the accident

Today I was in a car accident...not just any accident...this accident...I was the second car he hit...it was a crazy long day...more pictures and more of the story to follow...we are all okay though...a bit sore but alive which is the most important part :)

Facebook

I have some more pictures posted on my facebook account...and I am too lazy to spend time trying to download them on here...so if you want lets be friends on facebook...look me up 'Andrae Davis Griffin'...hope to 'see' you there...

The pictures are from this summer...I will post life as is pictures on here from now on :)

And We're Back

Wow! Where oh where do I begin? It has definitely been awhile. Ray went to basic and AIT. He left April 6th and came back August19th. It was the most incredible experience for the both of us. We learned so much and both of our testimonies have been increased. I delivered Arwyn while he was away on July 10th. Let me tell you about crazy. I drove myself to the hospital. Not something you ever imagine doing. But the Lord was with me through it all. He was with me the whole time Ray was gone in a way that I have no words to describe. I know more firmly that my Savior loves me and that he is so very real.

I am still homeschooling. Ray is still looking for a job. But we have been blessed and all of our needs have been and continue to be met. I know the Lord knows that we don't have a job and I know that when it is time and his will, we will have a job. So until then we keep on! I hope you are all doing well and I look forward to keeping in touch!!

I am weird

Have you ever said something and then a bit later reflected and thought "what in the world was I thinking?". I do that more than I would ever want anyone to know. Sometimes I am trying to hard to be funny, other times I am trying to impress I guess. I made a comment the other day and realized that because I didn't have time to fully explain or make sure they understood I have been left with this overwhelming feeling of completey STUPIDITY. I am hoping time will heal this awful wound, but I fear just when it is healed my foot will jump in my mouth again.

Pay it Forward!

The Rules-

1. Be one of the first FIVE bloggers to leave a comment on this post, which then entitles you to a handmade item from me - something crafty or yummy, who knows?! (you can make a request, but we'll have to see what happens!)

2. Winners must post this challenge on their blog, meaning that they will Pay It Forward, creating a handmade gift -anything!- for the first FIVE bloggers who leave a comment on their post about this giveaway!

3. The gift that you send to your friends can be from any price range and you have 365 days to make/ship your item. This means you should be willing to maintain your blog at least until you receive your gift and have shipped your gifts. And, remember: It’s the Spirit and the Thought That Count!

4. When you receive your gift, please feel free to blog about it, sharing appropriate pictures and comments! If you are not one of the Top Five Commenters on this post, you can still play along.Go ahead and start your own Pay It Forward chain, and encourage your blogging friends to do the same! SO, REMEMBER…Pay it forward!

Homeschooling

This is one of my favorite things about homeschooling...doing school outside!!! Today has been warm and the kids have been out since they woke up :) So we took school out of doors today. The girls had to wear sunglasses because the sun was so bright! And it is windy so they got creative and used rocks to hold down their work. It smells like spring outside and it is feeling warmer. Yippee!!!

I know

I was just rereading my healing story. I am wanting to share it with someone who was my Young Women's leader. She always made me feel like there was more to me than I could see at the time. She believed in me. And more than once in my life I have thought of her counsel, and more than once it has inspired me...even now. I love my story. I love reading it. That story is mine. The Lord healed me. I have this wonderful beautiful life because my Savior loved me enough to heal me. My suffering was one of those drops of blood. He suffered for me so that I would not have to suffer for a lifetime. I love him for that. And the amazing part is that it wasn't just for me. It was for all of us. He loves all of us that much. I want to love like that. True selfless love. I know my Savior lives. I know he loves me. I know he is there for me. I know he always will be.

Busy Boy

At some point this morning while we were all getting ready baby Ray was downstairs stacking movies sky high. The girls told me about it and I called down to him to tell him to clean it up. He told me it was too high. Aspen said it was as tall as me. I didn't believe them until Raym went down and said babe you gotta see this. There it was. How he did it we aren't sure. He had to use a stool to get the top oness off to put away. It only took him two hours to eventually clean it up. Gotta love it!

Claim to Fame!

So Ray rented a movie last night from Red Box. We were watching the previews, which included Mall Cop. It was an extended preview. As I am watching I am thinking I know that mall. That is my mall. My Boston mall that is. My FAVORITE mall ever!!! The part where they show Legal Seafood's, and there is an escalator. Yeah I have been on that escalator a million times :) Loved it. Now I am DIEING to see the movie just cuz I want to see that mall. It changed my life :) It is beautiful. It had such great stores. It has Coach, which I knew nothing of until then. I love Coach. They have great bags :) It has an Ecco show store, which is the only shoe Aspen can't destroy. It has the Rain Forest Cafe. So fun, even if you don't eat. I could truly could go on about this mall. Oh and it did have a Crate and Barrel until they built their own store just outside the mall. So fun!! I know that some of you who read this blog have been there as well. And some still live close enough to go. So there it is my claim to fame, but not really, I just love the mall :)

My Elliptical

I have very loose ligaments. I believe it is called ligamous laxity. Look it up. It helps explain why I pulled my shoulder out of socket so easily recently. In fact they are so loose right now with me being pregnant that yesterday at physical therapy for my shoulder it was slipping out during a stretching exercise. You can call me Gumby if you want too. All my joints are "slippery". My hips are the worst. They snag and snap all the day long. But it causes me pain, especially if I go on a long walk. I need to exercise. I love to excercise. We looked into a gym membership for me, but with Ray leaving in April we would need babysitting as well. It was going to be a lot of month for those four months he was gone. So we bought an elliptical instead. The elliptical doesn't hurt my hips or my knees. I am especially excited because we got real one. By real I mean we got one like something you would use in a gym. I found it on KSL. The manufacturer is selling it for a really great price. I love it. It feels durable and strong. It feels real. Do you know what I mean? I also feel relieved to know I will have a way to exercise everyday that Raym is gone. And it will be good pain free exercise :) Thank goodness for tax returns :)

Another Snow day

It snowed again yesterday. Not much stuck around, but it snowed pretty much all day. Alora and baby Ray decided to paint the day away, and Aspen of course spent quite some time outside.