September

Hannah' first day of 1st grade.
She loves her teacher, and she says that her favorite thing at school is lunch, especially when she gets to have school lunch on Wednesday, pizza day. She also loves jumping rope at recess with her friends and reading.

She loves jumping rope and is getting pretty good. Jake told her he would give her $10 if she could jump 200 jumps in a row. Right after that William told Jake he would give him $10 if he could jump that many. Jake tried and missed on the first jump. Then William told him that if he could jump 10 jumps he would give him $10. Jake once again missed on the first jump. Then I think William was feeling a little bad for his dad, so he told Jake, "If you can jump 1 time I will give you $10." (In Jake's defense, the rope was made for a little kid, not someone who is 6'3".)

Grandma Hendrix turned 106 this September. The Governor has a dinner every year for all those who are over 100 in the state of Utah. This year Grandma was the oldest there. She is absolutely amazing, and we all love her so much.



On Labor Day weekend we blessed Katie. Thanks to all the family who came. We had a great day and are so blessed to have a little angel fresh from heaven.



Father's and son's camp out was in September. William was so excited to be able to go camping with his dad, he talked about it the whole week before. They had a great time and I think it was good for William to have a little guy time with his dad. His favorite thing about the trip was going to "old McDonald's" to eat and seeing a moose.

While the boys went camping we had a little girls party of our own. We got a little take out from McDonald's as well, and watch a Tinkerbell movie. I love my girls.

The last weekend of September we went out to Lund for my dad's birthday and for Kaylee's blessing. It was fun to get out to Lund again, and the kids had a blast. Here is a picture of Katie with her cousin Kaylee. They are 3 weeks apart. I wonder what goes on in heaven before little babies come to earth. I think Kaylee and Katie were friends up there, and I think they got a kick out of us down here on earth thinking that Kaylee was going to be a boy, (because that is what Christiann's ultra sound said). We are sure glad that Kaylee is a girl.

Grandma Jeanne caught a horny toad for the kids to hold. They really wanted to keep it as a pet but I don't think it would have lasted very long. William wanted to give it a bath and filled up the container it was in with water. The horny toad did survive all the attention and his bath and we let him go.

Brooklyn loves having braids in her hair.

I think William is Katie's favorite. He always gets the most smiles. For a while he was the only one who could get Katie to smile.

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Katie Rebecca Proctor

Katie came into the world on August 8th at 3:57pm. She weighed 9 lbs and 2 oz, and was 20 inches long. She is such a good baby and we are all so excited that she is finally here. I was induced early because my Dr. was going out of town, and I was in hopes that I would have a little smaller baby this time, which worked, (I have had 2 babies bigger than her) but she was still pretty big. We love having her in our little family.

She sleeps like a true Griffin.


She had Jaundice when she was born, and so for a few days she had to be under the bili lights. She did pretty good for having to stay under the lights all of the time, only being able to come out to eat. She is such an easy going baby.

Katie under the lights.

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Week with grandma and grandpa

The week after the family reunion Jake and I left the kids in Nevada with my parents for the next week. They loved every moment, and when we asked Hannah at the end of the week if she would rather come home or stay for another week, she wanted to stay. Lund is such a fun place for kids to grow up. I am glad that my kids get to experience it occasionally. Thanks mom and dad for making it so much fun for my kids.

They loved playing with cousins and friends all week.



My mom put them to work in the family garden.



They love jumping on the trampoline.

Hannah has a friend in Lund that lives nearby and she has a little pony she brought over for the kids to ride.


They spent all day outside, and most of the time in their swimming suites.


They loved swimming in the spring and catching guppies.



They had fun riding their bikes and going for walks.

Thanks grandma and grandpa.


While our kids were in Lund for the week, Jake and I enjoyed our freedom.
The first thing I did was clean my house, and it stayed clean the whole week. I enjoyed shopping by myself, took a few naps, got to some projects, read, and in the evenings when Jake was home we enjoyed watching movies, went to a few shows, and while we enjoyed the quiet and being able to do whatever we wanted whenever we wanted, we did miss our kids and were glad to have them back at the end of the week.

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Family Reunion

For the 24th of July we had a family reunion and had such a great time. We were able to see some family that I have not seen for about 14 years, because we are all scattered from South Carolina to Nevada. It was fun to see and catch up with everyone.
Our weekend was packed full of so many fun things. We missed the first day of water games, horse riding, shooting, grits and eggs, and hanging out, which we were bummed about. While we were there we rode in the parade on a family float, went to the rodeo, Jake ran a 5k, had kids crafts, ate great food, played games, played volleyball, which is not the same being 9 months pregnant ( I found that out after my first jump), talked about all of our good memories of Grandma and Grandpa, and sat around visiting. I always love listening to my dad and his siblings talk and reminisce. They are so funny and are always cuttin' fool in their southern way. My dad has always been funny, but his brothers and sister seem to pull even more out of him. One of my uncles had done a lot of genealogy research and he discovered in our line around the 1400s, one of our ancestors was a Jester in King Edward IV's court. (family... correct me if my facts are a little off) That would explain where all of the jokes and foolin' come from in our family. We had such a great time and hope to do it again in another 5 years.

Thanks everyone for the surprise baby shower.



On the Family Float.




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Swimming Lessons

Hannah and William and cousin Heber had swimming lessons this past month and loved it. They did a great job and have learned so much. They all love swimming.
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William's first kiss

We have the cutest girl in our neighborhood that is William's age and they enjoy playing together. The other day while they were playing together they were playing tag, with all of their older brothers and sisters, and they happened to be in jail at the same time. I am not sure who instigated it, but according to William she kissed him first on the cheek, and then he kissed her on the check. I found this out only after her mom told me the story and said that her girl told her that William had kissed her first. When I asked William about it, he insists that she was the one that kissed him first, but the whole time he was telling me the story he couldn't hide the big grin on his face.

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William

The other day we were eating quesadillas for lunch and William said, "Mom, you are not very good at making paper airplanes, but you are good, good, good at making quesadillas."
It made me laugh... and then I thought, "I am not that bad at making paper airplanes, am I?"

Kids are so good at giving compliments.

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