ツ Precious Pooch ツ

Nate took this picture of me and Pearl this evening and I just love it soo much I thought I would share it with you. What do you think... isn't it just precious?! I love my girls. They are such loving dogs and so sweet! They wouldn't hurt a fly and I am so glad everyday we have them (when I don't come home to the contents of the trash strewn out across the house LOL). We take WAY too many pictures of our dogs, ( like WAY WAY too many) but they all turn out soo cute! Plus Nate keeps adding to my camera equipment, so I have to practice as much as possible! He recently got me a flash and a new lens. The 55-200mm! and a new case, diffuser, puffer, wireless remote, and I also got a big and little tripod for christmas. I think I am pretty set! I am always craving to take pictures so if you would like me to take a few for you... I will be more than happy to! Free of charge :) unless you come into Kiddie Kandids. LOL. I get to take some family portraits tomorrow for a friend. I'll let you know how they turn out. :)

Time for giving

We went down to Grantsville for Christmas and spent a lot of time with Nathan's parents. It was very relaxing. We got to see Bill and Melissa and lots of friends and family. We have this bad habit of not being able to wait to open our gifts... so everytime we bought something we would wrap it and then a few hours later it would be opened. Haha. I think we just get to excited to see our expressions so we can't help it. Anyway I want to again thank Tammy for the box of Creative Memories Scrapbooking supplies! I have not been able to put it away! So Nate got me an organizer for all my stuff and it is full! Nate has even joined in a made a few pages :) He's really good and creative. We also got our dogs a great big new bed! They LOVE it. Your welcome pooches! LOL









My AWESOME supplies organizer Nathan got me! It's a little full... I may need another one. I just can't stop going to Hobby Lobby and getting more stuff. Nate told me I need to stop or I wont have any room. LOL. But it's something I love and he enjoys it too sometimes. So... let the shopping commence! Hehe.

The end of another year!

This year for Christmas Tammy ( my awesome stepmom) sent me a box full of Creative Memories scrapbooking supplies and crafts. I love it! Although it is getting to Nate cause every spare second I have I am knee deep in paper and supplies! Oh, and I did drag him to Joann Fabrics last night to get more paper and we ended up getting some soft fleece fabric to make a big blanket out of it. Nate wanted blue and gray. It was on sale HALF OFF! So I told him that he needs to get pink and brown and make one for me! We'll see if I get one LOL. Anyway... somehow I walked out of there with no paper, haha, so I dragged him to Hobby Lobby. Honestly... I think he likes it, he had a good time! I'm glad I have a husband that goes to craft stores with me and even helps me pick out girly crafts! Thanks babe :)


So with work, "photography," playing on photoshop 24/7, scrapbooking, and other crafts and things I do in between, I am one busy girl. I guess they do say, busy hands are happy hands! We'll my hands are definitely happy! But we are really enjoying the season and spending a lot of time together. We were reminiscing last night about this year as I was putting together a few scrapbook pages. My trip to Michigan, my sisters visit here, my mom also came down this year too, oh and at the beginning of the year, we got Keela!




Oh and I was forgetful this year in getting my christmas cards out on time. I had them done about a month ago and just got around to getting them and addressing them. So, sorry, they might come a day or two after christmas. LOL Maybe I need to slow down a little and make lists! I haven't even gotten my shopping done! Ugh... ;) Merry Christmas and we Love all of you!

Trip to Grantsville

This weekend we had a few days off so we decided to drive down to see Nate's parents. We got to see them and Bill, Melissa and Olive. It was great to get to relax and spend time with family and friends. The drive home wasn't so relaxing. When we got past Ogden, it was getting bad. And the canyon was worse. I took us twice as long to get home.

Christmas Crafting

Every year I make a new ornament with something significant from that year that we will always remember. I've been putting it off because I couldn't think of anything small to put in the ornament. Although we did do some fun things this year... not a whole lot of them are easy to fit inside. But I think i figured it out! This year we got Keela... so I put some of her hair in it. And some ribbon from when Casey came to visit. Then I just write on it dates and things that we want to remember. So far we have 5. One that says all of our names... and one for each year we are together. Even though we were married in 2007... I made one for 2006 because that's when we met and I put things in it from my college and the MLM for each of us. I think they are cute and I can't wait til our whole tree is filled with them on our 50th anniversary!

