Our 3rd Year in Pictures

Today is Brandon & I's 3 year anniversary!!  3 years!  It feels like yesterday and forever ago at the same time!

B's somewhere in the middle of Pennsylvania tonight, traveling, supporting our little family while we grow & develop our dream job here at home.  I'm so excited to celebrate with him this weekend! We have a fun Saturday planned!

I love going back & reliving our anniversaries, but my favorite is rereading each year in pictures!  Our 1st year is here (2011) and our 2nd year is here (2012).  So in keeping with my tradition…

Our 3rd Year in Pictures

December 2012
Our photo booth pics from B's work Christmas Party

January 2013
New Year's Day (barely) on the way home from the party - welcome to 2013!

February 2013
Little date night at the wing spot up the street ;)  Love to be silly with him!

March 2013
Spartan Sprint Finishers!!

April 2013
At our favorite spot in our favorite place - Lost Dog Cafe in Folly Beach :)

May 2013
Date Night on the patio at one of our fav spots in Ballantyne

June 2013
Goofy car pics are our speciality :)  B taking me on a date to the mall!

July 2013
Happy 4th!  Celebrating at our friends' awesome party!

August 2013
In the Mitten at the Double J Ranch getting ready
for a Rodeo  - we're so good at those silly faces!

September 2013
Back to our happy place, Charleston, for some wonderful friends' wedding

October 2013
Oktoberfest!  So much delicious pumpkin beer :)

November 2013
My very 1st CrossFit competition with my boo!

I'm blessed beyond measure to do life next to this guy!  Every year with him just gets better & better. He's the constant in my life, my encourager, my biggest fan, my rock.  I love you, Brandon!  Here's to year 4 & many, many more!

The Wedding Day!

Last week I blogged about The Day Before Erin & Ryan's big day, so I figured since E & R are already back from their honeymoon and onto real life, it's high time I get around to blogging about the actual big day - The Wedding Day!!

So on Saturday, the party really got started about 11:30 am.  Erin had a huge suite booked at the Holiday Inn (where all my family was staying - right across the street from campus, The Inn at VT, chapel, and stadium!) for all the girls to get ready in!  

Her parents had a delish spread from Panera delivered so we were able to have lunch and snack all afternoon!  Included was champagne & oj - per the bride's request - the perfect pre wedding drink!!

After lunch we were off to our hair appointments!  While we were getting all dolled up - there was a rather large pool party forming at the Holiday Inn pool.  Most of the young people in town for the party had nothing to do all day, wedding wasn't until 7 pm.  So create a pool party they did!  B joined in on the par-tay.

Disclaimer - most of these pics are either from my camera, my phone, B's phone or Facebook :)  All are friends/family from FB so I'm stealing with permission to not link back.  I will link back to all photos taken by Kris Anders, as she is an actual photographer - just not employed for this wedding!

As we all left for our hair appts - we were slightly jealous we weren't at the pool
party!  Hah

Ash gettin' her herr did!

And the Bride!

When we got back to the hotel we snacked, lounged a bit, put our faces on, and got excited!!!  Before we knew it the photographer was there and it was time to get in our dresses! 

E's gorgeous dress!!

And E in her dress!
"I'm getting married!!  Ahhh!"

Sisters - the Bride with her sister and new SILs :)

Me & E

My sisters!

The cutest flower girl ever showed up!!

And then, it was time to head to the chapel!!  Woohoo!

E & her dad in the limo!!

Almost time!

E & R's ceremony was at War Memorial Chapel on VT's campus.  Gorgeous site for a wedding!

Love this one!

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First Kiss!

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Every body dance now!

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It was such a gorgeous ceremony!  As a surprise to Erin, Ryan's sister played the bag pipes after they lit the unity candle (the Webb's are Irish!).  She was so surprised & Kim did fantastic!  Such a unique touch.

The Hooptie picked the wedding party up to cart us around for a few pics...

Hooptie Hoop :)

MOHs!  Love her!

Reception bound!!

The reception was at the South End Zone at the VT Stadium!  We didn't arrive in time for a day light view, but here's our friend's Aaron & Kelsey with the field behind them!

