Sunshine and Year long Summer Time

Red hot....

2010-05-21T14:19:00.000-07:00

SO we got a new toy.....

After the disaster of the Benz we settled with the insurance company, saved up some money and purchased a new FUN car!!

It is a 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 2.0T ( the T is for TURBO!!!)

It was a hard decision. We looked at Acura, Camero, Scion, Mitsubishi, Mercedes, Honda, Nissan, Infiniti, and then some....... It took us much longer to make a purchase because we did some extensive research and of course we live HECTIC lives. We have at best one day off a week MAX so we were only able to cover a few places a day! We wanted a 2 door car that allowed us to be young and free! We arent thinking about SUV's or 4 doors we are thinking about long drives, fast fun, and fuel economy.

Custom Door paneling with an awesome GRIFFIN crest.

This car is out of control! It is seriously luxe to the max....

Cory has many plans for this little hot rod.....

Remote starts and LED's, Custom items and possible GenCoupe show groups? We shall see....

By the way did you catch how cool the viper car alarm system is going to be?

So out of the ashes of our white car came a RED HOT 0-60 in 3.1 seconds phantom of a 2 door car.....

YIPEEEE!

Where have we been???

2010-05-21T14:03:00.000-07:00

Hello My dear blog friends!

It has been forever since I blogged...... SORRY!

Well pretty exciting things have transpired since I last blogged.... well where should I start....

I got offered an AMAZING opportunity to work as a manager selling cellphones at Target in Walnut Creek. Cory and I now work at the same company. He works in Brentwood and I in Walnut Creek!

I turned 22 which came quicker than I expected due to my hectic work schedule. What made it so special was how wonderful my family made my special day!

So in a short and simple manner you are now officially caught up on our recent events!

remember when...

2010-03-30T17:51:00.000-07:00

So Cory and I found our video camera in a box labeled MISC Items. It was quite an adventure going through a sim card FULL of old photos we took during our life in Florida. We found this completely AWESOME movie we took of Charlotte in hopes of sending it in to Americas Funniest Home Videos.

ENJOY!

time for change...

2010-03-24T16:09:00.000-07:00

I couldn't take the horrid car pictures anymore!

So here is a pretty picture of a new focal wall we created... mulling it over...

So it is sunny out now in Cal, and in my world that means it is time for a change.

Happy Change blogger friends....

2-24-2010 A Date which shall live in Infamy........

2010-03-01T17:06:00.000-08:00

Well as many of you may know I was in a car accident last Wednesday. It has been a pretty hard week for me and I thought I would document it for... well I am not sure partly I guess for documentation, and I guess partly for catharsis. I am struggling with some injuries, My passenger is suffering with injuries and our lives are changed seeing as how we are down to 1 car and a motorcycle between us. Here are some of the specs: We were in Brentwood, We were hit by a 17 yr old girl (on her phone) driving an SUV, she is estimated to have been going 50mph, she DID NOT APPLY BRAKES at all.....

I tell you if looks could kill, Mine would have created a dead 17 year old. I was so upset...

Well there it is. We find out this week if our car is totaled ( honestly looking at these, I do not see how it couldn't be) BUT we are HOPEFUL we will be able to get our car back in our driveway soon!!! We would appreciate any prayers you could spare as we begin the journey back to some form of normal in our lives!

Happy Saint Patty's Day.......

2010-02-22T11:24:00.000-08:00

Every March we decorate our house, wear green, and eat corned beef and cabbage.

Well maybe not in our house we eat something more along the lines of corned beef hash and a cabbage salad or something.

Happy Saint Patty's Day!

Our New Hot Rods......

2010-02-22T10:37:00.000-08:00

Well after much bragging about our new toys, I have finally gotten enough time to sit and make a blog about the FUN new BIKES we got!

Cory and his little sister Kristen who had never been on the back of any bike before! She is so dang adorable! She kept saying she looked so cool.

I know..... I swore I would NEVER be a "BIKER CHICK", I was the person who cringed at the sound of a Harley revving, I was the person who HATED sharing the lane in Highway 4 rush hour traffic with a motorcycle, I was the harsh cruel person who watched Italian Job and Laughed when they flipped the biker by opening their door and watching him go flying, and I was definitely the one who said Bikes were dangerous and death traps and once I was married to a biker who rode rockets (aka R6) I told him it wasnt him I didnt trust on a bike but it was all of the idiots around him I didnt trust.