Christmas Came Early! ( for me)

So I have wanted a new camera for a while and Nate has been wanting to get me a nice one since I've been learning Photoshop and am obsessed with taking pictures. I figured I would have one under the tree...( which we don't have up yet, shame on me)... but I never expected to come home from a long and busy day from work to see a Nikon D3000 sitting on my kitchen table! What a great gift to come home to! I can't stop taking pictures and learning my new obsession! I am going to take a few classes (came with the camera), and also take some up on campus as soon as possible. Hopefully now I will post more pictures more often. It is the best gift ever, and just shows how much he loves and listens to me. Thanks love! (now... what to get him!?) Haha. I haven't even started shopping for him. Guess I better get on it. This past week I was really sick... so this makes up for all we went through this week.




Dear Joy,

You are amazing! I love, love, LOVE the soup you made for us! It was phenomenal! Ummm... I make a pretty good meatloaf... if I make that and you make that soup again... can we trade! Haha. Although my meatloaf is probably a fraction of the worth of your cooking! I can't wait til we can get together again soon and play Monopoly and hot tub, Yay! Oh and we have to do crafts and knit! LOL. K well just wanted to tell you how much we appreciate you! Talk to you soon!

Beautiful Fall!

So we have a huge yard... and hate when all the leaves fall. It takes a few days just to rake it all up. But i love the colors so I took our dogs out to play in it after i had gathered them and they loved it! So I took a few pictures so you could see how big they are getting.

☠October ツ

These past couple of weeks have been great! We have been working hard, playing hard and still finding time to relax as well! We just recently went to Olive's blessing down in G-ville. It was so wonderful and we loved seeing Olive! She is so cute and we are so happy for Bill and Melissa! We love you guys so much and only wish the best for your new little family! Have a great time in St. George and we'll see you when you get back. Can't wait to spend the weekend with ya soon! :) We just got back from a fun trip to the movies with a couple of friends and now i can' t sleep. Haha. We are loving spending time together and we're definitely feeling the holiday spirit. We are staying home for the holidays but planning on going to Michigan sometime right after the new year!

My favorite time of the year!!

I am so excited it's fall! This is my favorite time of the year. We just got out our fall decorations and are starting to put out our Halloween decorations and I love it! The only thing bad about fall is the leaves falling... cause we have such a big yard that it usually takes forever to clean up the leaves. But we got smart and invested in a leaf blower so now i am not so worried. So my new job at Kiddie Kandids is going good. Although it's sometimes hard... it's also a lot of fun. Nate has been real busy at work. He works so much and I appreciate him soo much! Thanks babe:) I love you. We just celebrated our 2 year anniversary on the 15th of September and it was wonderful! Our best friends, Bill and Melissa, just had a baby. They named her Olive Lottie... and we are sooo happy for them! They came up to Logan for the weekend and I got to take her pictures at work. They were so cute and i enjoyed every minute of them being here! (hint hint... you guys need to come back up!) LOL. We are heading down to Grantsville next weekend to attend her baby blessing. We can't wait to see little Olive again! Well my sister is back home :( She was here for two weeks and I miss her so much. We had so much fun while she was here. We went shooting ( it was her first time shooting a gun!) and she liked it, we went and explored the Logan Canyon and that was fun, and she got to ride on the Harley a few times. We are planning a trip to Michigan for after the new year. Can't wait to see my family!

August.... what a great month!

This past weekend my sister Casey flew in from Michigan! I am so happy she's here! She will be staying about a week. We are trying to fit everything in that we can. With me starting my new job, it's hard cause I have to be there too. But at least it's not for very long. We are having a blast! I started my new job last week at Kiddie Kandids and couldn't be happier! It's a great job and lots of fun! So come see me!

Casey is coming! Yay

So not much has changed for us lately. Our South Dakota trip is postponed for a little later time and although we are sad that we can’t make it to Sturgis… there is always next year! Since we plan on taking the Harley up there next year we are super excited! It can’t come soon enough! The downer though is that I will have to wait a year to see my family but we plan on staying for a while when we do go so that’s good. Soon my little sister Casey will be flying down here from Michigan to spend time with Nate and I. I am so excited! I haven’t seen her since I went to Michigan in March.She just turned 16 and my mom bought her a ticket for her birthday. Since school is starting soon for her, she can only stay a week but I think it will be a blast!

What's been going on in the Griffiths household? Well...

