Griffis Halloween

Kendall's second Halloween is now under her belt. Last year she was 21 days old and we dressed her up as a pumpkin. She basically slept through the whole thing. But this year Kendall was a lady bug and man did she have a good time. I dressed up as a butterfly and Troy a bug loving enthusiast.

Our family went to the home of Troy's oldest brother, Jack. There we met up with Troy's other brother Mike and his family. The three families all took a quick spin around the block for a little trick or treating. We had 4 lady bugs in total, a blushing bride, the character from Scream, a bug enthusiasts, and an exterminator.

Kendall wanted to walk, or should I say have me walker, a majority of the block. She was squealing with glee at all the kids in their costumes. She really thought it was great... that is until her Cousin Dalton showed off his mask that appears to bleed. This sent her into a screaming fit! The mask scared me too; I'm a huge chicken. K loved showing off her costume to the neighbors and tried her best to keep up with the big kids. She even tried to finagle her way into a sweet woman's home who said she would be happy to have her in. She didn't quit get how the whole trick or treating thing worked. She got one piece of candy...which I later ate...well she can't eat it so someones got to ;-) We had a great time!


The bug enthusiast and his little lady bug and butterfly!

Daddy and his little lady

Kendall & Mom sporting their bug costumes

Kendall sharing her excitement for tricker treating with all the neighbors

Dalton, you have a little something dripping down your face.

The 3 Griffis brothers and their wives - K, me, Mel, Jack, Lea Ann, Troy & Mike

Good thing the bug lover is there to protect his bug from Uncle Jack, the exterminator

K stretching out in Cousin Katelyn's ride...it's so nice to be chauffeured around!

Our cute little lady bug!

Since my mom my won't let me have candy, I'll just eat my fingers instead.

Me and my loving bug man

Bride, Brenna, & Lady Bug, Abby.

Momma Lady Bug, Mel, and her baby bug, Katelyn.

All the Tricker Treating Griffis'

One more family photo to round out the night

Kendall checking out the candy with Cousin Abby

What does your hat say?

Your bugs love you too bug man!

Pumpkins at the Dallas Arboretum

Troy, Sarah, Kendall, Rolando, Aaron, Sarah & Shandra enjoying some pumpkins!



Hey Daddy Look At That

My Cuties!




























For most major holidays, the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden goes all out making their grounds look reflect the holiday spirit. Today we went there with our friends, the Tellez Family, to ring in Fall and get in the Halloween Mood. The Arboretum grounds always look so amazing with all the beautiful flowers, trees and greenery, but as you can see from the pictures they really outdid themselves this year. We had such a good time and the kids loved it. Afterwards we all went our friends, the Miller's home, for pizza and a little playtime before bed. What a great day! Thanks Rolando, Shandra, Aaron, & Sarah for so much fun. Lets do it again real soon.

Oh one more thing to mention....Kendall took her first steps at the Miller's home, 2 to be exact. Good job Kendall~ keep it up! Tomorrow Kendall and I are going to Stride Right to look for a pair of shoes for her.

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It's been quite a while since I made a post. We have been busy. We visited my parents for two weeks, had a family photo shoot, a Cake Smashing Photo Shoot, caught up with friends and family, visited my brother and his wife Laurie at their home in the Bay Area, went to my girlfriend; Meredith Felde Hoffman's wedding, threw K her first birthday party, and had her 1 year check up with the doctor.

Kendall is 30 inches long and weighs 18.9 lbs. She's a lean, mean fighting machine! She has 5 teeth with more on the way. She is cruising, saying Dada, Momma, Uh-oh, baby and tons of other things I can't understand but love to hear. She is extremely active and wants to walk so badly but doesn't quite have the balance down yet. This means that Troy and I have to help her walk everywhere because she doesn't want to crawl and wants to do it on her own. She dropped a nap this week and is now down to one...upside is that though she is sleeping less during the day she goes to bed earlier at night. Bye bye 9-9:30pm...hello 7:30pm. She is really branching out on her foods as well which is really fun. I am in the process of weaning her which is interesting...not as easy as I thought it was going to be. Why did I think it was going to be easy?!?!

We had a great time at Mere & Kevin's wedding. It was so beautiful. The bride looked stunning and the gang had a great time catching up. Everyone got their groove on especially Troy. Mere got asked if she hired dancers as my husband proceeded to take over the dance floor when "Billy Jean" was played by the DJ. We had such a good time that we all decided to meet up after for a nightcap. Now that we all have kiddos...we don't get out much. We all lasted about a half hour and then called it a night. We were exhausted and had to be ready to get up with the kids at the crack of dawn :-).


The Lovely Bride and Groom -Kevin & Meredith Hoffman

Josh & Amy Elson

Lisa & Tyson Kunst

Troy & Tyson BFF (Lisa and I should have never let those two sit together)

Jimmy & Jenny Williams

Troy & I

Uncle Jon & Kendall saying goodbye

Grandma Lap & her granddaughter

Kendall taking a bath in Grandma & Grandpa Lap's kitchen sink

What's that your eating Kendall? Looks like an orange popsicle

What are you doing eating a popsicle?

Sure looks like you are enjoying it

No wonder you are buds with Grandpa Lap...this explains a lot

Golfing with Grandpa

Kendall & Grandpa Lap riding the bouncing firetruck

Are you having fun at the park Kendall?

You and your silly faces!

One man band

This is a video of Kendall climbing my parents stairs. Babies are amazing. How to they know how to climb stairs...this is K's first stair climbing experience. Praise the Lord we have a one story house!