So after all of that it is a small miracle that I sit here today and post a blog about the bikes Cory got for us as Valentines Day surprises.

My poor guy has had a motorcycle since he was 13 and his first bike was a little Zuma scooter and when we dated in High School he drove a Kawasaki 250cc bike, and when he moved out to Florida to marry me he SOLD his R6 motorcycle which he had owned for less than 8 months to come be with me and help us start our new life.

This was a small way for him to warm me up to the idea of owning motorcycles again ( if you still dont know why Please re read above). I tell you I am IN LOVE with these little scooters which i call Bikes. They are so much fun! I have my little Rocket motorcycle jacket complete with spine protector and pads. I have a full face helmet and when we go out riding and stop somewhere I feel so cool walking around with my helmet and gloves :D I know I am crazy but it is so AWESOME!

Long story short I am completely hooked on these bikes and I can not wait to move up to something faster! Cory's evil plan worked. I cant say I will ever ride a Hyabusa ( really fast bike goes 260 mph), But I can say I am not a crazy motorcycle hating chick anymore! I knew I had entered into the biker world when a guy riding a Ninja pulled up next to me at a light and said hey. I felt so cool! He even did the cool one handed biker wave when he pulled off onto a different street!

Ta Ta For Now..............

La Vie Boheme......

2010-02-07T19:37:00.000-08:00

So we got an amazing opportunity to go up to Sacramento to see Rent the musical!

We own the movie and though it has questionable topics, we really wanted to go see it on "Broadway"

It was pretty FABULOUS! It had most of the original NY Broadway cast plus 2 of the guys from the movie!

Wasnt supposed to but I snuck this pic! Gotta LOVE cell phone cams!

Thanks Mom & Dad!!!! Cory and I LOVE you!

Crazy In Love we know........

2010-02-07T19:14:00.000-08:00

So Cory and I are not parents of any kids (yet).... BUT we do have a few adorable little animals. So please pardon my insaness, but until we have little ones I must be a doting and proud mommy and show off how completely ADORABLE my little Guinea Pig Herbie and my precious little girl Charlotte are. They are so much fun and we just wanted to document it for our friends here!!!

Seriously SO cute! My handsome and my little one and sleeping together! ( Pardon the mess I didnt make the bed well)

Me and Charlotte! She is so snuggly and completely ADORABLE!

Completely like a sleeping angel! My baby girl! Under her blanket sleeping soundly! Taking up the entire side of the bed SUCH A DIVA like mommy!

Now onto Herbie. He has been in my life for about 4 years now! We joke about Cory adopting Herbie! His FULL name is Herbert Hoover Hinckley Griffin AKA Herbie the Love Bug!

Cor Loves this little guy tons! They are fighting to be "Man of the house" Herbie talks to Cory lots more than he talks to me! When Cory walks in the door after work it is about 5 whole minutes of Herbie talking i.e. squeeling and popcorning all over the cage.

But he is still a Mommy's Piggy!

So again Pardon our insaneness but these our the loves of our life and they make us giggle, smile, and truly LOVE coming home every day!

Happy Valentines Day from Cory, Brie, Herbie & Charlotte.

The Griffin's

Cant believe it has been 10 years since......

2010-01-07T12:13:00.000-08:00

I was in San Jose with my Mom and Dad on a massive searchlight job for New Years and I was wearing this completely hideous sweater that I was in LOVE with and waiting to celebrate the New Year 2000!

It boggles my mind how it has been 10 years since that little 5'3" girl in the hideous sweater to Woman who has moved to Florida, GOT MARRIED, gotten her pilots license, moved back from Florida to California and has begun a new chapter in her life.

Cory and I were talking New Years Eve about what has happened in these past 10 years. September 11th happened, Bush was President, Economy went from wonderful to HORRID, we started 2 wars and found Saddam Hussein and killed him, Obama is president, Pluto is no longer a planet, International Space Station is well underway, I wanted to pilot the Space Shuttle only to find out there will be no more manned Space shuttle flights.... the list goes on and on!

Looking at how much has changed in the World in what seems like a short 10 years, and how little of it could be planned or even predicted, I look forward with eager excitement and trepidation at what new technological advancements will come to the world in the next 10 years. What horrors are to come, where will the economy be, who will be president, and one final very IMPORTANT question Are those personal jet packs and flying cars in our future?

