We had a super fun and super productive weekend! It started on Friday with celebrations for Javier turning the age that he will be when we get married J After work, he and I took off to National Harbor for a fun date night at a dueling piano bar. It. was. awesome. All the pianist (there were four that kind of rotated) were super entertaining and almost exclusively played audience requests (including our very own Africa!). Then we woke up early for a breakfast picnic at ____ park to watch the planes at Reagan Airport take off. Man was it LOUD (particularly after such a fun night at the piano bar….) but super cool!
We scheduled birthday events early because we had a wedding later in the day on Saturday J (the last one we’ll attend before our wedding!) It was such a gorgeous and FUN wedding! I had to  |
| this is not my picture, it came from Sam Hurd Photography http://www.samhurdphotography.com/2012/wedding/alexa-wedding-andrew-downtown-dc-wedding |
Sunday brought our trip to Cville, equipped with an ambitious list of to-dos. We started at Jefferson Vineyards. We thought it would be a fun nod to our alma mater to serve Jefferson’s wine at the wedding. So Mom, Dad, Javs and I tasted the available wines to make some selections to order for the wedding. We did some debating regarding the whites (none of us are huge white drinkers) but ended up with the Viognier (French grape that grows well in VA!) and the red Meritage. In the end, we went with what we liked best (cause if its left over, Mom and Dad will keep it!) and figured if folks didn’t love our options, they could drink beer or liquor!
Next appointment was with our photographers. We have somewhat of a complicated schedule planned for Saturday and wanted to ensure it lined up with the hours we had booked with them. Hashing it out over a coffee made me feel a lot better and it was nice that Mom and Dad got to meet Andrea and Brian before the big day! We made a quick stop at Dad’s office to exchange/view all of the items we’ve bought for the wedding since our last visit. Mom tried on some outfits for rehearsal dinner, etc – boy is she gonna look good! And I showed her the shoes I finally picked for the big day J Then we headed to the Dinsmoore House (where our families, BMs and GMs will be staying for the weekend). We really liked the idea of using the bed and breakfast as a sort of ‘home base’ for the weekend. After talking with Gail on Sunday, we think that is going to work out really well!
Then we finished up our day with a split: Mom and I headed to Nikki’s house for my hair and makeup trial (I finally booked!) and Dad and Javs headed to Starr Hill to try some brewskies to order for the wedding. My trial went great. It was wonderful to meet Nikki and Lauren in person. They made Mom and I feel right at home (had cheese and grapes out for us to snack on – Yum!). I was worried about looking too makeupy on the day, but Nikki was great about listening to me and adjusting until I felt comfortable. It was so wonderful having mom there too! Its sometimes hard to tell how things really look in mirrors (weird lighting and distance, etc) so I was relieved to have another body there to give the OK! Hair went well too (although it didn’t last as long – so it’ll probably need to be touched up in the afternoon of the day). The boys joined us (with a variety 6 pack from Starr Hill for me to try J) and we headed home, feeling really good about all that we had accomplished!
Yay for things falling into place.
ReplyDeleteAnd my two fave Jefferson wines!! This wedding is going to rock.