Happy Anniversary to Us!

Tuesday Nate and I celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary!  Time flies when you are having fun!  We have had a great two years and it is fun to sit back and reminisce.

We went to Park City last weekend to enjoy some time away!  We went shopping at the Outlets and got a few fun things for Lil Miss!

Yes, I will encourage Lil Miss to have a swimsuit fettish just like her Mama!  Gotta start 'em young!

 We went to dinner at a yummy little Italian restaurant on Main Street and enjoyed a delicious carmel apple. It was really nice to have some time to just relax and not worry about anyone else's schedule or getting to work or anything like that.  It seems like lately we have been rushing from here to there none stop so it was great to just chill!

Our actual anniversary did not go so well... Monday night we went over to Tremonton to our nephew's violin recital.  Nate's brother-in-law asked if we wanted any corn and my mom and I had been wanting to do freezer corn so we decided to go for it.  Literally.  We picked 30 dozen ears of corn.  That is 360 ears of corn!  It BARELY fit in the trunk of the Mousetrap.

The corn was nice and ripe so we didn't want to leave it for too long so we decided it would be best if we headed right to Kaysville to shuck it and cut it off the cob.  We didn't get there until about 9:30 and it was just about midnight when we finished.  We were pulling out of the driveway at 12:01 when my Momma said "Oh and Happy Anniversary!"

We started driving and were talking about two years ago being the night before our wedding. Nate asked how I slept that night and I told him I slept just fine. He said he slept dang good too, neither of us was nervous at all.

So we were just cruising along chatting like we always do (seems like we make that drive way too much!).  I tend to put my feet up on the dashboard when we are in the car for a long time but this time for some reason when we were in about Ogden area Nate told me I should put my feet down.  I looked at him kind of confused and he said "If we got in an accident that would mess you up."  So down my feet went.

It was getting really late and we were both tired but Nate wanted to keep talking so he didn't get too sleepy. As much as the drive can be long and boring, I also sometimes love it.  We don't get much time to just sit and talk together so I enjoy it.  We were talking about anything and everything, just pluggin' along. When we   were about half way through the canyon, I started thinking to myself We are going to hit a deer, I know we are going to hit a deer.  I just felt like we have driven through so many times it was inevitable at some point.

Sure enough.  We hit a deer.

It was running straight towards us, not from the side or anything.  We didn't see it until it was about ten feet in front of us and Nate didn't have time to hit the breaks or anything.  Luckily it was a relatively small deer.  It took out that huge chunk of the bumper and thank goodness went under the mousetrap instead of through the windshield.  We were both a bit shaken up, but kept driving for a ways.  Nate decided it would be a good idea to pull over and get a police report for the insurance.  Once we pulled over it hit me and I was so shakey.  Nate kept telling me to calm down but I just kept seeing the deer running into us and thinking of all the bad things that could have happened. I am so grateful that the airbags didn't go off or that none of the other possible things happened.  We were truly being watched out for.  I know that our Heavenly Father takes care of us and keeps us safe!  I know that Nate was prompted to tell me to put my feet down, just in case. And I was prepared for the shock of things, even if I still did get a little freaked out.

We got home much later than we would have liked and then couldn't go to sleep we were so wired!  We spent the morning of our anniversary driving a stinky (awfully stinky) Mousetrap around to some repair shops.  It's a goner!  No more Mousetrap.  To all the neighbors who have had to look at and smell the rotting deer splattered across the front of the car, I am truly sorry!  Every time we have to walk out there, I gag!  Hopefully it will get towed off today!

Not exactly the way we would have liked to spend our anniversary, but it will definitely be one to remember!!  And I am glad for the experience to help us realize that Heavenly Father is always there.  He never forgets us, especially in our times of need.  He knows what is best.  I don't know what I would do without that knowledge, it gives me such peace and comfort!

The Best Place on Earth

A couple of weeks ago we got to go to Lake Powell with my family!  This is the vacation we look forward to most every year.  I don't understand why some people have never been!  I have been pretty much every year of my entire life and I am so glad that I married someone who understands the greatness and loves it just as much as us!  Lake Powell is beautiful and so much fun!

Although it was a really fun trip, it was also a little bit of a National Lampoon's type thing!  It started out just great, we all rode down together and Momma Hyde had put together a really fun game of everyone's top 5ish favorite songs which we had to listen to and guess who's song it was.  It made the long drive so much faster and we loved it!  Things took a turn for the not-so-great when we started setting up camp and Nate asked me where my bag was... That's never a good thing to hear!  I could have sworn I saw him walk out with it, but apparently, he did not.  And thus, the bag was left in Kaysville. Fab-u-lous.  Luckily, my aunt and uncle +kids were coming down a couple days later so they could bring it to me.  Until then, I got to wear all sorts of great things!  I have always made fun of Nate for wearing "Junior High Shirts" (nasty t-shirts with the sleeves cut off).  What did I get to wear?  Nasty Junior High Shirts.  And men's spandex short shorts (I'll let you just imagine how great that was!).  I was lookin good to say the least!!  I also didn't have any hair elastics to pull back the mess, so I enjoyed a lovely hat, also courtesy of my wonderful hubby!

Now ain't that just the cutest couple you ever did see??

We had a really fun few days, despite the bag being lost!  Dressing like a 14-year old boy was a once in a lifetime opportunity, so I decided to just grab life by the horns and enjoy it!  (Well... maybe not enjoy it, but at least tolerate it pleasantly!)  

