Picnic

The GRAND~girls and I went with Mom Griffis to put flowers on Dad Griffis grave today.

It was the first time the GRAND's had been there.

They loved it there!

They thought it was so pretty that they

suggested we could have a picnic there sometime.

We got so tickled at them, they are so

precious and say the funniest things.

It is a beautiful and peaceful place and they didn't want to leave.

I guess we will be visiting often.

Clemon Herschel Griffis

Clemon Herschel Griffis

October 4, 1931~August 12, 2010

Most of you know that my father in law passed away August 12.

You may read his obituary here, if you are interested.

I just wanted to share a few family pictures taken the days after his death.

This is his older sister Juanita.

I said, "smile, Aunt Juanita!"

She said, "I am smiling."

That is not true because I have a beautiful picture of her smiling.

I'll share it with you some day.

I'm sorry to say that Aunt Juanita is in the hospital at this time.

She took a fall and fractured two vertebra in her back.

We saw her yesterday afternoon and she is doing

better and not in as much pain.

She is looking forward to coming home in a few days.

She lives here in Brunswick.

This is Clemon's baby sister, Betty Jean (aka, Betsy) who lives in Sandy, Utah

and his younger brother LeGrand who lives in Dallas, Tx.

This picture was taken on Friday the 13th of August,

Betsy's birthday, the day after Dad passed away.

This is Kathleen Floyd Griffis

my mother in law. Her and Dad would have been

married 60 years this coming Jan. 13th.

She is a beautiful woman inside and out and a

wonderful mother and MIL.

This is their oldest daughter, Gloria Sue Jacobs
pictured with her son, Joshua Jacobs.

This is their oldest son and my Sweetheart,

Claude Harry Griffis

holding our oldest GRAND~daughter Shelby Bailey Griffis.

This is William Brad Griffis, the middle child

with his wife Shelley.

My apologies to Brad for not getting a picture with his eyes open.

This is Roger Clem Griffis the youngest son

with his youngest daughter Ali Griffis.

This is the baby of the family, Mary Angela Ripley aka Angie

pictured with Moi'!

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Just wanted to thank each and everyone of you that left such sweet and comforting comments along with your thoughts and prayers. It really meant a lot to me, you're the best blogging friends EVER!!

Dad Griffis

Clemon H. Griffis passed away this afternoon,

August 12, 2010 he was 78 years old. He will be missed by many.

Love you Dad.

Matthew 25:21 His lord said unto him,

Well done, thou good and faithful servant:

thou hast been faithful over a few things,

I will make thee ruler over many things:

enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

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I miss yall.

I finally get telephone service and

Internet tomorrow afternoon!! Whoo Hoo!!

Give me one more week and I'll be back with you.

Stay out of trouble and try and stay cool.

Great Picture

I 've always loved this picture of Dad Griffis, my F.I.L.

It was taken at my youngest son, Travis and Jordan's wedding.

I think I love it because he has a great smile on his face.

He doesn't smile a whole lot.

The Sweetheart and I were with him last night when he suffered another stroke. He had a quadruple by pass two weeks ago and was really doing pretty well. They moved him on Tuesday of this week to a wonderful Rehabilitation hospital, Brooks. They ended up taking him back to St. Vincent's last evening around 5:00. They got him moved out of the ER around 11:00. He finally fell asleep around 12:30 this morning.

Around noon today he had a turn for the worse and they had to put him on a ventilator and moved him to CCU.

He's holding his own tonight.

They told us to come home and come back in the morning.

It's been a really long day.

Due to 3 dogs and the idiot AT&T people for not running the wires above ground like we have begged,

We Again Have NO Internet service

or phone service at our home.

If you need us use our cell phone #'s or work #!

Just don't even ask me how MAD!!! I am about this!!

It was the STRAW that broke the camels back!!

Randomness With Pictures

It is 2:00 PM

It is 95* with a heat index of 107* out side today!

I am not leaving the house.

I went to the garden this morning and nearly had a heat stroke.

This is my FIL, Clemon H. Griffis

He had a quadruple By Pass done on Monday.

He is doing well and they had him up walking yesterday.

He will go to a Rehab place for a few days when

he is released from the hospital on Monday.

