New Blog!

Me and Jessie have a new blog! Go to bradandjessiegriffitts.blogspot.com

So, lots has changed in the past few weeks. For starters, Jessie and I got our engagement pictures. We made a trip up to Coeur d'Alene last month. It was the perfect time to go. The spring term had just ended, so I had a little over half a week to relax and not worry about school. The Ironman was going on, and I just couldn't miss that. Mom and Dad signe Jessie and me up to volunteer with the rest of the family, which was awesome. We had so much fun. We all woke up bright and early to see the start of the race at seven in the morning. Although Jessie is not known for her abilities to wake up early, she did very well. :) We were downtown almost all day and had a great time.

One of the main reasons for the trip, however, and the reason we decided to go up in the first place was to have our engagement pictures taken. Brady Campbell did our engagement pictures, and to say that he did a good job would be an understatement. The pictures are incredible! I might be a bit biased, but I would say they are the best engagement pictures I have ever seen. He's done a lot of pictures for the family, including Meagan and Brent's wedding pictures. I really don't think Jessie and I will ever use anyone else for important pictures from here on out. You can go to his website at http://www.bradycampbell.net/ to see our pictures and a lot more of his work. To see our pictures enter the "new site", then click on clients down below. Our password is bgriffitts.

Of course, deep down, one of the reasons I was so interested in taking Jessie back home was for her to see how beautiful North Idaho is. She is from Georgia, as most of you probably already know, and is used to seeing a lot of green...nothing like Utah, which is all rock and dirt. Driving through Lookout Pass and Fourth of July Pass was simply beautiful. We arrived in the late evening, so the sun was setting in the West and all the colors were darker and bolder. Lake Coeur d'Alene was simply beautiful. I didn't even have to do any convincing when I asked her if we could someday move back when we got the chance. Without any hesitation she gave us the go ahead to settle down in the area when school was all done and over. Needless to say, I'm pretty excited about it.

Another exciting bit of information is that Jessie and I are no longer homeless bums. Beginning August 2 or 3 we have a place to live! We have a home...apartment...to come home to when we get done with all the wonderful wedding things. Our new home is at the Lookout Pointe Apartments. We live on the second floor and we have a sliding door and balcony that overlooks the entire valley...we can see all the way into Utah Lake. It's simply beautiful. The complex is up on the mountain underneath the Y. We are the building highest up on the mountain, so looking behind the complex all you see is mountain. We love it. There were some other places that we were looking at, but when we checked them out, we just didn't feel good. It took energy out of us just looking at the outside of the apartment. The place is aweome and we simply love it...there's just one problem. The apartment is not furnished, and as of right now, the only pieces of furniture that we own are a kitchen table, and ugly chair, (at least I think it's ugly...Jessie loves it), and a desk. So, what that means is, we will be spending a lot of time on craigslist looking for cheap furniture. We're pretty excited about it.

So, other than all that, we're just trying to keep up with all the stuff that needs to get done in the next few weeks. I'm still going to school and trying to keep up. We're both still working...and in between it all, we're trying to find some time to have fun. Not all easy, but we're doing great. I love her so much and just loving every minute I get to spend with her. We are more than excited for the next month to finally come around.

I'm No Good at this Game

Ok, so, it was inevitable...Mr. Anderson...sorry, I had to say it...but it was inevitable. With everyone else getting tagged, it was just a matter of time before I got hit...so here we go.

Attached or Single? Attached. STRONGLY attached to a beautiful young woman who will soon be my wife.

Best Friend? Um, can I have a few? First, Jessie...I mean seriously, she's a lot cuter than all of my friends, and a lot more mature, too. Mike DeMotte, Chris Goodwin, Dad, Mom, the whole family, and everyone else...did I leave anyone out?

Cake or Pie? Pie. That was easy...do these get harder?

Day of Choice? FEBTOBER!

Essential Items? my bike, flip-flops (not the Obama kind...the kind you wear on your feetsies), blankets, nail clippers, salty foods, mountains, trees

Favorite Color? Blue

Gummy Bears or Worms? Why do you need to know...? Sour gummy worms.

Home Town? Hayden Lake, Idaho. Always. Oh, and Jessie gave me official permission for us to move back there...that was the REAL reason that we traveled up there this past weekend...I'm sneaky.

Indulgences? sour grapefruit gummies. These things are amazing...but they stopped selling them at the BYU bookstore...I'm sure they are getting sick of me constantly asking them when they will sell them again. Also, MSNBC.com. Oh, and jackets at Cabela's. It's almost impossible for me to go to Cabela's and leave without a new jacket.

January or July? Both. January for skiing, July for biking and camping.

Kids? not yet.

Like or Love? Like or Love what? I love Jessie. I like sleeping. I love food. I like going to bed early...

Marriage Date? August 9, 2008...almost here!

Number of Siblings? 3. Meagan, Tawni, and Tyler

Phobias/fears? Drowning while kayaking...serious. Of ANYTHING that I'm scared of, that's it. And it's really not too much of a fear. You know how people are always having dreams of other people shooting them, or stabbing them, or pushing them into a stampeding herd of elephants...I just dream of drowning in a kayak. Nothing big...

