Let the weddings begin!!

This past weekend was the official kickoff of wedding season here in the Griffin household.

Friday night we were in Madison (sans Preston) for, my best friend, Sarah's engagement party. We had a great time and got to stay with Sarah that night...on an air mattress that had a very slow leak... that was completely flat by 4 am... after Justin decided to sleep on the floor... after rolling on top of me! ha! Still and all, it was wonderful to get to see her and Jason... who I adore!!

On Saturday, we headed to Cleveland for my cousin's wedding. Originally, I had planned to be in Orange Beach for my other best friend, Jill's bachelorette weekend and was a little upset and a little bitter that I had to miss it, but I am so glad I was able to share Sadie's special day with her!! Other than someone passing out during the ceremony (a guest, not a memeber of the wedding party) and the preacher calling Sadie the wrong name (which has been good luck for us, since the same thing happened at our wedding), the wedding was spectacular. Beautiful setting and a beautiful bride!! The flowers and the decorations were some of the most gorgeous ones I have ever seen! Not to mention the weather was spectacular! As much rain and natural disasters as this area has had lately, an outdoor wedding was a little bit of a dare, but it was perfect... and not too hot. This is Sadie and I at her reception and she and her husband Bobby sharing their first kiss!!

Preston really enjoyed the wedding too. His Daddy sacrificed seeing the ceremony (which I'm sure he was upset over) so P could play in the front yard of the house where the wedding was held. Preston really seemed to love it. After he was so scared of the grass in the Grove, I was a little worried! Maybe it was just the Ole Miss grass! ha! Don't tell his Daddy that!! In other Preston news, we continue to cut molars, which is so not fun. He won't eat and is really fussy and I won't beging to tell you the number of diapers (and amount of Desitin) we go through. But hopefully, it will be over soon and he'll be back to his sweet little self. That's it for now! Here are some pictures of Preston from this weekend... all decked out in seer sucker... such a little Southern gentleman!! He may be headed for Ole Miss yet! He'll just have to stay away from the grass in the Grove! (He looks so much like his Daddy right here with that eyebrow raised! If he didn't look like him enough already!!)

A little something fun!!

So...I absolutely love doing these things...don't know why... I'm just a sucker for them. The trick is that you are supposed to do them back. You learn something about me, I learn something about you. So, if you feel like it, email me back with your answers...you never know what you'll learn!



What was I doing 10 years ago? I was getting ready to graduate high school! I know!! I feel so old!! And no, I'm not planning on attending the reunion...we've conveniently got plans that weekend! ha! And, let's not forget, I was dating Blair (my highschool/college sweetheart) and really looking forward to heading to Oxford in the fall!





5 things on my to-do list for today.
1.) Lunch in a clinic... let's pray they like my new drug!
2.) Go to see "Made of Honor" with Carrie and Rebecca
3.) Continue figuring our my new Blackberry (Just got it yesterday and I'm SOOOO excited!)
4.) Go back to Pontotoc and rot like I did yesterday (but at least this time I'll have a Blackberry)
5.) Call my friends who don't text and give them my new number...these are mainly family memebers





5 snacks I enjoy.

Ok...I really try hard not to snack, but if I did, this is what it would be...
1.) cookies...anykind...I'm not picky
2.) spinach artichoke dip
3.) Cheesecake bites
4.) Sun Chips
5.) Miniature Reeses Peanut Butter cups (my absolute FAVORITE!)





5 things I would do if I were a billionaire.
1.) Tithe and give to the church
2.) Invest
3.) Payoff any/all debt
4.) Put money back for Preston's (and any other children) college
5.) Travel, travel, travel





Bad Habits.
1.) Picking at my fingers
2.) Not calling people back... I just forget!! I have a horrible short-term memory... ask my husband
3.) Not balancing my checkbook
4.) Not cleaning the house....I HATE it... I don't care if it HAS to be done... I HATE it
5.) Not washing clothes (do you have any idea how fast laundry stacks up when your husband changes 2-3times a day and you have a baby!?!)