The 3 Arlene's

My Mother, Janice Arlene

Me, Gigi Arlene

And my niece, Amelia Arlene

I also have a Great Aunt, Betty Arlene

She has a daughter Becky Arlene

And also several cousins with the name Arlene.

I don't think that any one of us even go by the name

it's just our middle name.

When the Sweetheart and I were on vacation back in May

I called to talk to the oldest GRAND~girl.

I asked her what she wanted me to bring her from Michigan.

She thought about it a minute and said,

"I believe I want some 'Beef Jerky'"

I'm, like, "are you sure"?

She said "yes".

So that is what we brought her along

with a couple of summer dresses.

As you can see I still have that beef jerky.

She doesn't like beef jerky??

I asked her, "then why did you want me to bring you some?"
She didn't know.

So into the food storage it goes.

This is how the Sweetheart enjoys the beach.

What EVER!

More cake, yum!

A friend celebrated her 40th birthday last month and this was her cake!

Different but good.

59 and 9

Happy 59 Anniversary

to my in~laws,

Clemon and Kathleen Griffis

And the Sweetheart's youngest son is 9 years old today.

He's 26 pounds and difficult.

Look at the attitude, all I asked him to do was to smile at the camera and this is what he gives me!

Hey, I'm the one that feeds him he best be nice to me!

NO! Not Another Shirt?

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

Did you get your dad another shirt?

What about a new tie?

My Daddy

I know that all of you think that you have the best daddy in the world but you are wrong, because I do! And all of us children think that we are daddy's favorite child, but again, I know that I am his favorite :)

I wonder if I get my self assured~ness from him?

I love you daddy with all my heart.

The Daddy of my Boys

The Daddy of my

children's daddy.

(my FIL)

The Daddy of my

GRAND~girls.



HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

to all the wonderful fathers in my life.

I was suppose to go to church with my daddy today in Jacksonville, FL. He was singing in the choir at Stake Conference. Today was a special day in that they were dividing two Stakes into 3 stakes. I'm so sorry I missed hearing my daddy sing and witnessing history in the making. We got home last night around 8:30 pm from being gone 8 days. Sweetheart got out of the truck not feeling well and then started running a fever about an hour later. I'm not sure what is wrong but it could be accumulation of many things. He was only a little better this morning so we didn't drive the hour and a half. My sister and brother 's family got to be there and hear daddy sing with the choir.

I'm jealous but wouldn't leave Harry.

We vacationed with the GRAND~girls and their parents as well as Christon's mom and dad. We went to Branson, MO. We had a lot of fun but it was a long ride. All total around 2100 miles driven in the extreme heat. Again, glad to be home.

Hope you enjoy your Sunday.

Photo Friday

Which is the real leg and which is the

fake one?? Can you tell, can you tell???

This is the first time he has walked into our house since July! By the time he got to his chair though he was worn out. He's just weak from not walking. He's doing great and still going to P/T twice a week and that is really helping him to learn to walk again. Hopefully he can shed that walker in a few weeks. He walked all the way into the Lab today for blood work. I was so proud for him.

Changing the subject, we have been at odds about that gray goat on his face. It's driving me crazy. He says he'll cut it when he kills a deer. With his luck that could be 2012 and it'll be down to his waist like ZZ Top. I'm trying to have patients but it's hard.

I show you this picture so that you can see my new wall color. It's Sherman Williams Restrained Gold. Sistah Carla and DIL Jordan picked it out. It's different. It's growing on us slowly. I'll show you a before and after sometime next week.

Oh and what a cute little girl in the picture too. I asked her yesterday where her daddy was and she said 'huntin', clear as day. We had to bribe her out of the dress up tutu so they could go to the fair Wednesday afternoon.

My FIL.

No real reason for this picture. Just thought I'd share. Happy Friday and have a great weekend!

"MY HAPPY"

No wait a minute,

this is "My Sad!"

This is "My Happy!"

This is Grandpa Griffis.

Harry's dad and the boys grandpa

and Shelby and Reagan's great- grandpa.

These pictures were taken at Reagan's

1st birthday party. When I look at

them I think of Shelby because about a year ago

she wouldn't get her way or she was mad

she would say, "my mad" and then give us that

sort of face. Same thing, when she was

happy, she would say, "my happy!"

And I think about how we ask

the girls to show us their happy face,

sad face, uggie face, mean face.

Anyway the top picture always

makes me laugh.

Such enthusiasm!