Saturday, February 21, 2015

Loving Idaho

We have loved being back in Idaho! And the summer was so fun with Meagan and Brent and their kids and Tawni and Ryan and their kids coming as well! All the cousins had a lot of fun together and even though it was  a lot of people in the house we had so much fun getting to see everyone.

With all of our stuff packed up still in Sandy and Alan's garage it was kind of a stressful month in June as we were trying to close on our first house! We found it searching the listings online in Kentucky and Sandy went and saw it for us and we ended up in a bidding war on the house that we miraculously won! In any case actually getting to the point of being able to close on the house took longer than anticipated and we weren't sure if we were going to make our closing deadline, but it all came through last minute. The house is perfect for us and we LOVE our neighborhood and our big fenced backyard for the kiddos! We are so happy to be here!




Out at the park in downtown Coeur D' Alene




We went to a party at our good friend Scott's parents house by Newman Lake. Scott graduated medical school with Brad and is the one who drove out to Idaho with us. We love him and his family! Such a beautiful setting at their house!



We love Poppi's and Gigi's house!
All the cousins together.


All the boys went fishing with poppi. Ryder didn't last long :)


Coeur D' Alene lake with Meagan, Brent, and Sandy and Alan. We all went out on a date together!



We ran the Iron Man Kids race and it was so fun! With such little legs in tow we walked a lot, but we had fun :)


Eating dinner at Dockside all together. 

Poppi's birthday :)

So much cousin fun!



Meagan was sweet enough to take these pictures of Blakelee and I while she was here. I love them. I can't believe she was so little.



Such a good big brother :)

A day at the lake. So beautiful and relaxing.

The day we went in to sign the papers on our house! We were so happy to close!


We love our house and our neighborhood. There are parks around every corner.


We love our Griffitts family!







Thursday, October 9, 2014

Move to Idaho

I'm playing catch up on the blog! I've fallen far behind. After Brad's graduation we had family and friends help pack us up and we headed out to Idaho! It took us four days to drive from Kentucky to Idaho. And Brad's mom was so awesome and drove the car with me and the kids so I wouldn't be by myself! I am so happy she came with us :) The trip went better than I thought....considering we had two small kids and a new baby and had to drive around 10 hours at least every day. The boys only had one day where they were just REALLY tired of being in the car and I don't blame them. It was fun to drive across country and get to see a few fun spots like Mt. Rushmore and Wall Drug. Here are some pictures from our trip.

 All packed up and ready to go!



 Badlands...so cool.

 Mt. Rushmore. It was a perfect beautiful day.




 Blake chillin with me at the hotel.



We finally made it!

Monday, August 11, 2014

Dr. Brad Griffitts

Brad graduated medical school May 17th and it was such an awesome weekend! I can't believe he is now officially Dr. Bradley Griffitts. I am so proud of him and I know he was meant to be a doctor. He works so hard and is so good at what he does.

The weekend started off with family coming into town. Brad's parents and my mom and my brother, Adam, came in to celebrate with us. Saturday morning there was a brunch for all the graduates and their families. They gave out special awards from the different medical departments at the school and Brad got the award from the radiology department! It was so fun to see all of our friends we made during medical school and get to celebrate with them.



Later in the afternoon was the graduation ceremony and it was so moving to see Brad walk across that stage and get his diploma. He has worked so hard and I am so proud of him for the amazing profession that he has chosen to be a part of.