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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, June 18, 2011, signals the beginning of a new |
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chapter in the lives of Jenny Rebecca Sykes and Travis Miller |
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Griffin, for on that day they are exchanging their wedding vows and |
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embarking on a rewarding journey together as husband and wife; and |
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WHEREAS, Jenny Rebecca Sykes and Travis Miller Griffin are |
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being joined in matrimony at St. David's Episcopal Church in |
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Austin, with the Reverend Ken Malcolm officiating; sharing in the |
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celebration are the couple's parents, Kenneth Griffin and Mary |
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Griffin and Steve and Kay Sykes, and other loved ones, including |
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matron of honor Meghan Richardson Riney, bridesmaids Megan Abney, |
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Andrea Antal, Rosalind Griffin, Pasha Moore, Amy Obenhaus, Patty |
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O'Donnell, and Jennifer Rieck, flower girl Alena Griffin, house |
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party members Erin Abney, Amanda Baker, Kerry Keena, Ellie Twyman, |
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Summer Twyman, and Alina Williams, best man Christopher Leonard, |
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groomsmen Bill Bragg, Marc Ergang, Chris Jackson, Cory Kennedy, |
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Bill Noble, Keats Norfleet, and Bob Springer, and ushers Darren |
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Barker, David Blankenship, Stephen Frankmann, Jack Ladd, Chris |
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Sykes, and Eric Sykes; and |
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WHEREAS, Originally from Houston, Mr. Griffin is the |
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political director of the Republican Party of Texas, while |
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Ms. Sykes, originally from Dallas, is the director of finance and |
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organization for the Michael Williams for United States Senate |
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Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, The two met through mutual friends on the groom's |
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return to Texas after a brief stint living in the state of Missouri |
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and soon discovered that not only did they both work in politics, |
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but they were also neighbors in the same southwest Austin apartment |
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community; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Sykes and Mr. Griffin became the best of friends |
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over the course of the next two years and eventually started dating, |
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followed by an engagement three years later, proving that you |
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really can marry your best friend; the couple plan to reside in |
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Austin after the wedding; and |
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WHEREAS, This blessed event marks a profound deepening of a |
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relationship that has grown in friendship, love, respect, faith in |
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Jesus Christ, and mutual regard with each passing day, and it is |
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truly a pleasure to honor this fortunate pair; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Jenny Rebecca Sykes and Travis |
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Miller Griffin on the joyous occasion of their wedding and extend to |
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them sincere best wishes for a lifetime of happiness; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the couple as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |