A Griggs' update

Yeah, I've been a slacker with this blog. I could give you a myriad of excuses but I'll spare you. Instead, I'll fill you in with some things that have been going on in the life of me and my family these past couple of weeks.

First, the house. We are scheduled to close on it this Wednesday, September 30. The amount of paperwork and information that we have had to submit have been almost overwhelming and at times puzzling, but it's coming together. I am prepared to give them a detailed list of what I had to eat last week because they will probably ask for that next. Last week Kellie and I purchased a new refrigerator and stove for the house as well as a 40 inch Sony Bravia 1080p LCD HDTV that absolutely rocks, so the new house will be well equipped to meet our many needs.

We also went ahead and started Chandler and Reynolds at Meadowlark Elementary School in Winston-Salem this week. I was so proud of them on Monday as they marched right into their new school and set out to make their mark. Meadowlark is a great school - it's a school of science and math - and I can already tell after a few days that it will be a great fit for them. Both of the girlgs have already made lots of good friends and Reynolds says that the food in the cafeteria is rockin'.

I have had the privilege so far this year of serving as the "spiritual coordinator" of the Forbush High School football team.
In this position I lead team devotions once a week and pray for the team on game night before they leave the locker room to take the field. But more than this gives me an opportunity to build relationships with some students I would otherwise not have a chance to get to know and I get to be on the sidelines for the football games which is really, really cool.

Kellie is plugging along with her BSN degree from Gardner Webb University that she is taking online. With four kids it's quite a challenge for her to get her work done but I couldn't be more proud of her for taking on this challenge. Deacon is working on potty training (which is really working on us) and Emme is simply wild and all over and on top of everything. And to top it off, it's college football season so life just couldn't get much better. Indeed, the Griggs' family is blessed and we give God all of the glory for it.