it was a pretty fun night.

The boys were busy at home with "govs"....

Whityn loves his "govs" and wants them on always...even if just around the house...this little boy is talking up a storm. He speaks in sentences and has pretty good manners too.

this is the greatest guy around...

see that mess behind him...have no fear..the kitchen master is here! Jordy takes on the cooking and cleaning in the Griffin house...mostly anyways...he likes it..I love it...no complaints here...except for when the laundry piles up.
this weekend "because of more yuck yuck weather"...we spent most of our time indoors...which meant terrorizing the cat....good thing "Carl" the kitty is feeling better and is on the move...because Whityn is constantly after him.
And when not after the kitty he's splashing in the puddles...he loves his rain boots that I bought him and begs to wear them all the time. He says "boos on peas" "....side...puddies"-boots on please...outside puddles
a few weeks ago Jordy surprised me by building this new roost for the girls because they have literally pecked each other to DEATH...i know...gross...but it's true.

So we heard if they are all on the same level it helps...so out with the ladder roost in with the straight across roost......let's hope this makes chicken number 2's bum better.
whityn loves to go and check on the chickens with me...he loves to get the eggs...and sometimes he loves to break them.
Whitty learned a new word this weekend...

"fiah pit"...we sat him down and talked to him about summer time fires and s'mores...he got real excited and repeated "fiah pit" like 1 million in 1 times...he is probably still repeating it today at daycare.
busy boy outside...his face is all healed up...then WHAM he went down again Sunday and got another ouchie on his nose....

BOYS!This little guy likes to carry around his new "ball-ball"...even in the car he will bring it at times...very cute..now the next thing is to just get a REAL HOOP outside and start practicing!
Latest and greatest-

A few weeks ago jordy and I picked up the movie "cars" and brought it home...and one saturday morning we showed it to whit...I have never seen him so still...he was obsessed from that moment on..and of course we are fostering his obsession by buying all things "cars"...for example I made a special trip to the kings (like a kmart) down the road and found this "cars" book that came with Mcqueen and Mator and as you read the book pages unfold with little racetracks on the paper and the cars motor around the tracks using some sort of infrared light built in...it's kinda fascinating..and it was only 5.00.

Whityn is mainly obsessed with "muh-queen"....sleeps with him, eats with him, zooms him around, puts him in his pocket, shares him, builds tracks with blocks and races him around, zooms him on the kitty, on the dogs, on mommy's body....on daddy's head...

Then there was the "muh-queen" blanket I picked up....loves it!

Then there was the "cars" magnets....and the sippy cup....anyhow, we've all gotten into it...and we all love the movie cars! I can't wait to watch Cars Two!

Picture "muh-queen" mommy....me see!
I love you more than life Whitty McKay..you are so fun!

lasik, haircut, EASTER prep...and other adventures

Thursday April 21st...around noon I did something I never thought I would do..I always thought I would talk about doing it...but Jordy kept pushing me to get my eyes fixed...so with a little savings...here we are.

Clean body - lotion, deodrant, eye cream...make up...AND contacts...ready for surgery

getting my lesson on which lights to focus on....FIXATE!

ALL done...post small panic attack...and I can see...weird.

with my new eyes I hid some EASTER eggs for Whityn to find..he got into it...he's practicing for the big day!

the cutest basket from aunt beezy and uncle stu
and what's inside?
mommy added some CAR/TRUCK eggs and wha-la...
THE BIG FALL:

Don't freak out mom and dad..but whitty took a big spill at daycare...he was shootin' some hoops with Ray (his favorite) when his running lay-up turned into a RUNNING FACE plant into concrete...
his whole face...yikes.

nothing a little muh-queen pjs can't fix! Right WHit?
BUt it hurts mom!
TODAY...Saturday morning I took whityn to have his first haircut...it is something Jordy has been hounding me about...but that I have been secretly putting off....
in the midst of the "FIRST CUT"

ALL DONE with the master Stefani...she was quick...precise...and made it a great experience...doesn't he look handsome?

I think I was more upset than he was.

Where's my sucker?
After a haircut...what better to do than hit the park...it's a beautiful 40 degree April....SPRINGy day...and most of the snow was melted at Pioneer park...
someone was running...he kept saying..."i go running"
And then we got home to jordy preparing a little surprise for me...he fixed my chicken coop door and built them better roosts...maybe they will stop abusing eachother...ugh. Dang chickens!