We look forward with excitement on the NEXT 10 years! For our little family we hope in 10 years we will have a solid and THRIVING savings account, hopefully a few babies, by 2020 we will be celebrating our 11 year anniversary, we hope to both have furthered our education, and grown stronger in mind, body and Spirit.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. May your next 10 years be BETTER than the last. May Prosperity, LOVE, Joy and happiness come to all.

Emerald Bowl 2009

2009-12-27T17:29:00.000-08:00

It was so much FUN helping my parents on a job! Although I would have probably preferred to go get some super affordable Christmas decor... It felt like old times again working side by side in the POURING FREEZING rain with my mum and dad.

We installed all of the inflatables right outside the Willie Mays gate at ATT park.

We were given all access passes because we were going to need to go out on the field for Halftime and install a game for 25,000 dollar winner from Emerald Nuts.

lets just say for me being a GIANT Giants Baseball fan since I was tiny and growing up at Candlestick park watching games... It was a DREAM come true to walk onto the field of Att stadium and stand where Barry Bonds played and get Giants Stadium dirt on my shoes!

CHECK OUT THIS CROWD!

We were stationed right at the 30 yrd line and literally right next to the USC Cheerleaders. They were so sweet!

Here are some other cool pictures from the field!

Here is the inflatable we installed witht eh Emerald Nuts Mascots around it.

Overall it was a freezing POURING awesome day in San Francisco! It was a pleasure to work with my parents and help them make a client HAPPY!

FABULOUS Anniversary Presents........

2009-11-26T19:36:00.000-08:00

I have the BEST husband in the WORLD.....

He sneaks out of the house EARLY this morning and brings home...

Look at my sweet kitty! She is so curious and excited for mommy!

I have been dying for an Edible Arrangement for quite a while! It is so yummy!
Cory had quite a lot of it chocolate dipped! It is fabulous!

HE is such a GREAT husband!

He got me a few other gifts as well I tell you I am SO SPOILED!

Diamonds are a GIRLS BEST FRIEND!

I also got him a very fancy designer shirt! He loved it!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BABE! Until next year...........

Season of Giving and a Season to give Thanks....

2009-11-26T18:56:00.000-08:00

We had Thanksgiving at my Mother and Father in laws house this year with all of the extended in law family.

It started with some games on the new game table the got.

Such a HANDSOME Face!

We snuggled and slept while waiting for dinner.

Zonked out on the Kitchen floor.

And then came the extended fam and more waiting on a FABULOUS turkey!

I LOVE THIS 2 Griffin Boys sitting on the couch GLUED to the COMPUTER chatting it up about Web Design SO CUTE!

I LOVE the Griffin boys! Cute and adorable and predictably behind a computer.

Another thing that is a MUST this Thanksgiving is a Wii tourney with the boys, Cory, Mike, and Johnny not to mention Kristen who is their cheerleader!

And darling Kristen got some belated Birthday presents from Grandma. Another Star Trekkie is BORN.....

ok so Thanksgiving joke, How many boys does it take to get out a pot of potatoes into a container?

Overall it was a BEAUTIFUL, family oriented Thanksgiving! We missed my Mom and Dad since they were up in Tahoe partying it up ;-) We definitely look forward to having many many many more of these to come!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

One Year ago Today...........

2009-11-25T08:40:00.000-08:00

I Married my BEST Friend and Lover

I was so excited I smiled so BIG my cheeks were sore for days afterward.

It was a BEAUTIFUL and special day for us.

I was so HAPPY to have my parents with us on our SPECIAL day! They looked so cute! We LOVE them.

So MANY good friends and our Boca Ward Family as well braved the heat and joined us.

It has been an exciting year full of many adventures and most important of all LOVE.

We look forward to seeing where this next year takes us. I THANK Heavenly Father EVERYDAY for the blessing that is Cory. He is the light in my life and makes everyday a beautiful HAPPY one! He puts up with all of my insaneness and he is always there to listen and help when I have a problem.

I am so proud to be Mrs. Brielle Yvonne Griffin.

CHEERS To the next Year HONEY!

such a pyromaniac.....

2009-11-05T18:35:00.000-08:00

I swear I am a total Pyromaniac

Fire is Beautiful, Fantastic, Mysterious, and ALWAYS changing.

I find Fire Intricate and Intriguing. It sets any mood from cozy to romantic. I LOVE it!

