Alyssa & Mike Tie the Knot

What a beautiful wedding I attended last weekend at Carolina Beach! Alyssa and Mike tied the knot, Sunday November 3rd, 2012 on a beautiful Fall afternoon. Alyssa is not only a dear friend of mine from ECU but she was my PEPI partner our Senior year of high school and my roommate for 4 years. We have too many memories to begin to count. We laughed, cried, cried because we laughed so hard, watched a million episodes of One Tree Hill and The Bachelor, waved towels by the fire alarm while the other tried to take care of the burnt dinner, had the best pillow talk ever and had way too many late night dance parties in our apartment to the High School Musical soundtrack. I was so happy to share this beautiful day with Alyssa and Mike as they start their new chapter of their lives together. 

I just love Pirate weddings!

  

I love these pictures of me and Alyssa our Freshman year in college. Yes, we even dressed the same!

And we had matching chairs, and matching bedspreads in our dorm. 

What a beautiful bride!

Spark a Fire in My Soul

After the ECU game last Saturday I was able to finish my Labor Day weekend with a trip to Wilmington. Living two hours away from the beach is convenient, except I haven't been to the beach all summer! With Labor Day officially ending the summer season I guess it was perfect timing that I went. My college roommate Allison lives in Wilmington so I was fortunate to continue spending the weekend with her before returning to the "real world." After going with her to Port City Church Sunday morning we spent the day at Topsail. Taking in God's beauty we enjoyed the sights, smells and sounds of the beach before the fall weather brings us indoors. Being in Wilmington was the perfect way to rejuvenate and relax after an exciting football game. 

Snapshot Sunday!

One thing I love about North Carolina is the beautiful beaches. Cape Lookout is one of the beaches that is part of North Carolina's Outer Banks. Because you can only get to Cape Lookout by boat or ferry, there are not a lot of people on this beach. Some of my most favorite road trips in college were to Cape Lookout. We would spend all day on this beach with not a soul in sight!

Snapshot Sunday!

North Carolina's beaches are home to wild horses. Whenever you attend a North Carolina beach, keep your eyes open as you never know when a wild horse will walk right past you.

A Beach Wedding

Last weekend I traveled to Emerald Isle, NC with friends for a wedding for Lori one of our good friends from ECU. Lori and Brian rented a beach house on the beach and had a beautiful ceremony on the beach followed by a fun reception throughout the house on patio surrounding the pool. This is the house where the wedding took place. It was a beautiful house with a lot of personality.

The ceremony was absolutely gorgeous. After raining all day on Saturday the clouds went away and the ceremony was beautiful. The sun wasn't the only thing that came out to play. Dolphins and pelicans created a great backdrop for the ceremony.
It is always fun when our college friends get together. Especially for such a fun occasion like Lori and Brian's wedding. I can't wait for thenext opportunity for all of us to get together again.