The End of an Era & the Beginning of a Beautiful Marriage

November 21-22nd

What a weekend filled with emotions! This weekend we had two huge events to celebrate. Meredith & Antonio got married in Richmond and Coach Beamer coached his last game in Lane Stadium. On Friday night my mom & her friend, Cindi came into town so we could all experience Saturday morning's festivities today.

On Saturday morning, instead of tailgating, we decided to participate in the Hokie Walk and the Hokie Village.

Terrible picture but I am glad I was there.

Can you find Jed in this picture?

After the Walk, we grabbed lunch at the food trucks in Hokie Village and met up with Kelly, Adam, Adam's dad and Derley. It was so great to see them all.

The morning flew by and before long it was time for us to head into the stadium. It was so great to be there for the pre game videos and traditions.

These two are the best and I can't imagine better people to experience this game with.

But as soon as we finished Jumping, I immediately ran to the car and started the drive to Richmond. I listed to the game on the drive and pulled into the wedding parking area as the Hokies tied the game.

It was time to switch gears and it was fantastic to see old friends as we waited for Meredith and Antonio's big entrances. The wedding was absolutely beautiful and our great friend, Terri had the privilege to marry our friends. She did an unbelievable job! Just fantastic!

As we headed into the building to celebrate the union I was overjoyed for all of our friends. We have such a great group no matter how many miles separate up.

On Sunday, Jed was able to give a small group of friends the behind the scenes tour. We took my mom and Cindi and they might be some of the funniest people we know. They are just hilarious and we all had a great time checking out all the new facilities and being goofy.

As friends and family headed home, we had one more surprise that Sunday evening. We were invited to come out and celebrate our friend, Marc's birthday with hanging out with their pet falcon!

It was such a whirlwind weekend and it will always have a special place for me. It was a constant reminder of the importance of friends and family.

Halloween Bachelorette Party

October 31st

With only a few weeks before Meredith & Antonio get married, we needed to get together and celebrate the pending wedding. So a group of ladies all made there way to Blenheim Vineyards to spend the day tasting wine and snacks.

After our day at the winery, we headed to Richmond to get changed into our theme for the evening, the 80's and head out for a fun evening of wild costumes and live music.

It was such a great time with new and old friends. We are all looking forward to the big wedding in a few weeks.

John & Alexis' Wedding

July 6th - July 8th

What a fantastic weekend! Our weekend started off with a little shopping at Short Pump Mall and dinner with Terri at California Pizza Kitchen. I know it isn't some fun local place but I do love this place and miss it from time to time. We spent the evening catching up and just being silly.

On Saturday morning, we had some time to explore Richmond before the wedding. Jed and I had heard about and talked about going to a restaurant called Dot's Back Inn for a long time and Terri was up for an adventure so decided to check it out. It was a great move on our part. The place was located in a small, cute little area and the atmosphere of the restaurant was great. There were plenty of locals there, we didn't have to wait and the food and company was excellent. I highly recommend the Chunky Monkey Pancakes. So good! After a very filling breakfast, Terri had been to this area in Richmond that she was interested in going back too called Carytown. It was a fun area that we were able to do a little vintage shopping and found Carytown cupcakes!

Before we knew it, it was time to get ready for the wedding. Joe and Lisa joined us and the 5 of us all went out to the wedding together. The wedding was beautiful! You could just feel the love and excitement as soon as Alexis walked into the building. The ceremony was just perfect for the two of them.

After the wedding was over there was a little time before the reception started which was great cause we had a lot of work to do. You see, Lisa and Tracy own Downtown Cupcakes in Blacksburg, and they were providing the cupcakes for the wedding. Lisa was riding sole for this event so Terri and I got to help with all the set up. So we quickly made the drive to the reception place and started to get all 350 cupcakes set up. I felt like I was on an episode of Cupcake Wars! It was so much fun and Tracy and Lisa's cupcakes looked incredible. I kept wanting to stick my finger in one of the cupcakes so I had to eat it but I didn't.

We got done just in time for cocktail hour. We spent the rest of the evening meeting new people, talking with friends, eating lots of food and dancing. They served Greek desserts that were homemade by Alexis family that were amazing, Ouzo was consumed and we were able to be a part of a traditional Greek dance. We even may or may not have wandered past another wedding reception with a photo booth and taken advantage of a free photo shoot. Don't worry, we left 3 pictures of ourselves in there wedding scrapbook wishing them the very best.

It was such a fun night that went by so incredible quickly. The night ended with Downtown Cupcakes cupcakes and a super sweet exit by the couple, dancing there last song outside to live music with all of us surrounding them holding sparklers.

John & Alexis, thank you so much for letting us be a part of your wedding. It was just so incredible.