And with this I finish my Ode to Fire.

Happy Holidays and Many Fireplace Fires to you Bloggers.

First California Fog & New Front Plate........

2009-11-01T16:03:00.000-08:00

We have not been back in California to have a winter for over 3 years.

This is such a beautiful sight to see...

It was so wonderful to wake up one morning and see our favorite Winter time joy... FOG!!!!

Next little thing is silly but special to me.

The FIRST thing I did once we bought this car was go straight down to a local auto shop and purchase a personal decorative front plate. I LOVE the PATRIOTS football team. I thought it added Character to my adorable new car! Well that plate has had a PRIME spot on the front of our car for over a year and I thought that it could use a rest.

I got this plate when I was in New York 7 years ago. It was to remind me of how positively FABULOUS Broadway plays are. I love the colors and I love how cute it looks on the front of the car!

The Patriots plate saw Florida and all the way across to California. Lets see what adventures come to this plate.......

Sneaky Peaky

2009-10-26T21:12:00.001-07:00

So I have cleaned up the house a bit good enough to take a few preliminary pictures to show off.

Thanks for the center pieces Jackie! They have a nice temp home on the table, they will soon make a permanent home in our Black and White room. Until then they have become quite the conversation piece! People LOVE them! THANKS!

Now the couch will be a different color thinking pure white or Brown.

More pictures will come soon we are still settling in.

Stay Tuned!

The Shopaholic and the Bag Lady.......

2009-10-24T12:09:00.000-07:00

So today after a nice trip to Steve Madden for some EMERGENCY shoes (*cough*) . I put my REUSABLE bag down before putting it away and came back to find........

CHARLOTTE!!!! She is so sneaky!

So I left the bag on the ground and checked back in periodically. This is the progression of Charlotte in the bag pictures.

She is now just about to sleep

Finally asleep

Now I just took a follow up picture.

Poor thing she got all scared. She was asleep. I LOVE our little bag kitty. She is a light and a bundle of fun in our house!

Cross Country Overhaulin'

2009-10-19T20:29:00.000-07:00

First off let me issue a warning. This is a LONG blog! Read at your own peril.

Well we FINALLY have Internet here at our house! It has been a long time coming and I am ready to post some cross country move pics!

Ok so we started out living in Boca Raton Florida and over the course of 4 days Cory, Charlotte, and I piled into our OVERLOADED van towing our EXTREMELY OVERLOADED trailer and on a prayer we headed out across to our new home in Oakley California. We had lots of hopes and exciting ideas about starting over in Cali! (now don't hate, my picture taking skills SUCK! If you want good pics sorry)

:)

So we decided to try and save money by sleeping in the car and taking shifts. We thought being young and 21 with no kids we could do it right?? WRONG!!!! The MOST WRONG we ever were! If these pictures are any indication we were DEAD exhausted and completely out of our minds. Little did we know that kids were NO match for a 9 month old kitten. She was a terror! BIG MISTAKE.
So we had many other ADVENTURES on our 10 state trip.
Our first adventure was
A BLOWN TIRE ON OUR TRAILER!

So stuck on the side of the road in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 110 degree weather after being awake for 17 hours straight we were COMPLETELY exhausted and burnt out. the roads in Louisiana are slanted but our tire was too big and it was not slanted enough. In the third pic you can see a piece of our bed we had to use to prop the jack up to make it higher for our tire.

So it took us 2 hours in the hot sun to change our tire, but WE DID IT!!!

Dirty, TIRED, and hot we loaded back into the car and were on our way to find a trailer tire store to buy another tire. THANKFULLY WE DID.

3 hours later just outside of Natchitoches, Louisiana we blew the BRAND NEW trailer tire.

It was so upsetting. My parents were helping us out by driving our car behind us. They had stopped in Alabama to sleep the night before, so we waited for them to catch up to us and help us with the tire. Turns out it was a broken AXLE! Turns out in Natchitoches, Louisiana it is not as easy to find a trailer parts store. We finally found one and got a new trailer axle, and the gal who helped us, her father is the town mechanic and he helped put the axle together and we were on the road again after loosing about a day to the silly tires!

Second delay was the GPS. I could probably make up a blog devoted only to the GPS! It was such a pain in our side. So in Texas, Dallas actually stuck in Monday night traffic our GPS decided to take us a different route from my parents. So as they were headed to Amarillo VIA their 1,000.00 GPS unit we were headed to Amarillo VIA our 300.00 GPS unit. Little did we know it was taking us straight into Oklahoma City Ok.