Such an artist

Since Nate had surgery in May and I take hard falls, we decided this was the summer of no water sports for the Griffin's.  We let Nate stretch it a little and surfed since there isn't much risk of getting your shoulder yanked.  He had a blast and loved Brady for his "ballast" :)

He also likes to show off his nice legs while surfing

It was so much fun to have the Nixon's come with us for a few days!  Their kids had never been and Brady and Steph hadn't been for much too long.  Unfortunately they have had a couple bad experiences, and I'm not sure this one turned out much better!  They brought down both sets of keys to their van, just in case they locked the key inside... then accidentally locked BOTH keys inside.  OOPS!!  

Who needs a Slim Jim when you have marshmallow roasters?

Without too much trouble they were able to break into the van and I don't think I have ever seen Brady so happy! I believe his exact words were, "Oh Nate I'm so happy I could kiss you."  Uh... let's just stick with thanks!

Even though there were a few bumps in the road it was still a great trip to Powell!  But when you love it as much as we do, is there such thing as a bad trip to Powell?  I think not!

Life is Good

I always thought it would be fun to have a blog, but I never thought our life was quite exciting enough for anyone to want to read about!  But, now that things are getting a bit more exciting around here I think it's time to keep our family and friends who we don't see regularly up to date on the goings on of our life!

So for today let's just catch up!

Nate is currently doing an internship at JBS, a meat packing plant in Hyrum.  It is right up his alley and he has been enjoying it so far!  Me, not so much!  He comes home smelling like dead cows... not the greatest!  However, we got really lucky that he scored this internship.  Not lucky, blessed.  Things like that don't just happen and it is the perfect internship for him right now.  He also did classes at USU for the first couple months of summer, but now he gets to sit back and "enjoy" just working!  He will go back to school the very end of August for his last semester before he graduates!  He will get his degree in Business Entrepreneurship (which I can NEVER spell without the help of spellcheck!).  We are also very excited that in December he will commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Army upon completion of the USU ROTC program.  He has worked really hard toward this and it is fun to see the light at the end of the tunnel!  Well, the end that is really just the beginning.  But who doesn't love new beginnings??

I am currently working at Logan River Academy where I am a shift supervisor/adolescent counselor.  I seriously love my job. Most of the time anyway!  It can get stressful and overwhelming sometimes, but for the most part it is so rewarding.  I just graduated in May from Utah State University with my degree in Sociology.  I am so glad I finally settled on this major because it was so interesting to me!  I toyed a lot with different ideas (such as math and accounting) and finally decided to pick something that would keep me entertained and interested, instead of bored but "smart".  I am so glad I did!  I learned a lot of great things that will benefit my life a lot more than knowing how to do all sorts of ridiculous equations.

I had a lot of love and support along the way to graduation and I am so grateful for my amazing family and also for the great family I married into!  They are all so fantastic!  I was really excited to have so many of them come up to my graduation ceremony. Even more so because Nate and I wanted to make the day even more special by announcing to our loved ones that we are adding a little one to the mix!  We lined everyone up for a big group picture and said "1,2,3, say 'Lyndsey's pregnant!!'" At first, no one really reacted (and the poor lady taking our picture was SO confused!!), but then they all realized we were serious and everyone burst with excitement!  Some wonderful stranger was able to capture some pictures for us, which will be fun to look back on in years to come!

My brother was so surprised!  He'll be a great uncle :)

I love my Grandma Carole's face in this one! She just looks so happy

The whole gang who came to support me!  My fam accidentally all wore yellow, not planned at all!

It was truly a great day!  I am glad to be done with school, but I don't think it has really sunk in yet, I think it will once Nate goes back for Fall Semester and I am just kickin it at home still!
We are still living in Logan, for now!  We are hoping to move back to Davis County in December.  December is going to be a really crazy time, that's for sure!  Nate will graduate and commission, we hope to move, Christmas, and of course. Lil Miss is due on December 14th!  Except we really hope she comes on the 12th!  Because then her birthday would be 12/12/12, which is awesome!  Even better because my birthday is 9/9/90, it just needs to happen!!
We found out last week we are having a baby GIRL!  Well we sort of  found out last week.  We really found out on June 20th, but had to keep it a secret for a month because I was only 14 weeks when the doctor told us he was 90% sure we would have a girl.  Talk about a hard secret to keep!!  There were so many times I wanted to just scream it to the world, but I refrained!  We had an ultrasound on July 23rd that confirmed she is DEFINITELY a girl, and not scared to show it!  We decided we wanted to do something fun to announce the gender to our families because we had a some feuds going on!  My mom was CERTAIN the baby is a girl, and Nate's mom thought she was a boy, and Nate has a funny little fear of girls (he thinks they are dramatic and high-maintenance... not sure where that came from!!) so he was guessing boy.  A phone call to everyone just wouldn't do!  So...

We got our families together and put them into "teams" of who thought boy and who thought girl and then we made them count a whole jar of jelly beans!  There were about 3 more pink jelly beans in each jar. I am really mad that I got caught up in all the excitement and forgot to take pictures of the actual counting!  It was a mad dash.  The "girl" team finished first and my cute momma started jumping up and down and running in circles.  She was thrilled!  She was so certain she was right she had already bought Lil Miss a present.

Her first boots!  Stinkin' cute!!!

I asked her if she had a back-up plan and she said no, she was certain she was right! Good thing she was!  It was such a fun night.  All of Nate's sibling who live close were able to come (and we really missed Brandon and Carolyn), my brother and his wife came up, and Nate's "second family", the Law's also all were able to come.  We are so lucky to have such a great family!  I love them all.  We had a barbeque and did some swimmin and talked all about babies!  Jared and Katie are expecting their 2nd in November and Amy is having twins in just a couple weeks so there was plenty of pregnancy/baby talk goin around!  I am so excited that our baby will have other little ones to play with!  

Life is so good right now.  We have been incredibly blessed and I can't wait to see what adventures come in the future for us!  

Whew!  Sorry that was about the longest update ever!