look who's 1!

Jovi turned one during my parent's 50th wedding anniversary. We had a joint birthday party with Summer Wooten with all the cousins. 

 My sister Denise brought this ginormous pinata from Texas. Jovi actually liked the pinata and wasn't afraid.

 The spread. Everything was gone in a matter of minutes.

 Mama with the birthday girl.

Not too interested in her first taste of sugar. I've always wanted my kids to dig in their birthday cakes and make a huge mess.

I can't believe Jovi is already one. Some of her milestones so far:

• She has 8 teeth.
• She crawls and is working on walking.
• She flinches every time Corban is near her.
• She will wave and say 'Hi' but only once. If you miss it, tough luck.
• Whenever we get in the car, she screams uber loud.
• She hates bananas and peas.

Happy birthday Jovi!

papa's day off

tucson, az

Joe and I are flying to Tucson, AZ for a week to look for a house. We've got some must see houses and a must live in community. Wish us luck!

graduation

Joe graduated two weeks ago. He got his degree in Biology with minors in Chemistry and MIS. We went up on campus the weekend before graduation and took pictures around campus. I'm sure glad we did. We drove past the bull and there was a line 10 people deep. Yikes!

 Grabbing the bull by the horns!

 Tough guys on the "A".

 Future Aggie, maybe?

The fam. Jovi decided to poop during the ceremony. It got on my arm, all over her back, and all over the stroller. Yuck!

I have to admit that I cried a little during the ceremony. It has been such a long journey getting to this point. I am so happy and proud of Joe for sticking with his grades and work and everything! Now all we have left is 6 more years of school!

lil' chompers

You can't really see it, but Jovi is sporting her brand new tooth! She had 2 but the other one decided to back into hiding. She is also starting to crawl! I have a cute cute cute video but my computer/camera is being stupid and not working. I'll have it ASAP.

this and that

Joe and I have been looking for a Hyundai Santa Fe for a while now. The cars are a couple thousand dollars cheaper back East, so we were planning on a trip back East and driving home! Luckily, we found an awesome car for an awesome price in American Fork, Utah. We are now owners of a blue (I think it looks like a marble) Hyundai Santa Fe that we love! Except for Corban. He'll occasionally ask for our green car. Picky boy!

 Jovi has two teeth, is acting like she's ready to crawl, and has the cutest personality! I watched one of nieces and nephews yesterday. My niece was playing with a balloon and accidently popped the balloon. Jovi cried and then started laughing, just like most of the Griffin women do!

 Corban is turning 4 this fall. He tries, sometimes desperately, to make Jovi laugh and gets upset when he doesn't succeed. We have been potty training for the third time and it seems to catching on better than in the past. Cross your fingers that he'll understand pooping in the potty is okay sooner than later.

Joe has 6 more weeks of school! Can you believe it? It feels surreal that we're actually moving away from Logan in a couple of months. I know me and the kids will love love love having Joe home more during the summer.

finger puppet patterns

I'm in the very slow process of starting my own etsy shop where I want to sell children's wall art that I designed after some finger puppets I made for my kids. While I'm trying to set up shop, I decided to make patterns of most of the wall art and sell them in a PDF ebook!

Spread the word and head on over to my other blog, Counting Sheep Decor, and purchase your copy of 16 finger puppet patterns today!