Thankfully we got on a little old country road and traveled through Oklahoma back down into Texas and made it to Amarillo Home of the 72 oz. Steak at about 3am. I cant say this word enough, but EXHAUSTED and totally BEAT we did not stop in Amarillo we kept on driving.

We wanted to be in Las Vegas by Wednesday to surprise his mom and dad. We were ended up making such good time on the last leg of our trip we had a little time for some sight seeing

It was really nice to actually slow down and relax for a little bit. SO are you still with us. This is a LONG blog for a LONG trip.

We made it FINALLY to NEVADA!!!!!

That sign was such sweet relief!

We were so excited about being in Nevada that we slacked on our Highway Patrol lookout diligence. We had made it ALL the way across the USA and less than 30 miles from Las Vegas we got pulled over We were given not only 1 but 3 tickets. 1 for speeding, 1 for having a trailer unlicensed, and 1 for our Florida Insurance not having an expiration date! I am sorry but I really cant stand police who dont give breaks. Yes we were speeding, YES we didnt have a plate, but seriously we were in NEVADA and we were clearly from FLORIDA come on now! We were EXHAUSTED, TIRED, Sun Burnt, Stinky, SWOLLEN like balloons, and so ready to be in a hotel in VEGAS! Really not nice of him.

ANYWAY we made it to Vegas a day early, slept in a bed for the first time in 2 days and took a SO much needed shower. Really fab night sleep.

Early the next morning we surprised Sherene and Scott ( Cory's Mom and Dad). Boy was that a reveal. It was so sweet all parties crying it was sweet.

By the way we all met Pete Rose a home run king! It was cool!
Here are some exciting Pics from Vegas

Trojan Horse @ FAO Mirage Fire Mirage Volcano

So the reason Cory's parents and family were in Las Vegas was for the Star Trek Convention. So the following Pictures are blurry because we were so far away but they are of Zachary Quinto ( New Spock in movie and Sylar on Heroes) William Shatner, and Leonard Nemoy both from the original Star Trek.

Zach Q Shatner and Nemoy Zach Q

IT was so fun. They are really sweet humble and NORMAL people. Considering I am the farthest thing from a Treker, I managed to not embarrass my family the Trekers at the Star Wars....... oops Star Trek convention ;-)

After 7 LONG days we finally made it to Oakley California. It was a fun trip and one that we learned MANY things on. We learned that we will be getting a hotel, moving company, SLEEP and a cat watcher if we EVER have to do this again!

Thanks for being patient with this blog, More to come on the house and our new life here in California!

Long time... NEW State...!

2009-09-10T11:10:00.000-07:00

Hello EVERYONE!!!!!

So wow its been FOREVER! Sorry!

I was not blogging about all of our family excitement because it was a total surprise to Cory's Family and I wanted to make sure they didnt find out. It was like TOP SECRET Moving information.

Well Cory and I have officially driven from Boca Raton Florida ALLLLL the way through to Oakley California. We stopped off in LAS VEGAS for the Family surprise and some MUCH NEEDED R&R.

I Just wanted to take a Minute and say HEY!

I dont have all of the pictures up and going yet BUT.... I will soon enough.

PICS TO COME: Last night in Boca, Our Adventurous (to say the least) Road Trip, LAS VEGAS, OUR NEW HOUSE, and last but not least our NEW chapter in life!

STAY TUNED FOR MORE EXCITEMENT!

A Little Bit of EVERYTHING Wonderful!

2009-06-09T07:53:00.000-07:00

So I guess maybe our life is a bit boring. I never seem to have cool and exciting things to update on. Well to keep it interesting, we have been experimenting with fun outdoor summertime activities to have fun with.

I don't have many pictures, but The stories are still fun!

I have never been to a Flea Market, EVER. Down here in Florida it is like the COOLEST thing ever I guess. There are SOOO many flea markets. FINALLY Cory convinced me to try it out one Saturday. We went to the biggest outdoor flea market located in South Florida. We got about half way through before we dropped dead with exhaustion from the HEAT and the lack of H2O. But not before we picked up a STEAL on a practically brand new Microwave for my office only $9.00! And to my surprise IT ACTUALLY WORKS! and WELL too! I felt like such a pro! It was exhilarating.

