Visiting with Cousin Jay

Over the weekend on our visit to see our

new baby cousin/nephew we

also spent time in the waiting room

with Jay as he opened his belated birthday

gift from us. He seems to really

enjoy other kids!

Reading a book together:)


I love that Josh is holding his hand-so sweet!

A huge hug!

Alex was so excited to receive his belated

birthday gift as well-a remote control

Chevy Camaro!

(His current favorite car:)

A big thanks to Uncle Matt, Aunt Mindy and Jay!

Some fun times!

Our new nephew/cousin is finally HERE!

We are so thankful for answered prayer for

a fast labor and delivery AND a healthy

mommy and baby!

A big Congratulations!!! to Matt & Mindy:)

Great job Mindy!

He's already talking to his cousin, Alex!

Lots of black hair and cute side burns

on David!



Sorry about the exposure picture, David,
but I just couldn't resist! So cute
while he was being weighed!



Mom and baby both looking great!

A funny little face!

The proud Papa!

Cute as a button with Pop-pop!

Alex's Birthday Adventure

Alex's birthday lasted about a week! It started

at Red Robin for dinner with Pop-pop

and Nana. He loves the free ice cream sundae

and the waiters/waitresses singing!

Next came a big package from TX that was

addressed to all the

Griffith Men!

Daddy got "Tom & Jerry" and some new

summer attire!

Josh loved his new lego set! (Not sure if you can hear it

but he is laughing at the bare chested guy!)

Alex loving his new movie!



Hiding from all the flying darts!

Fun new dart game!

Alex also got Nerf ammunition from his

cousins in Yakima!

He and Josh are set for a big war.

The boys got these long shot guns for

Christmas from their WA cousins!

Now they have tons of new bullets!

Love that long hair do!

Alex has the most creative Dad ever!

We had a sleepover with a spy game that

Dad engineered!

Alex and friends had planned to go to the

nickel arcade, until Daddy announced that

his wallet had been stolen and

that they needed to find the bad guy,

Blackbrow, and get the wallet back!

Here are the spies starting on their adventure

looking for clues at the library!

Inside the library a clue in backwards

lettering was found that needed to be read

using a mirror:)

On to a new location where a double agent

had a bit of information for them!

(We have the best friends ever that

dressed up and were spies

for the occasion!!!)

The boys were to offer the agent a straw

and she moved her coffee cup as the answering signal!

Another secret agent that had a clue at 7-11!

Looking for clues!

Two more special agents that gave the boys

their last clue-a map on the back of

a puzzle that they had to put together

in order to find Blackbrow

at his secret location.

Busy putting the map together!

Ah ha! The map that shows where to find

Blackbrow and get the wallet back!

Finally the boys overtook Blackbrow.

(They gunned him down with their

Nerf guns!)

Special thanks to Blackbrow who did a

pretty nice job of raking at the park

and trying not to look conspicuous!

Then they had the money to go on

to the arcade and enjoy some games!

Car racing at the nickel arcade.

Home again for pizza, a movie and

No sleep!

Happy Birthday, Alex!

Everyone had a great time!

Great job Dad! So creative:)

Daddy's Birthday!

Dad took the day off from work for his

birthday! It was raining but we enjoyed it

even though we didn't do much outside.

Opening cards from each boy-they get

to pick out their own!

He's so excited about his new Wii

game-WOW!


For lunch we went to Sonic, after touring the
local Harley Davidson-Dad said
he was planning to buy one because he was
having a mid-life crisis! We got
out without making any purchases.


After lunch a nap was in order!

Then that evening we had Dad and Mom

and some friends over to have

gluten-free chocolate chip cookies!

Boy, you are young:)

Crazy kids fighting before the singing started!

It was a fun evening!