There have been a TON of changes in the life and times of me and mine...which most of you already know about, but for anyone out there that doesn't or anyone who stumbles upon me on the interweb (hi!) I'll fill you in...
volume one: the wedding
Most of you know we got married here. Shan and I left on Wednesday for a leisurely drive down to Asheville. Thursday we got up and had a great last day before the wedding hub-bub began just to ourselves. We went on a tour of the Biltmore, since Shan had never seen it before. We also had a wonderful lunch at the Bistro, before checking out the wine cellar where the ceremony was actually being held.Friday, family started rolling into town, and it was time for a rehearsal-less (we didn't actually rehearse anything) rehearsal dinner at Luella's.
The whole pre-wedding party, getting ready to chow down on some BBQ!The only thing Shannon asked for in the whole wedding process was to have BBQ for the rehearsal...so we went to this great little whole in the wall, and ate til there was literally NO MORE ROOM, before Shan and I went our separate ways for the night before tradition.
My part of the party (Crys, Daddy, and Starri) headed back to the Inn at Biltmore for some post dinner drinks with Arrie, before crashing for the night.
The day of, Crys and I got up to go have our herr did before the rest of the family arrived and the getting ready proceeded.
My favorite picture of the wedding party!
The wedding itself was perfect. Exactly what we wanted it to be, with just immediate family (with the exception of Shan's sister, who we really missed :( )
We had the ceremony and the reception in the same room, the Champagne Cellar. Which to get into, you had to walk down this beautiful tunnel
and into the room that we had decorated with what felt like hundreds of candles (thanks Crys, Manda and Arrie!!)
After the ceremony, our guests were given a tour of the winery and a wine tasting, while the room was flipped for our reception. (which was just a cocktail hour and dinner--and of course cake) The dinner was amazing--seriously some of the most delicious. food. ever.
All in all, it was an uneventful event. We had a wonderful time, with wonderful people and wouldn't have changed a thing about it.
My part of the party (Crys, Daddy, and Starri) headed back to the Inn at Biltmore for some post dinner drinks with Arrie, before crashing for the night.
The day of, Crys and I got up to go have our herr did before the rest of the family arrived and the getting ready proceeded.
(and now for a stream of pictures...)
My favorite picture of the wedding party!We had the ceremony and the reception in the same room, the Champagne Cellar. Which to get into, you had to walk down this beautiful tunnel
and into the room that we had decorated with what felt like hundreds of candles (thanks Crys, Manda and Arrie!!)
After the ceremony, our guests were given a tour of the winery and a wine tasting, while the room was flipped for our reception. (which was just a cocktail hour and dinner--and of course cake) The dinner was amazing--seriously some of the most delicious. food. ever.
All in all, it was an uneventful event. We had a wonderful time, with wonderful people and wouldn't have changed a thing about it.
Pictures by Starri Nation, and Sara Wise
flowers by Amanda Jewel
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