After that we went back that night to the Drive-In Theatre that was located on the Swap Shop grounds. We went and saw UP. It was the CUTEST most adorable animation since Nemo or Incredibles. I totally Balled for the first 15 minutes. It was really a sweet great movie. PLUS a LOT of FLYING! That Made me happy! :D

Then the Next weekend we went on a Stake Temple Trip. It was FANTASTIC. We had to drive up to Orlando which was difficult, but the intense Spiritual Experience was Worth it! There were over 350 stake members in attendance. It was a great time.

We also have survived our First week of Hurricane Season with little rain! It is helping us all be VERY hopeful about the upcoming months of potential storms.

At the office here sometimes we get these people that come around selling things. I usually never buy, but this little grandpa came by with these Orchids that he grows and sells at Home and Garden shows. They are special Orchids and they are award winning as well as last for up to 50 YEARS! It is really BEAUTIFUL and it makes me smile during the day here in my office.

Hopefully More EXCITING, Interesting and FUN Posts from The Griffin's coming soon.

P.s Congrats to Robin Van Dusen and Britta Andrus on their upcoming Baby Births! One Baby Girl and One Baby Boy! SO EXCITING! Good Luck!

New (or) Continued Family Company

2009-05-27T12:07:00.000-07:00

Well the Griffin's have started a NEW Family Company. Griffin Advertising.

For those of you who know Brie's Parents and what they do you might have a good long giggle at the hilarity that is US starting our OWN Advertising business, But hey " Find Something You LOVE to do and learn how to make money doing it"! I know how much fun working with Phoenix Marketing was for all those years, and Cory is VERY skilled in creating Ad's for companies, so TOGETHER we are a fairly good Advertising pair!

So We are almost completely official. The LLC paperwork is coming together and the excitement is building. Cory has a few clients already that he has begun working with to design their websites. TAKE A LOOK! www.griffinadvertising.com and www.greenpowerbox.com

We are working on specializing in EVERYTHING from WEB DESIGN to SEARCHLIGHTS!!!

We are so excited and amazed that this is actually happening. We sort of keep thinking we are a bit silly beginning a company in these economic times, but then again what better time. We have LOW overhead and pretty good experience between the 2 of us. PLUS we have Phoenix Marketing, Doug and Rebecca to give us the BIGGEST tips and do's and for sure DONT'S.

We are thrilled and ENTHUSIASTIC about this opportunity and we really hope that it TAKES OFF ;) LITERALLY maybe!!!! We are praying for the blessing from the Lord to help continue to make this business profitable for us. It would be WONDERFUL to continue in a "Family Business" Footsteps.

So 2 Second plug: If anyone would like to have their website REDESIGNED or DESIGNED from scratch Cory is really pretty good and willing to do it for a GREAT deal to help build our Company Portfolio. Up to 10 Pages and a Logo Design for $199.00.

Enough Self Promotion.

SUMMER has officially begun here in South Florida. I mean REAL summertime! It is almost 90 EVERY single day. Not like the NICE 90 degrees but the HOT, STICKY, humid kind of 90 degrees. Oh and thats not even the worst of it. Starting around 11-12 in the afternoon the Thunderstorms start to build. They build and BUILD until they EXPLODE ALL over the place. Pouring H2O all over the usually BEAUTIFUL South Florida landscape.

I think the FUNNIEST thing about the rain is that people honestly LOOSE their heads. Traffic comes to a stop, Cars spin, People drive about 25 MPH on the FREEWAY and those people are mixed in with the people who continue to drive outrageously fast at about 90MPH. Needless to say accidents PILE UP when it rains.

Also concerning is the HURRICANES. In about 5 days and counting HURRICANE season begins. Time to stock up, get prepared, make sure we have plenty or everything, and GET SMART! What sucks the most about this time of year is the usually GORGEOUS flying weather is GONE. GONE with the wind or the rain in this case. It is sad! If we do not have flights in early in the morning we dont fly :( BIG bummer!

SO here is to my Friends in TEXAS as well as those in Florida and Georgia. GET Prepared, BE SAFE, and WATCH Weather Channel Religiously.

P.S. CONGRATULATIONS CALIFORNIA! Thank You for CONTINUING to UPHOLD law, and Not allowing anymore Gay Marriages. I am sad that you did in the FIRST place but THANK YOU for not allowing it to continue! GO PROP 8 Supporters! You have support from us!

