Lucky Buck Jewelry

Dear friends and family,
Excited to be setting up tomorrow in Boaz at the Villages of Elizabeth Street with Lucky Buck Jewelry.  Bubba will be taking all his new earrings.  It is quite the collection.  You will love the new look.
Life is great at the camper and all is well.  Babysitter has all three today so pray for her please.  Whew!  Atlee has a crush on the neighbor kid and Ian has so many friends, it is a swinging door.  Fun times to be had for sure.  Brody has had a great summer so far and loves it at the camper.  Wish we had a "makeover" from the TV show so that is was perfect for him.  I can just see a swing and lofts everywhere for him to sit and get away.  I wish I was in construction. 
Loving life, can't wait to see friends in TN at our 30th reunion in a few weeks. 
Blessings,
Wendy

Brody's School Play....

Dear friends,
It was one of those Fragile X days where you are so proud that Brody is your son for just clapping his hands at the right time. He was precious and everyone complimented us on his behavior. What an event the GES had! We enjoyed watching Brody react so happy to everyone singing and clapping.
We are enjoying our new business and loving working together. Life is good....at Curls and Pearls. Lucky Buck Jewelry is really successful and it is such a blessing.
Atlee, Brody and Ian are doing awesome and we are raising three great kids. Today was electronic day at school in the afternoon program and that was a little hectic. It may not be "electronic" day for the Griffins.
My friend Susan is coming for the weekend and I couldn't be more excited. She is an excellent designer and I want her to see Curls and Pearls and give me her opinion. Come see us at the shop.
We had over $1380.00 raised last night at Blessings in a Backpack. It is really a wonderful event and you should come join us on Thursday nights at Church of Christ in Guntersville at 6:00. Don't be late or you will miss the fun. In fact, most everyone comes early.
Blessings,
Wendy

Curls and Pearls....

Dear friends,
As we leave to go paint at the new shop, I am reminded about how blessed we are. My last day at Darlene's Salon and Day Spa is Thursday of next week. It has been a wonderful journey there and I am grateful to Darlene for the opportunity to build my business while there. Our building is for sale and she hopes to work part-time and spend more time with her grandson.
Bubba and I will begin Curls and Pearls on January 3rd with the Chris Todd family as they make their final preparations to minister to the people from Beirut, Lebanon. They will leave the following day and be gone for three years. Our prayers go with them.
We begin yet another Griffin Adventure.......Merry Christmas and God Bless You.
Bubba and Wendy

October.....my favorite month of the year!

Dear friends and family,

This month is going by so fast. We just spent a long weekend with our Amish friends and the kids had a blast. We had so much good food and fun with Ken and Colleen. They have six children now and they own a party supply business. Good times to be had with all.

Shipshewana, Indiana is a breath of fresh air and good for the soul. No electricity, no TV and no Internet for awhile was refreshing. We tried all of Colleen's great recipes and even ate out a couple of times. The kids played on the wiggle racers, roller blades and took the pony and cart for a ride.

I have developed something called Uticaria over the last several weeks and I would ask for your prayers. It has been difficult with my eyes swelling to see and function 100%. I am on Prednisone, Pepcid and Zyrtec. I went to a doctor that only sees patients without insurance and for $58 I had an office visit and left with three prescriptions. It was so easy and unexpected. I usually have to pay $125 up front just to see the Dr. I may have to drive back to Shipshewana again! I am so much better but still not able to stop taking the medication.

Two of the sweetest things happened this weekend......last night Brody covered me up with his Toy Story blanket and tonight he tapped the bed for Ian to come sleep with him. Sweet child he is.

Curls and Pearls will open on January 3rd at 502 Blount Ave., Guntersville, AL 35976. Our new number will be 256.960.1575. We are so excited about getting to work together and look forward to meeting so many new people. Let the Griffin Adventures begin......

October is our favorite time of year....

Dear friends and family,
Brody is doing well and survived a fire ant hill today! If only he could talk. We are so excited about his progress at school and he is continuing to improve daily. Ian and Atlee are in the same room at school this year and they love their teacher. We will also put them together in fourth grade if things continue to be as good as they are now.

Bubba had his best ever show today in Oxford, Alabama. We were well pleased and plan to go back next year. We hope to add Marietta Georgia to the list for next May or October and also maybe the Hannah Market in Oxford. We got an invitation to do a show at the Von Braun Civic Center today. Lucky Buck Jewelry is skyrocketing. Bubba is so talented and I hope he is discovered by someone famous or someone capable of showing the world his talents.

My career in Guntersville has boomed. I never dreamed all the new relationships we were to make would be by divine appointment. I continue to coach and council friends, clients and family while they are in my chair and I love that the words I say are not my own but from the holy spirit. The salon in which I work is for sale and I think the sign goes up this week.

Please continue to pray for our Griffin Adventures. We are having the time of our life.
Ian's interests are LEGO'S and Star Wars and Atlee is motivated by cooking and journaling. Brody still loves toy story and me and Bubba love each other. God has blessed our marriage and given us amazing children. Fred and Sabrina are both doing good and I will see them next weekend. I can't wait!

Have a wonderful October. Friend us on facebook or look us up on Lucky Buck Jewelry for all your shopping needs. We will be in Lewisburg, Tennessee for the Goats, Music and More Festival starting Friday of this week. Come see us.

Summer is out and Fall is here and it is our favorite time of year....

