Avah and the Potty

this morning avah told me that she wanted to go potty so she went in the bathroom and took her diaper off and i asked her to throw it in the trash, she did not big deal. i asked if she wanted to put on a clean diaper she said "no" so i told her she didnt have to if she would tell me when she had to go potty. i keep asking her if she needs to go potty and she says no (of course). i was doing the dishes and she comes out and stands there and wets on the carpet AHHHHH i clean it up and tell her that if she doesnt go on the toilet than we are going to put a diaper on. so some more time passes she runs out holding her bum saying she needs to go potty (she can get on the potty all by her self using her step stool) a minuet or two later she comes out and has poop on her hands!!!!!! FREAKIN DAY we go in the bathroom and it was all over the toilet seat and her hands BUT... she did go in the potty and she tried to wipe so i tried not to show that i was Frustrated :)we hurried and cleaned the mess and then got her in the bath. i think its funny that before i was a mom i thought it would be so easy and my princess would be mess free and all ways look perfect. hahaha what was i thinking i do not know how some moms do it! i envy the "super mom" and hope that someday i can come close.

ISALAND PARK & WEST YELLOWSTONE

On Wednesday night we left Logan and headed to Idaho Falls to meet up with Wes's parents. we stayed overnight and in the morning we picked up Colten and headed to Island Park to the cabin. Wes, Leon and Colten went fishing at Henry's Fork when we got there and Linda, Avah and I hung out at the cabin. We had SO MUCH FUN, we read books, watched movies (the only kids movie was Shrek 2 so we watched that I swear 50times!!!), made bracelets and hung out. Friday we went to West Yellowstone we didn't see much game. at one point traffic was backed up for i swear a mile or more by the time we got to where the "distraction" was i was a little disappointed that it was just an elk, i was hoping it would be something more exciting. we drove to this place that had a dead end and when we got to the end this boy (about 10years old) with a heavy accent ran up to our car and was So excited that he had just seen a dear, what he thought was a dear was actually a little group of elk, i could not believe how close we were to them. Wes pointed out my window and i screamed because there was a cow elk maybe 5 feet from my window and i didn't see it when we came to a stop. we went to fire hole, the paint pots and Old Faithful. there were some more places we were able to stop but i cant remember what they were called. we had so much fun at West Yellowstone. Saturday morning we got all packed up and got the cabin cleaned up and then Wes, Leon and Colten went fishing on their way home. Linda took Avah and I to my parents house and we were able to hang out with the boys (Jaymin and Bryson)for a while. It was so nice to get home on Saturday and have a day to "recover" before our busy week starts.

WEST YELLOWSTONE PICTURES

COLTEN @ FIRE HOLE , AVAH @ FIRE HOLE, ELK OUT WE'S WINDOW,ELK OUT MY WINDOW, AT THE PAINT POTS, OLD FAITHFUL, AVAH & COLTEN @ YELLOWSTONE LODGE, COLTEN WITH PAINTED BUFFALO IN WEST YELLOWSTONE

DUSK

here is a cool sunset we had a few weeks ago. let me know what you think !

DOWNATA HOT SPRINGS

this past weekend all the Griffeth's decided to get together at Downata Hot Springs WE HAD SO MUCH FUN!!! our family is planning a day trip so that we can all go and have a great time. avah LOVED the water toys here are some pictures of her.

ISLAND PARK

THIS PAST WEEKEND WE WENT TO ISLAND PARK TO SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH COLTEN AND MY FAMILY AT THE CABIN, WE HAD SOOOOOO MUCH FUN IT WAS HARD TO COME BACK TO WORK.

we left friday night picked up colten and went to my parents house, in the morning wes and my dad went to the police range to go shooting, they got to shoot all kinds of Awesome guns, a machine gun,

my mom, bryson, colten, avah and i went up to treasure mountain boy scout camp(ceader badge camp) to get jaymin. then we went to the cabin.

my dad, jaymin, bryson and wes had paintball wars the entire time! its fun that my little brothers love wes and look up to him. we did some shooting with the 22 rifle and the pistol.

on saturday night we were bar-b-q-ing and bryson wanted to light the grill so i went out there with him(to make sure everything went ok), he turned the gas on and turned on all 3 nosles and then tried to light the match after about 10 strikes and not being able to light it i asked if i could do it. so i light the match and put it in the grill and THEN BOOM there was a HUGE explosion my arm hair was burned off, part of my eye brows are singed and my bangs were singed; im so thankful tho that it was me and not bryson (he is in alstars baseball this summer and he would have died if he couldnt play ball).

sunday afternoon at 1 we left to come home to beautiful cache valley.

FAMILY

I got this as an email and liked it so i thought I'd post it.

F A M I L Y I ran into a stranger as he passed by, 'Oh excuse me please' was my reply. He said, 'Please excuse me too; I wasn't watching for you.' We were very polite, this stranger and I. We went on our way and we said goodbye.

But at home a different story is told, How we treat our loved ones, young and old.

Later that day, cooking the evening meal, My son stood beside me very still. When I turned, I nearly knocked him down. 'Move out of the way,' I said with a frown. He walked away, his little heart broken. I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.

While I lay awake in bed, God's still small voice came to me and said,'While dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use, but the family you love, you seem to abuse.. Go and look on the kitchen floor, You'll find some flowers there by the door. Those are the flowers he brought for you. He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue. He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise, you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes.' By this time, I felt very small, And now my tears began to fall.

I quietly went and knelt by his bed; 'Wake up, little one, wake up,' I said. 'Are these the flowers you picked for me?' He smiled, 'I found 'em, out by the tree.I picked 'em because they're pretty like you. I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue.' I said, 'Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today; I shouldn't have yelled at you that way.

He said, 'Oh, Mom, that's okay. I love you anyway.' I said, 'Son, I love you too, and I do like the flowers, especially the blue.'

FAMILY Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than into our own family, an unwise investment indeed,don't you think?

So what is behind the story?

Do you know what the word FAMILY means? FAMILY =

(F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

TO ALL THE DAD'S OUT THERE.... HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

I just want to take a minuet and tell Wes how Amazing I think he is. He is the hardest working person I have EVER met, he is caring, loving, patient and extremly giving. I know that I am not an easy person to live with sometimes I wonder why he says, hahaha. i just wanted to take a second and tell everyone that I LOVE MY HUSBAND and I could not imagine our life without him.

Happy Father's day to my Dad. i love to watch my dad with Avah they are SO cute. Dad happy father's day.