GREAT Day to FLY !

2009-05-12T08:04:00.000-07:00

"EVERY Day is a GREAT Day to FLY at Sky Blue"

Thats the school motto here at Sky Blue Aviation, and boy oh boy it sure is not just a GREAT day but a truly BEAUTIFUL day to fly!

These past few weeks, South Florida has been hit with unusually beautiful, not a cloud in the sky, no rain in sight weather. It has been pretty HOT but it has been GORGEOUS!

I am currently working on my IFR (Instrument Flight Rating), and have been doing lots of flying with the instructors here! It has been pretty EXCITING!

I know this picture is kinda blurry, but I liked it a bit! It looks very much like heart monitor signs. It is actually about 200 hundred feet above the runway coming to land in Boca Raton.

This Picture is taken about 1800 feet AGL parallel to I-95 freeway around 6pm you can see all the headlights snaking along the slow moving freeway. Seeing this Who wouldnt want to FLY?

Other than Flying, This Weekend Cory and I went to see STAR TREK at the PREMIER level of the Palace Theatre here in Boca. The Premier Level is the one and ONLY way to see movies! It has like private plush couches you can sit on and have food and drinks brought to you. It is 21 and up so there are no kids and it is high above the other seats to allow for little to no noise during the movie! It is exclusive so only about 20 couples can sit up there and peacefully escape and watch the movie in peace! Its pretty FABULOUS, and that was just the seating! The movie was FANTASTIC! I am not too big of a Star Trek fan but Cory is and it was a really surprisingly WONDERFUL movie! I HIGHLY encourage EVERYONE to go see it! It was well worth seeing!

Sunday was MOTHER'S DAY!!!! I am so sad to be 3,800 miles away from my Mom, but it was nice to chat with her and wish her a Very Happy Mother's Day! Cory is also the same distance away from his Mom, and He misses her just as much! Mother's are the most blessed AMAZING women in the UNIVERSE! I am so Proud to have such GREAT Mother's in my life! Both women are exceptionally special and LOVE unconditionally! So here is to you Rebecca Hinckley and Sherene Olthoff, Our WONDERFUL MOTHER'S THANK YOU for raising us to be strong, LOVING, Spiritual, GREAT people! We sure could not have done it without you!

Pretty AMAZING Florida Weather Weekend

2009-05-04T08:49:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was a little slow for us!

I became a bit sick Friday night :( meaning I was pretty out of it for our usually FUN FRIDAY Nights!

We stayed in All Night, watched Oceans 13 and ate some Taco Bell Burritos. It was relaxing and I pretty much fell fast asleep quickly!

Saturday came and I woke up feeling pretty GOOD! Cory made some awesome waffles and maple syrup for breakfast, and we decided to go to my office to help out with some flights in the morning.

After that I was feeling ok so we decided to relax in the pool in our condo for a bit! It was beautiful out and really enjoyable to just float and enjoy the SUN! ( Safely of course! Sun Screen is a MUST!)

After swimming we made some of our FAVORITE Pizzas called Mama Mary's which is similar to Bobilli Pizza Crust. We added some yummy Turkey Pepperonis, Mozzi Cheese, Onions, Pinapple, and Mushrooms. It was FABULOUS!

Sunday of course we went to Church and enjoyed being Spiritually and Physically uplifted by the spirit! It was a special Sunday Fast for a Temple here in South Florida. We only have 1 temple here in Florida located ALLL the way up in Orlando which is a good 3 hour DRIVE to get to it. it is especially challenging for people like me who grew up in Antioch CA literally 40 minutes from the Oakland Temple! It is hard to find time to go up there to be near the temple!

It would be SUCH a GIANT blessing for us to have the opportunity to have a temple down here in Miami or Fort Lauderdale or something way closer! That was what our fast was about!

It was an overall pretty LAZY weekend! Thankfully I am feeling a bit better today!

FINALLY 21!

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Well it is official! I am 21!! April 26th Brie turned 21!

It was a complete and total Birthday weekend! It started Friday Evening when we both got home from work. We made BBQ Skewers! Fun FUN FUN I have never ever had skewers before so it was pretty exciting!

Then Saturday, We woke up SUPER early to get our hair cut! Both of us had a little hair cut treat! Unknown to me I was about to get more done to my hair than I had EXPECTED!

