It has been a wonderful Christmas, made even nicer with Josh and Liz visiting us. Kathy, Ava and Abby came over on Christmas Eve and made a Ginger Bread House, and then came back for Christmas Day dinner (turkey and dressing). We miss everyone and love our children dearly.

8:30 AM Christmas Morning.

Sleeping in was nice.

As always, Sheri's Christmas tree was spectacular.

Santa brought Josh a bag for the drum hard wear. He is taking his drums to Seattle!

Liz gets some new "rain" boots for her walk to work in Seattle.

Jordan got a Martin guitar and was thrilled. He can now give Josh back his.

Sheri gets a new pair of boots! She did not dream she would get boots, which she really needed.

Graduation Day For Jordan

GRADUATION DAY!

WAY TO GO JORDAN!!!

This is the "We Survived" Smile!

Jordan with Very Proud Mom and Dad

Jordan Performing at Graduation

He was GREAT!!! Rocked the gym! View his performance on the link below:

http://sharing.theflip.com/session/3dc66f74d824ffd5b704385689094de5/video/14799309

Happy Easter

HAPPY EASTER

Chef Sheri creates another fabulous meal! Including a world class pie.

Ava and Abby being oh so cute!

Happy Easter everyone!

Jordan's Senior Project

No, that's not John Lennon, however, it is a replica of his uniform worn on the cover of the Sgt. Pepper album. Jordan gave a report about how the Beatles changed music and had an major affect on the world during a time of fear, hate and evil, by promoting Love and Peace (sounds like the times we are going through now). After his report he sang a medely of Beatles songs. You can: view: http://sharing.theflip.com/session/d3552f88adb81c23b946faa9c8307487/video/11932150

By the way, he scored a 98% on the report and performance. The Senior Project is a required class in order to graduate, and it quite the extensive project. A mentor is required in order to help you with the project, and Jordan's mentor helped him learn to play the music, write the medley, taught him to finger pick, and gave him voval lessons as well.

The Beatles - Sgt Peppers Album

Graduation Day for Liz!

Elizabeth Bowler Griffith graduates from Brigham Young University - Idaho, December 18, 2009 with a BS in Performing and Visual Art! What a wonderful day for Liz and Josh. We love having the college graduates in the family and she did an exceptional job, balancing school, a job, and new marriage life. Now it is Josh's turn, as he was just accepted at the Art Institute of Seattle and schedule will graduate with a BA in Audio Production and will begin an action packed three year program that begins April 2010.

Happy graduation Day!

Liz working the line!

Josh greets his happy wife as she comes off the stage!

What a great day for a happy couple!

Tasha made Liz a graduation cake and hosted a post graduation party!

What a great cake. . . . by Tasha "Duff" Griffith

Thanksgiving 2009!

Thanksgiving 2009 was wonderful because we were all together and we met Patti's new friend Steve. Our hope is that we did not scare him away, and that he understands

our humor and Dad's way of seeing if he will fit in. . . . . . .

all was good. Sheri did an amazing job organizing two

days of meals. We have so much fun when we are

together, it is truly something to be thankful for.

Our Heaven

Jordan's first day of his last year of High School! Our Last year of school conferences, band concerts, early morning Seminary, homework, proms, homecomings, lost homework, spring breaks, girl/boy friend breakups! After six kids and 35 years of school kids. . . . oh my gosh, a light at the end of a really long tunnel.

John ROCKS at a reunion concert! Check out the family album website for more pictures! http://johnandsheris25thanniversary.shutterfly.com/

We had a busy August Vacation. We attended the Peck reunion in Twin Falls and were able to spend some time with Grandpa and Grandma Griffith. Both are looking well for 91 year olds. Uncle Harvey LOVED Sheri; he asked her for a kiss on the cheek and then said it actually set off high noises in his hearing aid! Then off to Sun Valley to spend a nice weekend with Sharon and Jack. We went to the top of Baldy and Sheri made her mark on having fun with hats! Then it was off to Rexburg where we attended a baseball game and then we rode some of Braun's Razor's. If you have never ridden one, don't take your wife because she will call you names! We drove to American Fork and spent some quality time watching the Monkey's while Patti attended a youth conference. It was a nice change to the summer and we very much enjoyed seeing everyone. Pictures of the trip can be seen at http://johnandsheris25thanniversary.shutterfly.com/

Click on 8/09 Vacation to see the rest of the photos!

Doug Griffith has a beautiful home and a wonderful backyard! We took the Monkey's there for a quick swim. We were only there for about 45 minutes when the sky opened up and it poured!

25th Wedding Anniversary

Even though our wedding anniversary is not until October, our kids surprised us on July 31st by all being at Kathy's home, all six kids and all 15 grandkids! We had a great three days of fun and laughter!

You can view our 25th Wedding Anniversary Photo Album at: http://johnandsheris25thanniversary.shutterfly.com/

Summer Fun on Payette Lake

So far the lake has been fun, but COLD! We have had an unusually cold summer so far with few days above 80 (last night our low was 37! So, the lake remains on the tab bit cool side. Robbie, Jake, Ellie, Josh, Liz, and Sheri have braved the cool water for a dip. John is holding out for something near 70. The Fourth of July on the lake was nuts, more boats than usual and North Beach was "Girls Gone Wild" in McCall. The City Beach, which was under construction last year, was packed for the fire works. We are looking forward to JD and Tasha coming at the end of the month; we would love to see them water ski in this lake, dodging the ice flows! So far Sheri wins the award for being in the lake the most, Josh wins for doing a flip off the boat, Ellie wins for being the first one in for the Epperson's, and John wins for dangling his feet.

PATTI AND THE KIDS!!! YAHOOO!

Patti, Robbie, Jake, Ellie, Luke and JohnJohn came rolling into McCall and boy did we have fun! The weather was great, the kids were good and we went out on the boat a couple of times, went to a hot springs called Gold Fork, and pretty much vegged on enjoying everything. Robbie and Jake used the three and a half foot grass between the house and the creek to hide and shoot each other with the air guns. We sat on the deck and watched the deer and the elk come down to drink and eat. We laughed, we cried, and we simply had a great time! Oh yeah, and the twins found Sheri's home made pickles in basement and, sure enough, we have one less jar now! Carpet and pickle juice. . . . . nice! We now get ready for Josh and Liz, and then the end of July we will be getting ready for the Griffith 7!