Quotes? -"What would you do if you knew you could never fail?"

Reason to Smile? I get the incredible opportunity to go to school. Seriously.

Season? All of them.

Tag Six...
Mike DeMotte, Danielle DeMotte, Heather, Riley, Uncle Steve, Darcy.

Unknown fact about me? I like the movie Moulin Rouge...and yes, I do have a pair...

Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animals?
One acronym for you: PETA. People Eating Tasty Animals. Need I say more?

X-Rays or Ultrasounds? That's a creepy question...um, ultrasound. (you don't need a freaking lead flaq jacket to be around one...sounds like a good enough reason to pick it over X-Rays.)

Your Favorite Food? Sushi, Pot Stickers, Mom's Lasagna

Zodiac? Virgo...yes, the virgin...yeah, yeah, ironic, I know. Laugh it up.

And Then There Were TWO!

I'm sure you all already know by now, but I figured I had better make it official here on the blog. Jessie and I are getting married! I proposed to her on Sunday, May 4th. And, lucky for me, she said yes...she didn't even think about it or hesitate! What a great deal!

If you are looking for details as to how it went, here's my point of view (remembering, of course, that it is a guy's point of view): She smiled, said yes, jumped on me, and then she kissed me. :) I was pretty happy about it. I love her so much and can't wait to spend eternity with her. Now, for all you guys out there, you can stop reading. You heard what you were looking for and I'm sure you aren't much interested in the details, although I must say I think I did a pretty good job of getting the proposal stuff all together and straightened out (with some help of Tiffany, one of our mutual friends). For all you ladies out there, the nitty-gritty details of everything that went down can be found on Jessie's blog. Her blog is http://thedaysofjessie.blogspot.com/. Now that you know it, please, add her. :) She'll officially be part of the family on August 9. We'll be getting married in the Salt Lake Temple.

Well, time is short, and sadly, Tiffany still has all of our pictures. But as soon as we get those, they'll be posted, too. Love you all, hope things are going well. Have a great week.

Playing Catch Up

So, I guess it's been since February since I've posted anything, looking back at the past posts. I would imagine that that means it is time for a new post. In fact, it's the perfect time for a new post. Well, maybe not. It's midnight and I have a final at 7 in the morning. But here we go anyway.

Well, a lot has changed in the past couple of months. The most important involves a beautiful young woman I met in my religion class this semester. She quickly caught my eye in the beginning of the semester, only a couple of weeks into the class. There were many failed attempts at flirting and starting up a nice, friendly conversation...all of which were quickly shot down, leaving me with nothing but more curiosity as to who this girl was. Try as I might, she kept turning me down (don't stop reading just because you think this story is going to turn out bad. It gets better, I promise.) After weeks of trying, I finally got up the nerve to ask her to study for an upcoming exam. Surprisingly, she said yes...with some reluctance in her voice, I might add. Heck, that's all I needed. She said yes... :) We've been dating ever since. Her name, come to find out, is Jessie. (I found out a lot about her that first "study" date, including the reason for avoiding me for all those weeks, which was apparentally due to a certain "no boys this semester" attitude. :) Lucky enough for me, that didn't quite work out,.)

Anyway, Jessie is from Kennesaw, Georgia. She goes to school here at BYU is doing European Studies. She loves camping, soccer, outdoors, sushi, me...and the list goes on. :) She's beautiful, energetic, intelligent, funny, outgoing, understanding, and luckily, very forgiving. In all, things are going great between us. There have been "future" talks, but nothing is permanent...yet. Needless to say, Mom is pretty thrilled. Both Jessie and I will be staying here in Provo for the summer. I'll be going to school and working, and she'll be working, also. She was going to go to Salt Lake to work for the summer, but plans change...haha.

The semester is coming to a close, and I have never been so relieved to be done with a semester of school. This semester was brutal. Classes kicked my butt, I didn't get the internships I was shooting for (which, it seems, is what was supposed to happen) and I have missed out on a lot of sleep. But things are going well. I have decided that, as much as I love engineering, I would love to do medicine just a little bit more. So, I am taking a lot of my premed classes over the summer and going to prepare to take the MCAT within the next year or so. I plan on doing orthopedic surgery. I'm actually really excited about it. One of my engineering professors is really helping me with things, encouraging me and helping me out with research job over the summer to help me get some money but stay at school and get some good experience.

I'll be going home on Wednesday for about 5 days to relax and catch up a bit on things I haven't been able to do for the past 4 months, relax, sleep, and catch up on what the rest of the world has been doing while I've been stuck here absorbed in studying. Anyway, hope everyone is doing well. Summer is almost here...unless you live in Coeur d'Alene, in which case, enjoy the snow.

In Loving Memory...Continued

Before the BYU-Utah Game. THE HOLY WAR! Are we fully invested or what!? Who won that game? GO COUGARS!

This was up on the mountain. Dad and Uncle Bobby.

In Loving Memory of...My Camera

Over the break, Dad, Tyler and I went up to Schweitzer for some skiing on what is arguably one of the most incredible days of skiing ever. This is on the way up.

Over Christmas breadk, Brandon Astin, Mike Park, and I went snowshoeing. The snow was beautiful.