A Hokie & A Wahoo

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

365 Pt. 2

Thanks for all of the kind wishes everyone! I also loved that you all loved the VT blanket. If I can get him to sit on it by our 1st anniversary, maybe I can make him a fan by our 50th? Hmmm, that may be wishful thinking, but one can always hope!

Up next on our anniversary day....Ryan & I go to the ballpark!

A South Jersey Housewife guessed right! We went to go see the world champion Phillies (whoot whoot) play the St. Louis Cardinals, and it was such a great time.

Ryan & I heading to our seats.

Pic in front of a wall of baseballs

I heart citizens bank park

Ballpark & city skyline

Chickie's & Pete's crab fries. So yummy!

Ignore the massive amounts of ketchup. I'm a ketchupaholic.

Chase Utley hitting a home run.

And the light up liberty bell ringing afterwards

And the absolutely best part...dum dum dum...

For $25 we were able to get this announcement on the scoreboard,

and a picture frame that plays "take me out to the ballgame"

I definitely recommend doing this if you have an anniversary taking place during baseball season!

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Monday, July 27, 2009

365 Pt. 1

For the first part of our anniversary day, we decided to have a picnic at the state park where our reception was held.

Of course you can't have a 1st anniversary picnic without some year old cake! I'm pretty sure we cut the smallest piece of cake ever. However, that didn't stop Ryan from getting it all over my face.

I was so excited to see that Ryan had ordered some delicious gluten and dairy free red velvet cupcakes so that I could have some cake to eat too!

Hanging out in the gazebo

Us with Bellevue Hall in the background

Ryan cutting into the cake

Payback.

Love him. Toasting with our toasting flutes....because really, when else do you get to use them?

Cute toasting flute, yummy cupcake I can eat, and getting my husband to sit on a VT blanket= anniversary perfection

Delaware may be small, but it has such beautiful parks

This is a spinoff of one of the best pictures from last year (will show later). For now, you can call my husband sweet buns. Bahahahaha.

Pretty Gazebo

Ryan in front of the mansion

Pic in front of the pretty flowers

Year 1.

Random cardinal that came by to visit us. This is a lil foreshadowing of what we did next...any guesses?

Have a great day!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Our McReception Part 1: Some Bride & Groom Moments

My goal is to get all of these recaps up before our first anniversary (which is just a little more than a month away...whoot whoot!). So here is the next installment! These are pictures of Ryan and I in some different locations around our reception location. No re-caps needed for this post...I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. Enjoy!

Previous Recaps:

Getting Ready: Part 1

Getting Ready: Part 2

Getting Ready: Part 3

Our McWedding: Part 1

Our McWedding: Part 2

Our McWedding: Part 3

All photos courtesy of Kate Leigh

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Our McWedding: Part 3 Bubbles & Beer

We had made it through the ceremony. Whoot Whoot! I was now married to Ryan, had not fainted, and no one had heard my growling stomach. All in all, quite a success :0)

I took a moment to relive everything with my bridesmaids. I love their faces in this picture.

Laughter is much more our style...

Ryan and I then got to walk out into a sea of bubbles. Since the state park where we held our reception wouldn't allow sparklers, we decided bubbles were the next best thing. I think they made for some pretty pictures

Our flower girl shared 99% of her bubbles with the ground

I just like this picture because the back of my dress looks fluffy and it makes me think of icing and sweet and yummy things. No idea why.

Having an "oh my goodness we're married" kiss in a vintage car. But where are we going?

How about an Irish pub? Since our ceremony ended at 3, and our reception started at 5, we invited guests to stop by my family's restaurant which was conveniently exactly 1/2 way between the church and the reception site.

We decided to stop on in for a drinks (a Guinness for Ryan and a Blue Moon for me)

And some fun pictures :0)

We weren't sure how many guests (if any) would show up. We were surprised to see about 80 people there. It was so wonderful to catch up and share some laughs with everyone in an fun laid back environment. Plus this meant less running around for us at the reception.