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First time in public - Mr. & Mrs. Webb!!

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First Dance

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Cake cutting {Red Velvet - to die for!}, Toasts, & Parent Dances :)  

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Watching the dance fun!

My girlies!  (And my hair beginning to fall, ha!)

The man of the evening!!

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Ashley, Erin, & Aunt Stacy!  Gorgeous!!

They took the aisle runner & wrapper E's car!  Love it!

And the grand send off!

It was such a fantastic day!!  Erin & Ryan I'm so, so happy for you and was so honored to be apart of your day!  I hope you had an amazing time in Mexico and I know you'll be so happy starting your life together!  Wishing you every happiness in the world!  Love y'all!

The Day Before

Last Friday was the day before the big day for Erin & Ryan!  Brandon and I started the day out nice and early with a little Starbucks and hit the road for Blacksburg :)

Small disclaimer - most of these pics are either from my camera, my phone, B's phone or Facebook :)  All are friends/family from FB so I'm stealing with permission to not link back.

Not long after we got there...it was time for the Bridesmaid's luncheon!  My mom, grandmother & aunt threw the Bridesmaid's luncheon for E and all her girls.  It was at The Inn at Virginia Tech - a gorgeous hotel right on campus!

Me & Ash - my bday twin :)

Bridesmaids with the Flower Girl - Hannah, Me, Roen, Ashley

Bridesmaids with the Bride & Flower Girl - Emily, Lyndsey, Erin, Roen

My Gorgeous SILs - Gale & Callie

The Bride with her Grandmothers

The Bride with her future MIL & Mom - Trish & my Aunt Stacy

Funny story about this picture - We were taking pics of Erin with various people and we said, "Oh how about a picture with the mothers?"  So Trish & my Aunt Stacy hop together and put their arms around each other and smile for the camera!  We were all like...."Well, we meant take a pic of the mother's with the bride!!"  Haha, so blessed for in laws that get along, right?! :)

Sisters!

Love this one!

Erin passed out her bridesmaids gifts which she had packaged up in these cute Thirty-One monogramed bags!  Here's mine...

Inside was our wedding day jewelry - a gorgeous pearl necklace and bracelet, also some silver flip flops for the reception & a cute Lilly notepad and tervis for the MOHs.  Here's my cute flamingo cup!  I love it!  I've already been using it this week.

After the luncheon, we were off to our nail appointment!  A little pampering/glam session before the big day is pretty much mandatory :)

A bit blurry from my iPhone :)

Girlys getting their nails did!

After our nail appointment, we jetted to the rehearsal...of which I do not have any pics :(  Another bridesmaid took a bunch on her phone and I could've sworn she put them on Facebook, but I can't find them.

After the rehearsal, we shot over to our hotel because we only had an hour to get ready for the Rehearsal Dinner - ahh!!  It was also held at The Inn!

All dolled up!

B & Scott (Best Man) in the same exact outfit ;)

I didn't snap too many pics of the rehearsal dinner, too busy enjoying the food, drink, and company!!  That company, I tell ya.  Erin & Ryan's family and friends are just such a good time!  The whole weekend just filled my heart - love all those peeps!

So in fact, after the dinner, everyone came out and we kept the party going!  We met out some friends who weren't at the dinner, too.  First stop - Big Al's, second stop - Hokie House :)

That is a large Oberon!

Ash & Lyndsey

My girls - Andrea, Hunter, Yours Truly, Kelsey - and my creepster, photobombing
bro, Rob, in the background!  Haha 

A Bride Sandwich!  B, E, & J

Hunter, Andrea, and Me

Bros

Gale, Moi, & Kelsey

Of course, in proper fashion, we stayed out too late and probably had 1 or 3 more drinks than we should have - considering what the next day was!  But that's ok, it was well worth it for all the fun we had :)

Thank goodness the wedding wasn't until 7pm the next day - plenty of time to sleep it off and enjoy the day!!  This post is getting quite picture heavy, so I'll be back for part II - The Wedding Day!