Halloween, Thanksgiving, wedding, etc...

I have lots to post today!

So this picture is totally in the wrong spot. For some reason it ended up first, and it wasn't supposed to... anyway, this is me at the wedding being an awesome assistant and holding everything!

And now the original start to this post...

For starters, back in october, Rands uncle's twins were baptized so some family came out to visit. That doesn't happen very often, so I was very excited to see rands family that we haven't seen in a long time.

This is Rand, Nolan, Melanie, Me and Tyler. They stayed at our house over halloween weekend. We carved pumpkins, watched a scary movie, ate Rands "world famous" ribs, laughed and had a good time. We were sad when they had to leave.

Then, we drove out to Utah for Tyler and Melanie's wedding a few weeks later! Congrats you two! We stayed at Rands parents house- thank you Val and April! Rand was their photographer, so while he was taking cute pictures like this...

a few of us kept ourselves busy and had fun taking pictures like this...

Me and Brooks

Me and Nolan


I don't know... we had so much fun that day!



This was how we spent our thanksgiving at Rands grandparents... it was so nice to just sit back and relax...

Oh, and of course I ate lots of pie... all at once- check out that plate!

I also went shopping super early with Nolan and a friend. As crazy as it is on black friday, I really enjoy it!

I was also able to see my family for one night. It was so good to see everyone! Thanks to my fam. for squeezing us into your busy weekend!

I love our families! We have lots of fun together. I love staying up late and talking into the way too early hours of the morning, laughing so hard I probably have a six pack, shopping, etc. Good times! Thanks to everyone for such a fun week!

Tag

ok, ok, here is my monthly post for november!!! take it easy Amber! haha. kidding. i have been meaning to do this tag for a few weeks now, so here goes...

5 things I was doing 10 year ago:

- being a 10th grader

- hanging out with my friends

- having crush on several boys in school

- wishing I could drive!

- getting my braces off! awesome!

5 Things on my to do list in no special order:

- drive to utah tonight safely! the weather better be nice to us!

- go on another cruise

- Clean my house

- visit with my family

- scrapbook more

5 favorite snacks:

- fruit snacks

- jelly beans

- anything chocolate

- chips and salsa

- granola bars

5 Jobs I've had:

- cook

- real estate confirmation caller (something like that...)

- diet technician

- receptionist

-dental assistant

5 Things I would do with a million dollars:

- Pay off the mortgage

- Travel to exotic places

- Invest some for retirement

- finish our basement

- Share with my family

5 Things that made me laugh this week:

- Rand

- my friend Kimberly

- Kimberly's son Haven- funny boy!

- the assistants that i work with

- the random shows i have watched

I am pretty sure everyone has been tagged with this one, so I won't put any names!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

welcome fall!

Fall is one of my favorite seasons! I love that the colors change, the air smells amazing (anyone know what I am talking about... it's hard to explain), the weather is a perfect not too hot/cold combo. Let's not forget halloween! Best holiday of the year! Which means I get to break out my fall decorations and pumkin spice candle!

I had to take some pictures last weekend. The weather outside was so nice, it was 70 degrees with a light breeze and a fun sunset! I just knew that it wasn't going to last long because the storm that you in utah got was coming our way!

Isn't this a cute? My awesome friend Kimberly made it for me!

We planted this little maple tree last month and it was fun to see the few leaves it had change to red!

Some pictures of my flower garden.

I love these leafy plants! We planted a few different kinds in front of our house and they are beautiful. Only they get a lot bigger than I thought and they kind of choked out some other plants! haha, but now that it is getting cooler, they are thinning out.

We worked really hard on our lawn and flower garden this year, and I am happy to say that it paid off.

"I love your blog" award

Here are the rules: I have to answer the following questions with one word answers and one word only! Then I must pass it on to seven others.
The questions are as follows:

1. Where is your cell phone? purse

2. Where is your significant other? gone
3. Your hair color? Brown
4. Your mother? Nicole
5. Your father? Jay
6. Your favorite thing? candy
7. Your dream last night? none
8. Your dream/goal? Happiness
9. The room you're in? spare
10. Your hobby? scrapping
11. Your fear? spiders
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Home
13. Where were you last night? Home
14. What you're not? smart
15. One of your wish-list items? sewingmachine (see.. it's one word!!!)
16. Where you grew up? Utah
17. The last thing you did? mutual
18. What are you wearing? clothes
19. Your TV? off
20. Your pet? cat
21. Your computer? on
22.Your mood? bored
24.Missing someone? no..
24. Your car? Blue
25. Something you're not wearing? Socks
26. Favorite store? target
27. Your summer? Fun
28. Love someone? Yes
29. Your favorite color? Brown
30. When is the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? days....
I award anyone who reads my blog with the "I love your blog award" and in so doing tag them to complete the above questions.

