A Wedding, Football in a Hurricane and a Birthday Weekend

October

October started with something that we seldom get to do, go to a wedding during football season, but after months of weekends full of football practices and games, the first off weekend we hopping in the car with Tom & Derley and headed to Virginia Beach to celebrate Sophie & Brad's wedding in Virginia Beach.

It was such a beautiful wedding and it was great to see her even for a minute and catch up with other former and current HokieVision students during the wedding.

The trip was super quick as Tom & Jed had to be back at work on Sunday but it was worth the trip and was an honor to be invited.

We all quickly jumped back into football season, the next weekend heading to our first ACC road game in Chapel Hill. I decided to make the trip down just for the day. I thought it would be fun to go cheer on the Hokies but little did I know what  I was really getting into. UNC decided to still host the game despite the hurricane that was coming through the area!

Boy was that a memorable game! With crazy wind and rain it was difficult to take many pictures but I had to take a few.

The best part was the final score 34-3 HOKIES! It was absolutely worth the trip.

That Sunday, Jed and I took advantage of a few hours off and hit the road to see if we could catch the changing leaves of fall. The leaves weren't great but the random adventure that landed us in Abingdon watching a Something Wicked This Way Comes at the Barter Theatre was a great quick get away.

After a sad let down game the following weekend in Syracuse, the Hokies were back for the beloved Thursday night football game. It was time to show the new football staff what Lane Stadium can be. We had a ton of people make the trip to Blacksburg for the game.

Lane Stadium and our Hokie football team did not disappoint. It was a spectacular display both by fans and team to bring home another Hokies victory, 37-16 again the Miami Hurricanes.

Later that weekend, we headed south again to celebrate more Castro birthdays. We met up in Asheville, NC at Biscuit Heads before finding a fall festival area.

We found Steeps Hillcrest Orchard, this place was so fun. We spent the day playing in hay and picking buckets of apples. It was really starting to look and feel like fall.

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.