We were getting tired of having two two door vehicles... so we sold the truck and got a 4runner. It's a lot nicer to have the pups in the very back so they are not jumping all over the car! But... Nathan took it out the other day and when he came back there was a HUGE hole in one of the tires and within 15 minutes the tire was completely flat in our driveway. So that is not going to be fun to fix :( Great. Then poor Nathan starts not feeling well (and by that i mean his temp was between 101- 104 degrees for a couple days and he couldn't breathe or keep anything down ) but puts off going to the doctor thinking it's just a simple flu virus... until... he gets worse and worse and we have to rush him to the ER. Talk about worried... i was a wreck! So they got his oxygen up and heart rate down to normal and took some blood tests and then it really got scary. He had to get some chest ex-rays and a cat scan because they were scared he had a Pulmonary Embolism which is not good at all. That came back negative ( thank goodness!) but it did show that he has Pneumonia pretty bad and Empyema. Apparently he had been sick for a while for it to get as bad as it is. So they sent him home with some antibiotics and told us to go see the doc on monday morning. The doc could definitely tell that he was not a whole lot better and put him on oxygen here at home and released him from work until the end of the month. He is feeling a little better. Getting more sleep and fluids down but he has had some pain worsen and if it doesn't get better soon we will be heading back to the ER. We need lots of prayer so if you could please pray for him that would be great. Nates brother in law came over today and gave him a blessing and we greatly appreciate him for that! Thank you!

MOM VISITS!!!!

So about a month ago my wonderful mother flew down here to spend some time with Nathan and I!! It was a surprise! Well, sort of. She called me and told me that she was going to come see me and 24 hours later.... YAY... she was here! Since I don't get to see my mother very much (and nathan has only gotten to see her a few times since we've been together) we spent as much time together as possible. She stayed almost two weeks and it was the best two weeks I could ask for! Thanks mom for everything! I love you! Wish we could see you more. But... we are coming up soon! Are you ready? HAHA

It's been too long!

So it's been about a month since I went to Michigan and I just been to lazy to wanna update our blog so... sorry :( We have been quite busy. Nate has been fixing up our house, (just a bunch of little things here and there) and I am so grateful for all the hard work he does! He really is wonderful at anything he does.
I myself haven't been busy in a productive way other than cleaning and going to work, but I have been trying to get healthier so I go to the gym a lot and I spend time with friends and Nathan whenever I can. Not to mention taking care of Keela is a big job! She is doing better though! Oh and did I mention the weather? So it's been snowing like crazy here! Cold and snowing!!! Like it's the middle of December or something. I am so over the snow. And I Nate is too. I don't blame him when it's 60 degrees one day and then the next it's like a blizzard clear into spring! Utah has some crazy weather!


Michigan was WONDERFUL! I really needed it! It was so amazing to get to see my family and friends!
The best part was getting to spend quality time with my mom, brother and sister. I can not tell you how good it feels to get to see them after 2 years! I can't believe how big they are. When I left they were just these little kids not even in high school, and now they are almost as tall as me and going into 11th grade!?! What happend?! I love them so much. You guys are the best brother and sister I could ever ask for! Utah is kinda hard on me because I am really really close with my mom and brother and sister and I just get really sad sometimes. Hopefully we will get to visit more often. 2 years is really too long to go without my family. I'm crossing my fingers that maybe someday we will get to stay out there for a while. I didn't do a whole lot outside of just spending a lot of time with my family and friends. Everyone came over to my moms house to say hi and I got to go out to see a ton of people. I was really sad to leave but also missing Nathan and my baby girls (Pearl and Keela) like crazy. I just wish I could have both! Thank goodness I have Nathans family or I would be a wreck. I love his parents! They are incredible! Thank you guys for all you do! I was only there for five days... but it was the best five days I have had in a long time!

Mom,
I love you, and I miss you like crazy. I know we don't get to talk much cause we have separate schedules, but I could talk to you all day everyday! Please don't worry about me. I am doing great! Really I am! It was just overwhelming you know?! Im still Nicki, just older and with a family of my own. I have changed, but for the better. You just didn't have enough time to see. You know i love you so much! It kills me to be here and doing this without you. I need you just as much as you need me. You are doing a great job! I can't believe how wonderful my brother and sister are. It's almost surreal how grown up they are! They are that way because of you! I haven't been there :( Please don't worry about me. You know I can handle it. Im strong like you! Nathan is so wonderful! You will never find a better son-in-law! He is the best husband! I love you and I wish you were here!



RRR,
I love you! I wish we could've spent more time together! I am so lucky to have a friend like you! You are an amazing friend! I miss you more and more everyday. I can't wait to see you again!
P.S. When are you moving to Utah???


We just wanted to say how much we love and appreciate all our friends and family. We are really lucky to have you in our lives! Thanks for being there and all you do! Love you! Love you Dad! I miss you. I will see you soon. I don't know what i would do without you Nana and Papa! Your always there and I can't do without you!


Michigan Pictures :)













St. Patty's Day Pictures :)