Wedding Weekend

When I say wedding weekend, I mean exactly that: 2 weddings in one weekend. It was long, but very fun!

Wdding # 1: Matt Sheridan
Connection: Leader of College Youth Group

Matt Sheridan is the man. He is such an awesome and dorky guy! I was actually surprised to be invited to his VERY country wedding. The day started at 1:45 when Anthony and I drove over to the Kirker's to carpool. Matt, Jess, Thomas, Heather, Anthony, and I all drove in the Kirker minivan to Matt's wedding which started at 6:00.

You may be asking, why did you leave so early?!!? Well I will tell you: the wedding was near Charlottesville, Virginia. It took a good 2.5 hours to get there. We only got "lost" once as we missed an exit, but Thomas, the RENOUND geography major, would tell you otherwise. The ride there was beautiful with the Blue Ridge mountains to our right. We finally arrived to the final road off NewTown Road. You see, the actual location of the wedding had no real address. It was a straight up farm. We had to get there by a dirt road. There were cows. On the road.

It was a new experience. The six of us, minus Anthony, are city people. We rounded a corner and saw a few farm buildings and a bunch of chairs set up in front of the beautiful mountains. There was also a dog herding, that's right...herding, some cows off the field. The cows would have been in the background of the wedding pictures and no one wants cows in their wedding pics! We later learned that not only did the dog serve as an effective cow herder, but also, as a very short ring bearer. They should probably pay him in good human food or something for his services. We finally arrived at our final destination after passing fancy porta-potties, men in suits grilling hamburgers, and a shack of junk. We opted to park next to the shack of junk at the end of the gravel road. We walked towards the huge tent set up and saw the bride, Leslie, in the farm house getting all perty! No, but it really was a nice tent and set up. They could not have asked for a more beautiful location for their wedding. It was pretty country though.





After the wedding and while waiting to get called on to answer a question about the bride and groom so we could get in line for food, we decided to go take cheesy mountain pictures. Clearly, we did not know as much about the bride and Matt, for that matter, so we went out for a little bit.









Wedding # 2: Amanda Galeano
Connection: college friend and workout buddy

This wedding was beautiful as well, located at Mount Airy Mansion. Just Anthony and I drove this time. Amanda walked down the aisle to "Once Upon A Dream." SO CUTE. It was outside and then the reception was inside the mansion. There was awesome snacks afterwards including grilled shrimp, steak on a stick, and all kinds of cheese and fruit. After the wedding party finished taking pictures they joined us inside the mansion for dancing and dessert. We didn't stay too long and left after the Electric Slide.

I pose this question to all of you: Have you ever been to two weddings in one weekend, and if so, after them how did you feel? Tired? Need to start speed dating?