Memory Lane...

I am really late posting this, but...several weeks ago on August 6th, was our anniversary! Four years...Crazy! I love Rand to death, and we have had soooo much fun together! Here are some pictures of the past four years...and then some!

Little Hillary...

Little Rand...


I loved that bear!

Don't you want to just squeeze his cheeks!

We met on a blind date in 2003...

we dated off and on for a year and were engaged for three months...

My endowment day. I like this picture even if my eyes are closed!

we got married on August 6, 2004 in the Timpanogos Temple...

my nieces...

We went to San Diego for our honeymoon...

We burnt ourselves at the beach and then went to the zoo...

We love halloween and have a party every year...

We went on a cruse for our 2nd anniversary...

on our cruise ship...

in Xel Ha Mexico

the Tulum Ruins...

We moved to Missouri two years ago and bought our first house. (this is an old picture)..

We got a cat and named her Chloe...

It has been an awesome four years! And...we have been in Missouri two years now (yesterday the 30th to be exact)! We enjoy it here in Missouri, it has been a really good experience so far...but I do miss Utah!

wedding weekend!

Last weekend we went to Utah to attend my little brother Trace's wedding. It was so much fun to see my family and friends that I haven't seen in such a long time. Amber was absolutely beautiful and I am so happy that she is part of our crazy family! I have never seen Trace so happy! I only have random pictures of course but here is some of the action:

I love this picture of amber and my nieces. It reminded me of my wedding day and the almost exact same picture I took with them.

I thought her colors were fun, so here is one of the tables at the reception.

Me and my sisters, aren't we so cute?! It's funny how we really don't look much alike!

All of us Griffiths kids

I pretty much love this picture! Look at my face! What am I saying?! haha

Trace and I. What a cute brother I have

This picture makes me want to go tanning! Look at those pasty legs! It's funny though, because I went tanning the day before...probably just the lighting!

My cute cousin Randah- love this girl!

Hop over to Bree's blog for more fun pictures!

Tagged!

How To Play This Game of Tag:
Post these rules on your blog.
List: 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog!

Joys:
1 - Spending time with Rand
2 - Spending time with friends
3 - daisies! seriously... they make me happy:)

Fears:
1 - being kidnapped.... creepy!!!
2 - Losing a loved one.
3 - calling someone on the phone I don't know! talk about anxiety!

Goals:
1 - Having a happy family
2 - Pass a couple tests to be a certified dental assistant
3 - start to serioulsy digital scrapbook... I have been saying that for a long time...

Obsessions / Collections:
1 - HGTV! freakin love that channel!
2 - The Twilight books.
3 - Rand told me to put wierd chick music... what ever that means.... haha. I really do love music though!

Random Surprises:
1 - Sometimes I have to turn on the faucet while I poop so no one can hear me! hahahaha. Seriously though- it's way gross! It's been four years and Rand still can't believe that I do that!
2 - I have a cup next to the fridge at all times so that I don't have to dirty a million during the day. And it doens't matter how much water I fill it with, I can never finish it. Drives Rand nuts.
3 - I can't wear black and brown together. That is sooo wrong! Should be against the law.

I tag Bree, Jenn, Bethany,Amber

food and fireworks!

I really enjoy holidays, doesn't really matter what holiday it is...it just means that I get to eat yummy food, and have fun with friends!
On the 4th, the Johansens and Comptons came over and we started off with a bbq. Here is Rand- Rand the grilling man. (Bree, do you recognize that plate?!! I still have a few of them as my back up plates!)
This is the yummy dessert I made. I thought you all might like to see it because it is so darn cute! How patriotic am I???!!!

After eating and playing some games, we headed up to Rands work to set off some fireworks!

Here I am in a prego-sandwich! Yes, both of my friends are pregnant...haha. Check out my awesome $5 shirt from wal-mart. I thought it was awesome... even though I don't drink coke...

One good thing about being in the midwest is the fact that we can actually buy real fireworks! I mean ones worth looking at! We had lots of fun! Rand was too busy doing the fireworks to take any pictures, so I got to take over. Unfortunately I am not as good as him, so most of these are blurry! Hey, Extended exposure is not easy!!!This is Haven doing a great job with his sparkler circle.

This is Kimberly attempting a heart with her sparkler- once again sorry so blurry

OOOH

AAAAHHHH

I will actually claim these next two, pretty good I know!

This one makes me laugh, one of our lets say larger fireworks went off on the ground right in front of us... this is what I got from it! It was totally scary, but I was laughing really hard at this pic!