Scotty & Jamie's Wedding

June 30th

What a crazy weekend! We had simple plans of spending Friday night with Mathis and Nicki before the left on Saturday morning, driving to the wedding in Fredericksburg and then finishing the evening with Jed's family in Duck, NC.

Friday night we had a huge storm. It was mostly wind at our house but it did a lot of damage in the area. Thankfully we only lost power for 12 hours. Others were out for over a week! It was Mathis & Nicki's last night before they moved to Texas and they ended up getting stuck in Roanoke for most of the night and Peter, Amy and the kids were stuck at our place for a while. We played Monopoly by candle light until the coast was clear for Peter & Amy to get on the road home and Mathis & Nicki were able to make it back.

The next morning, we woke up to no power and lukewarm water for showers. By 7am, we had said our good byes to Mathis and Nicki and were on the road to Scotty & Jamie's wedding in Fredericksburg. We spent the morning following in the footsteps of the storm from last night. Very few things had power and there were a ton of trees that had been knocked down. We tried to stop for breakfast on the road but most places were closed and the things that were opened had crazy long lines.

Before the wedding, we spent a little time with some old friends, Dave and Kristen. It was great to catch up on life and laugh about the old days. Our time with them went by so fast and before long we had to quickly get ready and head to the wedding. We did make it to the wedding with minutes to spare. It was a beautiful wedding. The church did have power and a/c which was great since a lot of places in this area didn't have power either.

The reception was a lot of fun and it was great to see some old friends. It definitely felt like a Hokie Reception. We spent most of our time hanging out with friends and dancing as much as we could before it was time for us to head south.

The first part of our trip to Duck was great but by the time we were approaching Richmond, we hit another huge storm. At one point there was a storm in front of us and one behind us. Jed had to dodge a lot of trees in the middle of the interstate and many other crazy drivers. He did an amazing job getting us to the beach house safely.