Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Erin and Mathew's Jamaican Wedding

Ryan and Redstripe
Margarittaville


The best jerk chicken from Three Dives - as seen on "Amazing Race"


The Bride and Groom cut the cake


Beautiful


Krys and Ry


The Bridesmaids



The Husband Team


Krysta loves seafood



Perfect picture



Our best friend's Erin and Mathew married in Negril, Jamaica on July 26, 2008 at the Rockhouse Hotel. It is always a great time vacationing with our best friends!

We arrived on Wednesday, July 23rd - late afternoon. The hotel was a little over an hour away from the Montego Bay Airport. On the ride to the airport we drove through the town of Lucea where "Cool Runnings" started.

On Thursday, the girls took Erin on her bachelorette booze cruise on the "Wild Thing". We took over the boat as usual;)

Friday was rehearsal and a welcome reception - boy did us girls make use of the open bar!!!

Saturday was the big deal and it turned out just wonderful! We started getting ready around noon with hair appointments and lunch. At 5:30pm we walked out of Erin's Bungalow and onto the path to the ceremony. We had a great time at the reception - we were served Jamaican favorites.

On Sunday, some of our friends left:( In the afternoon, the remaining group went to Rick's for lunch and jumping off the cliffs. I wasn't brave enough to jump off the very tall cliff but the girls and I did jump off a small one:)

On Monday, we went to Margarittaville and actually enjoyed a sandy beach!

On Tuesday, we ate breakfast with Erin and Mathew then took the shuttle back to the airport:( It was a long traveling day and we got home pretty late Tuesday night.

All in all we had a great time at Erin and Matt's wedding and a wonderful vacation - Ya Mon!





Tuesday, July 22, 2008

The Bar Has Been Started!!!!

Ryan has been hard at work with the help of Krysta's dad... he has almost completed the wine rack portion of our bar we are calling "Bottom of the Stairs" after our favorite Blacksburg spot "Top of the Stairs". Here are a few pictures of the wine rack!













Saturday, July 19, 2008

Beautiful Gift from a Coworker







Yesterday, Krysta's coworker Lisa gave her this beautiful picture that she made and had framed of the "Ardigo's" first home. She even added a little Virginia Tech flag to the front of the house! What a wonderful keepsake for us! Thank you Lisa!






Saturday, July 12, 2008

Brad Paisley @ Nissan

On Saturday, July 12 - the Mega Ticket Crew (Quinn, Dave, Lauren, Tom, Ryan and myself) went to see Brad Paisley at Nissan Pavilion. Opening for Brad was Julianne Hough from Dancing with the Stars who Ryan and I just love! We tailgated for a few hours then made it to the lawn to watch Jewel and Brad. After the concert, Ryan and I were able to meet Julianne, get her autograph and take pictures with her!

The grill
The guys... beers and cigars...

Perfect spot on the lawn
Me and Ry

Lauren and Tom

Quinn and Dave

BRAD

Tom trying to line dance with the cowboys in front of us...

Me and my Julianne Hough CD

Ryan and Julianne - LOVE HER!!!


Friday, July 11, 2008

Cow Appreciation Day

So today, July 11, 2008 is Chick-fil-A Cow Appreciation Day! Ryan had a meeting so I went with my coworkers Emily and Conor to enjoy a free chicken salad sandwich. We documented our lunch by taking a picture with the Chick-fil-A Cows!

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Happy 4th of July!

Happy Forth of July!

To celebrate the 4th of July weekend, we traveled to East Berlin, PA to visit with Quinn and Dave in their new house. On Thursday, Jenny, Doug, Courtney and Jeff drove up from Richmond to hang out and start off the holiday weekend. On Friday morning, we all drove to Quinn and Dave's. Once we arrived the party quickly started! The girls relaxed with sangria while the guys started the beer brewing process.
The group hanging out under the tent waiting for the rain to pass
Quinn and Dave's dog Jamieson
Us under the tent
Brewing Beer
On Saturday, the group went to Quinn's parents house and relaxed at the tiki bar. The weather was pretty gloomy all weekend but we made the best out of it!