6 years. Family Spirit day. WEEKEND.

saturday april the 16th was 6 years married. I kinda couldn't believe it. 7 years ago right after jordy sent me on a WILD goose chase all around the Jackson town...we ended up at nikai right after we were engaged. we try to get back there as often as we can.

sometime in the AM on April 8th...Jordy gave me a sealed card and said don't open it for an hour and then he left the house to go to the gym. I opened the card like 10 minutes later and it said to pack an overnight bag...cause we weren't coming home. Then it said to get today's paper and inside it was a message just for me. I started with the front page...and started reading...and reading and reading..then about 10 minutes later it dawned on me that I was loved and important, but not that important...so I checked the classifieds...and quickly found it. It read: LAURYN, come to 180 N. Center St. right away and to DRESS SHARP. I threw some stuff in a duffel bag....took a shower...and got ready to go to town...

I didn't know where 180 N was so I had to stop and ask..it was before the FANCY IPHONE...I found out that it was Charal Floral in Jackson...and I parked and ran in and said that I am Lauryn and that my husband told me to come here...they handed me a box of a dozen roses...and a card that said don't stop and smell the roses...but to head to ELLA's room (a fancy lingerie boutique in Jackson)right away...so I did. They handed me a box that said: Don't open yet, but head to Inn on the Creek Bed and Breakfast....so I did. I walked in. The woman behind the counter handed me a key and a card...

I opened it up to a candlelit room..and Jordy...

What a fun surprise...I loved it...we played checkers..and talked...and then after I beat him pretty good at checkers he got down on one knee and told me that I am the woman that he wanted to marry...that I made him want to be a better man...that I was the one...and I SAID YES!

It was a night to remember!

Now look at us.

Happy 6th Anniversary to a wonderful husband who truly does treat me like a princess...and makes me want to be a better woman every day. I love you Jordy!

FAMILY SPIRIT DAY:

I know...sounds cheesy, but lately Jordy and I have been wanting to be better about our FAMILY Sunday Funday...and more intentional about it as well. So, we decided that from now on...we will continue with our Sunday morning waffle breakfast...but also bring something to share to the table...literally...a story...an article...a rule...anything. Jordy read from COACH John Wooden's book this morning and I just reminded us how important the golden rule is...it belongs to NO RELIGION...it is what it is!

Simply: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

I have been reminded of this rule this year quite a bit in my professional world...thanks mom and dad for teaching me.

So, back to F.S.D...after our share...we went to one of my student's farms in Alta. His mom randomly called me Sunday afternoon and asked our whole family over for a tour of the farm and homemade icecream (with cream made from their cows)....
it was just what we needed...family time with another wonderful family..outdoors...reaching out...getting to know another family better...exploring...it was perfect...not to mention the mint chocolate chip icecream cone devoured in less than 3 minutes..yum.
So F.S.D is in the making GRIFFIN style and it's somewhat spiritual...but we don't go to church...AND we really don't want to go to church because we have figured out that we don't connect with an organized religion so to speak. We want to be intentional in "our day" about our family...about our lives...about our teachings to each other...we want to teach whityn to be good person...to help others...to strive to be the best person that he can be...

as we go...we will figure it out...we hope. More to come on F.S.D

SPRING in the mountains

We have been back from the beach for 2 weeks now. We are still awaiting SUN....it's been so gray...and windy and snowy and cold and WE.ARE.OVER.IT. Whit is just happy to tromp around in the mud...muck and slush. He wakes up saying, "puddles....boots on"...it's really cute.

Jordy taught him how to throw rocks in the puddles and he thought that was the coolest thing ever. He FREAKS if he can't get in the puddles before school and after school. The ladies at DAYCARE told me the minute that Ray (a guy who works at daycare) came in the door that Whit ran over to him with his boots in hand. Too cute.

The Griffins have some work to do around the house this SPRING. We decided that we are BARKING the front burm (huge job), pulling up all the shrubs and bushes near the house (another huge job), staining both structures you see in this picture (huge job) and maintaining this 2 acre piece of paradise....(huge job)
yep, still spring. snowing sideways.

smelling fake flowers.

And this is what happens when you bring him inside after being outside...it's not good. It's loud. It's sad. It's a TANTRUM.

But usually there is a speedy recovery. THINK REDIRECT. REDIRECT...quick!

Like sipping out of a BIG boy fancy cup!
ANd maybe a warm bath.

THis is a random picture from some SPRING cleaning being done upstairs at the GRIFFIN house...and Jordy was purging his ties...so whityn tried one on. Blurry picture...but so cute.
Now it's time to wrestle Rupert or Wuupert as WHityn would say. They have become big buddies lately. It's very sweet.