5 places I've lived.
1.) Grenada
2.) Tupelo
3.) Oxford
4.) Meridian (aka "Hell")
5.) Saltillo





5 jobs I've had.
1.) Pharmaceutical Sales Representative (my current job...that I LOVE)
2.) Graphic Artist for Oxford Printwear (this gets the award for best job ever!)
3.) Wedding coordinator for a local florist
4.) Retail.... a boutique... not real sure what my function was there
5.) McAllisters... I wouldn't order cole slaw or rotel and chips if I were you...

Vegas, tornadoes, and Mother's Day, oh my!!

So I got back at 1 a.m. Saturday morning from "fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada". For those who don't know, I went for work. And usually I dread these business trips (having to be away from the men in my life!) but this one wasn't so bad. We launched a new drug (which is amazing, by the way) and actually got to take in some of the sights of the strip. Of course, I was on "Britney watch" the entire time I was there, but no luck. One of the guys in our district did get to see John Mayer just chillin' at the Planet Hollywood Casino, and I thought I saw Justin Timberlake at one point, but after getting closer, I realized it wasn't him. I did win $70 in nickel slots (I'm not a gambler...too cheap... hence the nickel slots) which made up for the fact that I bought a pair of $50 Yellow Box flip flops. That's right people, I said flip flops... ridiculous I know, but I had been walking bare foot to the convention center all week (because my heels don't do .5 mile walks...one way) and was starting to worry I was going to get ringworm. So, I told Justin that those floppers could be my Mother's Day gift. Overall, the trip was good. I got to know the people in my district even better, got to visit with the guy that hired my mom 16+ years ago, and realized how blessed I am to live in the "Bible Belt" and be sheltered. This is the MGM Grand (where we stayed) and all the girls in my district posing with Caesar at his palace.

While I was gone, a tornado hit Tupelo. Justin called me in Vegas on Thursday morning telling me what was going on. We are so fortunate... Tupelo is so fortunate... that it didn't do much damage. My mom and I live 5 miles apart and the tornado literally came between those 5 miles. Neither of our homes were hurt and she and Ron and Justin were just fine. The worst of the storm's damage was in Chesterville (out by the airport for those of you not familiar with Tupelo). It did hit the Mississippi Building of the Furniture Market, luckily, there were no fatalities. God is so good. It's so funny to me how you can look back at situations or major events and see small pieces of the puzzle that led you there or led you to make certain decisions, which at the time didn't hold much significance, but then ended up being a major decision in your life because of the events that followed that decision. And when this happens, I believe that it's God that's been working it out... putting all of the pieces together to bless you, protect you, or teach you.

The same was true the morning of the tornado. Justin had sent Preston to be with his mom for the week... and to be honest, I was a little upset about it... not about Preston going, but with Justin. I'm more than happy for Preston to visit his grandparents and I love for him to go because they love having him so much (and he has SOOO much fun!) and they are such WONDERFUL grandparents (and in-laws...I couldn't have asked for better ones), but it honestly felt like since I wasn't going to be home, Justin was "dumping" Preston off so he could have a week of "vacation" from responsibilities... "Bachin' it" if you will. But had Justin had Preston, they both would have been by the Mississippi building of the Furniture Market at the exact time that the tornado hit (Preston's daycare is about 2 miles away from the market). God is good... He was taking care of us like He always (ALWAYS) does, whether we see it or not. (the picture is of the Mississippi building)

The weekend I got home from Vegas was Mother's Day weekend...which is a pretty big deal. Not just because it's Mother's Day, but because it's my mother's birthday weekend as well as Mother's Day. So, my grandmother was in town and we had a wonderful weekend spending time together. And can I just say...she had the cutest cake ever. I swear, if this whole drug dealing thing doesn't work out, I should just design cakes!! haha!! (see, I told you it was SOOO cute! And that's Preston enjoying a piece of Mimi's birthday cake!)

Justin and I also showed our house this weekend...don't really think the lady was seriously looking though... she didn't even remember where it was. But God will take care of that as well!!

God bless!!