Griffins on the Go

May 31, 2012

Memorial Day Weekend

I've been a busy gal lately. Check out why here.

Our Memorial Day weekend at the beach was awesome though. We basically sat on the beach all day and had nice dinners at night. It.was.heaven.

Here's the highlights:

Friday morning beach.
The water was only a few feet deep along the shore, and there were hardly any waves. It was amazing!!! So calm and the water wasn't too cold.

My parents and sibs were going to Bonefish for dinner, but...

...we made our way to Seaside to join the Wages and the Caraways for dinner at Bud N Alleys - so good, and we were happy to be with our friends for the evening!

After a beach day again on Saturday, the fam cruised to Seagrove's new restaurant V. We were seated outside as it was an incredible afternoon - not too hot. And this was our view - the ocean!

V is amazing! A must do if you haven't been yet!

My cousin Ivy, who graduated from high school two weeks ago, was also at the beach with his buddies celebrating their graduation.

Sunday, our last day, was another awesome time on the beach.

Our friends Amanda, Amy, my Gongaman, and Aunt Jill joined us that afternoon too.

Big hat + big shades = maximum coverage!

It seemed like no one really wanted to go inside since the weekend was almost over! Here's the gorgeous Sunday afternoon sunset over the beach.

And one last family dinner at our favorite, Firefly! We love love love our time spent with all of our family, and were happy so many of us could be together for the weekend. Of course we missed LL and B, but look forward to all being together for family beach time this July!!!
Hope you all had a nice Memorial Day weekend too!

May 22, 2012

Mr. and Mrs. Ryals Stone

On Friday, David and I loaded up the car for the big wedding weekend ahead. Lauren and Ryals were getting married at the beautiful Barnsley Gardens Resort's ruins. Be sure and check out the resort's site here. The rehearsal dinner on Friday night was hosted by Ryals' father there at the resort too. Saturday morning's bridesmaid's brunch was at Sage Inn a few miles away. I know my buddies took more pics than I did, so check their blogs this week - here's a few of the pics I took! It was an awesome wedding and fun weekend with our friends!

The welcome baskets for the guests were awesome!

These great beer glasses were in them....love it!

As well as beer, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and mixed nuts.

The tables at the rehearsal dinner were designated with fun names like "Milledge", "Kingsboro", "Darlington", etc. - places that meant something to Lauren at Ryals. The theme for the night was a Tribute to Bubba - Ryals' dog.

Dinner was absolutely delicious!

Loved the signature drink for the evening!

I had the most handsome date for the weekend!

Me, Jill, Meredith, Lauren, and Ryanne

Kim, Jill, Me, Meredith, Lauren, Ryanne, Glenn, Hollie, and Meghan

The ballroom looked so pretty and so many people had wonderful things to say about Lauren and Ryals. After dinner, there was a slideshow and later, dancing!

And then, on Saturday we had the bridesmaid's brunch first.

The bridesmaid's luncheon was at Sage Inn...so pretty on Saturday morning!

Jill, Hollie, Emily, Meredith, Kim, Katie, and Renee

Lauren gave us gorgeous earrings to wear in the wedding and these awesome acrylic wine glasses too!

Here's a bunch of the girls in the "red house" getting ready for the big event!
Meredith, Renee, Glenn, Jill, Meghan, Ryanne, Katie, Georgia, and Kim

There were three styles of dress - a baby pink, a coral, and a tomato red. So pretty!

We had lots of snacks to keep us nourished while we were getting ready!

Suzanne came over from Athens and had fun hanging with me and my mom.

Kim and Nick

Kim, Hollie, Jill, and me. Isn't the backdrop so pretty! Everything was so lush and green! You can also kinda see the white wedding cake behind me...it was so good!