After my cut, Cory took me to Tipsy Salon (hahaha) to get my hair fixed. YES i said FIXED!

About 5 months ago i dyed my hair BLACK like totally BLACK! I am so sad i did it, and have been since it was done! i was told it was unfixable and I would have to wait for it to all grow out.

Well Cory did some research i guess and found a WONDERFUL colorist here in Boca that specializes in Color Repair.
SO Here I am sitting hoping that this will FIX the horrid black!

Well after spending about 5 hours at the salon with Chris and Cory, I went from a deep seriously DARK Black color to a tipped Black, with Deep Caramel highlited rich hair color! It is a process to go from black to normal Brown, but I am WELL on my way!

It was a very fun afternoon being pampered and spoiled! Cory was SUCH a HUGE trooper for hanging around all day being my moral support! I was VERY nervous!

SO on to the evening!

Cory and I LOVE the Food Network! We watch those BEST places to eat shows often! We enjoy them very much! WELL it just so happens that one of the BEST places to get some good MEAT is called Texas de Brazil and it happens to have a restaurant RIGHT here in MIAMI BEACH!!
It was the FUNNEST thing EVER! It is an All you can eat Steakhouse, BUT not all of it is STEAK they have EVERYTHING! lamb, Veal, Fillet Mignion, Pork, Chops, Ribs,ETC...

The Servers walk around with these GIANT spears with the meats on them. You flip the cards over and they SWARM your table ( LITERALLY). It is AMAZING! the food is so delicious it was a FABULOUS experience! It was wonderful fun, I am just so greatful that we had the ability to go to this fun place!

Here are some more DINNER pictures. We were sitting right at the window overlooking the yachts right next to STAR ISLAND! ( mentioned many times on CSI Miami) It is a real place!

So that was All about Friday and Saturday! Now onto my ACTUAL birthday day!

Woke up early for church! Went to church! Had a terriffic spiritual experience and met a few new members of the ward, also set up some home teaching appts for this next week! Very productive church day!

Came home! opened some of the presents Cory got me! ON TOP of all of the fun Sat, He went to IKEA and purchased me some AWESOME kitchen organizing tools! It was such an AWESOME and THOUGHTFUL bunch of gifts!

Then we made my FAV Birthday meal Lasagna, Salad with some chicken, and French Bread! It was FANTABULOUS! Chatted with my Mom, Dad and Uncle Greg! It was such a GREAT dinner!

Next it was onto the CAKE! mmmm... YUMMY custom ordered cake!

Here are some pictures!

As you can see our silly Kitty had to JOIN in all of the FUN! She has sort of taken over the table and thinks it is hers, SO when we are doing anything at the table she MUST be involved!

It was an AMAZING birthday one that I won't forget at all! I am now 21 and there is NO turning back! Not that I would want to, seeing as how I am MARRIED to the BEST GUY! I am so blessed to have such a WONDERFUL Mom and Dad, as well as a WONDERFUL Family of In- Laws! EVERYONE is Wonderful and I am LUCKY to have you guys! Thanks for the Love and the SUPPORT!

How to make a BEAUTIFUL Custom Blog?

2009-04-24T06:38:00.000-07:00

I have just recently joined this Blog stuff! I am facinated with how people make their blogs SO BEAUTIFUL and Customized! Can someone please inform me how that is accomplished! I would GREATLY appreciate it!

Couponing

2009-04-23T13:56:00.000-07:00

So I got HOOKED on couponing from a gal in my old homeward who just recently started as well!

It is BUCKETS of fun! I enjoy doing what seems like such a tiny part to save my new family some money! It is TRUELY wonderful I encourage everyone to coupon ESP. in these tough times! Go to krazycouponlady.blogspot.com. She always has the best scoop!

Our New Kitty!!

2009-02-18T13:39:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the Griffin Family Charlotte!

Our Wedding November 26, 2008

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The Day My High School Sweetheart became My Husband!

Brielle Yvonne Hinckley was MARRIED to Cory Scott Griffin November 26th 2008 in Boca Raton Florida.

BEAUTIFUL SUNSET!!!

This was taken at the Morkiami Japaneese Gardens in Delray Beach Florida

Of course the East Coast Beach!

We were married on November 26th 2008 in Boca Raton, Florida.

New to the Blogosphere!

2009-02-18T13:14:00.000-08:00

So excited to be introduced to the Blogosphere by my mom!