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!

Home Makeover for the Boys Room!

A few years ago we got bunk beds for the boys.

Recently we took them apart!

Then, the boys wanted to change colors so we

started the home make-over in their

room! Alex picked red because it is one

of the Blazer colors.

Josh picked blue for the Denver Nuggets.

We split the room and they each got

a few walls for their color!

It took 3-4 days of work and everyone helped!

Dad was able to cover the chair rail mark

with orange peel after he sanded it down. Yeah!

Here are the new colors with a white divider

down the middle!

We got a new rug at IKEA that makes it warm

and cozy underfoot.

We just have to put up the shelves and

then it will be complete!

Mother's Day!

Happy Belated Mother's Day to all you mother's

out there! Hope you had a great day

with your families:)

I had a great day and was spoiled as usual!

My boys with the gifts they picked out for me!

We had our friends over for dinner later in the
evening and enjoyed playing "Cranium"
with them. The mothers team won!
(With Michael's help, also!)



I spent a bunch of time taking photos of
my lovely flowers.

One question from the game asked you to write

down the first three words that you associate

with a particular topic-for instance we got

"the beach"

Michael and I wrote down the same three

words in the same order!

(sand, sun, water)

Everyone declared that we had really become

"one flesh"!

Mowing the Lawn

It was a beautiful Saturday to get outside

and do yard work!

Mowing the lawn, used to mean this!

But now.....

The boys are learning how to mow with the

real mower! Dad won't be mowing

much longer with two sons to help him!

They did a great job:)

I did some trimming etc and took pictures!

Here's a rose next to our front door.

The leaves were falling fast!
It was not as fun to pick them up, however.

I guess we will have to retire

this mower for now. Very sad!

(We'll keep it around for visitors who might

like to mow-maybe Jay and his little brother!)