Dear friends and family,

I am just writing you a note to let you know how Brody is doing. Everyday he just simply amazes me. He has grown out of all his clothes. Finally he has caught up to his age at age 8. He prefers comfortable clothing and is not at all interested in jeans. I have had to go out and get him some new clothes in size 8. He is wearing Ian's hand me downs except we don't have very many comfortable pants. Crazy enough, Ian wants to wear Brody's clothes now. He thinks they are more comfortable.

Ian has decided to become a child actor and movie star. If anyone knows how to make that happen with an an adorably funny SMALL Guatemalan boy please let me know. I hope the perfect part would come available and we would get called for it.

Atlee wants to be a famous chef so she can take care of us when we get old. Sweet..... I really think she is serious though.

Brody still loves Toy Story and surfing the Internet. He loves a bonfire so we went to the camper at the lake and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows and enjoyed the fire. He sat outside and watched the fire while peering inside to see the movie.

In the picture you see Ian and Atlee clowning around and a rare glimpse of Brody in his own world. He loves water and he found himself just taking in the surroundings. Toward the end of summer, he would get up and walk out in the deep much to my panic. He is fearless in the river. We keep a life jacket on him at all times except when we thought we were wading.

We are making sweet memories.....

Blessings,

Wendy

Can opener...

Dear friends and family,

Yesterday morning Brody woke me up with not only the spaghetti oh's but also the can opener. I thought it was so cool that he knew they went together. Last week it was chips and salsa and this week a can and an opener. We should have known it would be food that he started matching. Everyday is a new adventure with him and we love it. I started my twitter account again today @whosbrody and I will try to make regular updates of our family's adventures.

Love to you,

Wendy

Follow your heart.....

Dear friends,


I have realized that this Griffin journey has been about me as well as the children. When we were in Tennessee, I worked 60+ hours a week and Bubba stayed with the children most of the time. I was his helper and he did most of the work.


Moving to Alabama and him working night shift for the last six months has been life changing. I began to feel my worth again "behind the chair"; I measured my success by how good my career was going and my being busy at the salon. Boy does God get your attention.....I realized quickly that what Bubba did for our family was above and beyond. Being both mother and father for the last six months as well as cook, housekeeper, teacher, caregiver, laundry maid and DIAPER changer has made me appreciate the children and my sweet husband even more.


I had much rather be remembered for being a best friend and wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend to others than a great hairdresser. I think my ministry is "behind the chair" but not my worth. We begin another journey July 1st as we kick off Lucky Buck Jewelry again with our Bezalel collection and I would ask for your prayers. We started our last journey June 1st last year and were hugely successful until we let fear get in the way of God's will for our lives. Here we go again.....

House hunt is over! MOVING SALE!

Dear friends and family, We bought a house last week and hope to move soon. We are so EXCITED! We purchased the house fully furnished and could move right in; how cool is that? We have some friends and family that need furniture and so we will sell/give some at both places. Our first yard sale is this Friday at 6:00 am at our home on Wyeth Drive. We are having furniture, clothes, toys, knick knacks and so much more. Please tell all your friends in Guntersville and the surrounding areas. We will have a full size sleigh bed and a queen size Broyhill bed. I think the king size sleigh bed is SOLD, but if not you should be there first to buy it. I have a small craft/dinner table and four chairs, some odd tables, some outside tools, and other things too many to mention. Please post this on your status to help us let everyone know about the yard sale. Wendy

Time to buy fishing license....

Dear friends and family,
We had a beautiful day today and boy that makes me want to go fishing! We had a great Valentine's Day today enjoying the weather. Atlee got her first Tiger Beat magazine and Ian got a toy named twoface. Brody got some gummi bears which Atlee ate. That girl! Ian and Atlee got gum (which they love) and I got a blackboard coffee mug. So cute! I got Bubba a book about Guntersville and for the family we got over 600 pictures developed.
We are seeing Papa Jim and Nanny tomorrow for his 70th birthday! What a big event and we are excited to eat pizza with them. My brother is coming down this weekend and they will be dutch oven cooking together in Cullman, Alabama. All is well in our little world. Bubba and I have coffee duty at church next weekend and we are happy to be involved in that ministry. Every week we also help with the Blessings in a Backpack. Bubba and I pick up the totes and I also help pack them for the children. We are blessed beyond measure. Thank you Guntersville.

Millo January 1, 2007 - January 23, 2011

Dear friends and family,
On Sunday we lost our service dog Millo. He did an outstanding job of service to our son Brody who has Fragile X and Autism among other things. We only had him for a little over three years but he forever shaped our lives and the lives that our team "Brody and Millo" touched. There is a brick paver in Lewisburg, Tn with Brody and Millo on it and he will forever be remembered in our hearts.
Bubba was his master and Brody was his charge. It took a full year to get Brody to touch him and three years for Brody to allow Millo to lay his head and feet on him. One of the last acts of service to Brody was for Millo to "hug" him in the van with one paw in front of him and one behind him with his head in his lap. This was a sort of occupational therapy for Brody.
On our last day with Millo I asked Brody to come here for a minute and my goal was to get one last picture but instead Brody caressed Millo from head to toe as if to say goodbye. It was the most sincere affection he had ever shown his dog and one to be remembered. We have very few best friends in life and Millo was truly Brody's best friend.
My prayer someday is for Brody to have another best friend in life. Right now his brother Ian has stepped up to the plate and said that he would take care of Brody. Atlee has written a sweet letter about Millo and Ian has written in his journal both in hopes of shedding some of the grief they share with Brody.
Thank you for your support and kindness shown in the loss of our loved one. He never gave up and had dedicated his life to serve our family and we are forever grateful to Millo.
Thank you Lord for blessing us.
Love,
Wendy