Lots of Griffis Girls

Almost all the Griffis girl cousins together for a photo op; Ashley and Mackenzie are missing. And then there's poor, sweet,  Dalton who is the only boy out of 9 grandchildren. Brenna, Abby and Katelyn have been in town for the summer visiting their grandparents. Jack got a new job so they moved to NC and now are in Missouri. It was so great to have them come visit us. Aren't these girls a bunch of cuties. We hope to get all your girls together again very soon!

4 Months for Riley, 4th of July, & Family Time

Riley put 4 months under her belt on July 4th. She is such a sweet baby. She smiles at me every time I come into her room and she thinks her Daddy and Sister are the best things she has ever seen. "Kiss her check" is one of Kendall's favorite things to do and say and she does them both what seems like a hundred times a day. Riley rarely gets upset over her sister loving on her and most often has a huge smile for her. These sisters are best buds.

The 4th of July was spent with our good friends, the Tellez Family. We went to their house for lunch and to play and catch up. Kendall and the Tellez Twins, Sarah & Aaron, had a ball playing with each other. Sidewalk chalk, motorized bike and play set where all great entertainment for the kiddos. We had a fun day with our friends.

I snapped some photos of the girls and Troy while we were hanging out one Saturday morning. I love these guys.

I've been asking Kendall if she wanted me to paint her toenails for two weeks. One day she was up for it. I think she was worried it was going to hurt, but when she say the hot pink polish on her toes she was in love.

The girls were just laying around playing together on the floor so I thought I would take some shots. I thought it was so funny that in both these photos they have the exact same body positioning.

 Two silly sisters!

Meeting Family in Fort Worth

Troy's cousin Nick, his wife Angela and son Nicholas "aka Ray Cat" who live in Houston happened to be in Fort Worth two weekends ago so we met up with them. We took a trolley from their hotel to dinner a Mexican restaurant called Mi Cocina. Kendall was so excited that she didn't have to wear a seat belt but could site on her knees and looks out the window as we drove through the city. We then walked to frozen yogurt for dessert and back on the trolley to their hotel for some swimming.

Kendall always has a blast with "Ray Cat" and this time was no exception. The kids, who are three months apart in age,  loved climbing the huge staircase and running around the lobby of the hotel. Since there was really no one around they weren't disturbing anyone. They also got to meet a sweet black lab who is training to be "seeing eye dog". They both thought he was great of course! How we didn't get a picture of Angela, Troy or Riley on this trip is beyond me, but they all were there.

So much fun seeing you guys. Hope we get to do it again soon!

Nick, Nicholas, Me & Kendall on the trolley

Kendall playing with her buddy "Ray Cat"

Enjoying the Trolley 

Please, Thank You & Whoops-a-Daisy

(This post old…Mommy has been slacking on getting this one blogged about.)
After what seems like months of pounding "Please" and "Thank You" into Kendall's brain, she has it down and I couldn't be more proud. She now says please and thank you all the time and I don't have to ask her "what do we say". I can't even tell you how many times those words have come out of my mouth. Now I know how my parents felt in teaching Jon and I. Since she tends to be more on the shy side so it is more difficult to get her to say it others, but she's coming out of her shell….slowly!

It is hilarious to hear Whoops-a-Daisy come out of a 2.5 year old mouth. When someone drops something or a drink gets spilled, etc… you hear Kendall say Whoops-a-Daisy. Apparently she got this from her mother :-)

Kendall playing on her bed

Sisters posing for the camera

Kendall wanted a picture with her, Riley and some of her animals/babies