The Griffin Family: Mail from Argentina: I Made It!

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Mail from Argentina: I Made It!

From Tyson Thursday morning (I'm a little slow!)

Hola everyone!

Today has been a lonnnng day and its only 11:15 here haha. After I went through security in Salt Lake I went and waited at the gate to board the plane to Dallas and all of the 5 other elders met up with me and we went together. That flight wasn't too bad but I was stuck in a tiny seat with a huge backpack and carry-on right next to one of the engines for 3 hours. I had a huge headache when we landed, but it was cool cause I got to talk to one of the other Elders and get to know him a little bit. After we got to the HUGE Dallas airport I was sitting waiting for everyone else and a sister missionary came up to me and said "Elder??". She was flying to Argentina with us and she is from California. All of the missionaries I flew down with are serving in Montevideo. Sorry if I have a lot of typos...this keyboard is really weird. Anyway, the flight to Argentina was rough, the airplane was a lot bigger but I can never sleep on planes so I just sat there with my eyes wide open for 12 hours. I took Tylenol pm but it didn't do anything haha. But, we finally got here and when we stepped off the airplane I could feel the sticky humidity and it felt like it was 90 degrees when it was only 60. We all went through customs and picked up our bags and exchanged our money for Argentina pesos. When we got out of the airport there was this short Argentinian woman with bright red hair (it was dyed) that didn't speak any English at all, and she was trying to get my attention so she could take us all to the taxi. They all drive crazy down here. No blinkers, no lights, no seat belts. Just a free for all. But that's how I drive anyway so its ok. When we finally got the the MTC it wasn't quite what I expected. There are barbed wire fences all around it and it kind of looks like a prison haha. But its good, the temple is right next to us but its still being remodeled. So far everything is going great, though! I realized I don't speak any Spanish haha, this is going to be a rough couple of months. I guess every Saturday the missionaries in the MTC go out and knock on doors in Buenos Aires for training...so that will be interesting. I haven't had a chance to take any pictures yet but don't worry they'll be coming! I just met with the mission president and he is really nice, lunch is at noon and then he said we can all take a nap before our first class at five. We are all about to go find our rooms and unpack now.

Well, I hope everything is okay back in America...its so much different here, but it'll be awesome once I get used to it.

Love you all!!!
Elder Griffin

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Little Bits of Wisdom

"Coop, we're really lucky we love each other so much. Not everybody in this world has a best buddy like we do."--Caden

Cooper--"Mom, can I watch a movie in my room tonight?"

Mom--"No, it's a school night, you need to go straight to sleep."

Cooper--"Well, what if I just open one eye and keep the other one closed?"

"Mom, since you're already married, I guess I'll marry Princess Jasmine."--Cooper

"Mom, you're a lot sweet and a lot beautiful!"--Cooper

"Mom, can I help with the laundry? I can take the clothes out of the wetter and put them in the dryer for you."--Cooper

"Mom, I'm so lucky that I can burp really loud!"--Cooper

"Mom, before you play a game, you always have to read the destructions."--Cooper

Caden--"Mom, why does Santa carry so much soap in his sleigh?"

Mom--"What do you mean?"

Caden--"You know, one horse, soap, and sleigh."

"Cooper, one day you're going to grow up and be even taller than mom. It's okay, though, she'll still love you."--Caden

"Mom, you're my BEST girl!"--Cooper

"Mom, does Jesus happy-cry whenever a new baby comes down from heaven?"--Caden

Mom--"Caden, what did you learn at your first day of kindergarten?"

Caden--"We did our ABCs and learned about respect."

Mom--"Oh good, so, what does respect mean?"

Caden--"Well, it mostly means you just try not to act like a butt, and you try not to say "butt" either."

"Mom, will you please stop going to clubs every night? Last night you went to book club, and now you're going to Sam's Club!"--Caden

"Mom, can you hand me the phone? I'm going to call Tyson."

--Caden (On his mission in Uruguay)

"Coop, next to Jesus, you're the best brother ever!" --Caden

"Cooper, you're my whole heart. I just LOVE you!"--Caden

Caden (very calmly)--"Cooper, don't be an ***."
Mom--"Did you just say what I think you said?"
Caden--"Yup"
Mom--"Why would you say THAT?"
Caden--"It's OK mom, I'm just practicing my swear words!"

"Mom, have you noticed that Tyson seems to be forgetting some of his apostrophies lately?"--Kamryn, while reading a missionary email from Ty

Mom--"Do you want me to help you with that, or not?"
Cooper---"Umm..........or not."

"Mom, do you know that I have a crush on you?"--Caden

Mom-"Caden, how did you know that music was from the Harry Potter movie?"
Caden-"I guess I just rememberized it!"

"Mom, don't you think you should take the Special K challenge? YOU could loose up to three inches!"--Kamryn

"Mom, how many pounds do you love Cooper?"--Caden

Mom, it's already been a minute. When I want something, why don't you just say, "Just an hour?"--Caden

"Mom, aren't you glad that after we die we can still snuggle together in heaven?"--Caden

"Cooper, if you ever see a girl crying, you need to run over and see if you can help her feel better."--Caden

"Kamryn, why do you always have to be so anoising?" (annyoing)--Caden

"Buddy, if you ever need anything, just call me and I'll come running!"--Caden, to Cooper

"Mom, did you know that Dad's the biggest, Cooper's the littlest, and I'm the mediumest?"--Caden

"Mom, maybe you should slow down a little. I think you might be going a few inches too fast."--Caden, my little back-seat driver

"Mom, who decided to make red lights and stop signs? All they do is waste our time!"--Caden

Kamryn, while helping me make Halloween Mummy Hotdogs for dinner the other night: "Oh, I just LOVE it when life is fun and yummy!"

The other day, the little kids were getting buckled into the car, and I said, "OK, is everybody ready?" Caden said yes, and Kamryn looked at him and said, "Caden...that was a HISTORICAL question! That means mom already knew the answer, but she just asked the question anyway." That girl keeps me laughing, for sure!

After Tyson left for college, Kamryn was looking through his things and said "You know, Tyson isn't a very interesting person, but he sure did leave some interesting stuff behind!" Sorry Ty, but I thought that was pretty funny.

Yesterday I was sick with a cold, and I asked Caden for a hug. He said "OK, but it has to be quick, or you'll make me sick, and I'll make you just fine."

The other day I overheard Caden telling Cooper "Come over here and I'll teach you how to run real fast so mom can't catch you."

A few weeks ago I went into the boy's room to get Cooper out of his crib in the morning. Caden was still in bed and I asked if he wanted to come down. He said "I'm just laying here waiting for you to tuck me out!"

"Mom, when am I gonna turn five? I have WAY to much energy for a four year old!"--Caden

"Mom, I know you really love me, but I'm jumping off the dresser anyway."--Caden

Kamryn-"Mom, Caden just flipped me off!"
Mom-"It was an accident. Caden doesn't even know what that means."
Kamryn-"Well, that's the SECOND time I've been flipped off this week!"
Mom-"Who else flipped you off?"
Kamryn-"Cooper!"

The other day I was outside pulling weeds, and I said to Kamryn and Caden, "Look guys, here's a little roly-poly!" Kamryn looked at me and said, "Actually mom, it's not REALLY called a roly-poly. These little guys are REALLY called Tomato Bugs!" Ahh, it's always refreshing to have a good laugh while weeding the garden!