wedding weekends.

in the month of october, chris and i went to three out-of-state weddings three weekends in a row. i mean.... what were we thinking?! october was basically a whirlwind for us, but all three weekends were a blast and we can't imagine missing any of those weddings. so here's to being young, not having kids yet, and loving so many good people in our lives (even if they did all decide to get married at the same time)! here are a few of the highlights -- this should probably be three separate posts, but we'll cram it into one gigantic one -- get ready for a LOT of pictures...

october 6: emily (my cousin) and nathan serven / austin, texas

pit stop in waco at my favorite coffee shop ever -- i never thought i would say this, but i actually really miss waco.

always fun for all of us to be together -- whit did that all by himself right before they snapped the pic -- adorable, right?  

dad's side of the family -- my first time to be around all of them since our wedding a year ago -- that's way too long!
 {random fun fact: emily wore the same dress my aunt and my grandmother wore! so cool!!}

the boys went to a UT football game while the girls and whit drove down to san antonio to see gigi. i just adore her.

we took whit to the pumpkin patch down the street from gigi -- he loved it!

other highlights: being in texas, eating great mexican food, seeing chris's family on the way back thru dfdubs (next time we see them his sister will have a baby!!), oh and being in texas...

october 13: chase and lauren sievers (friends of mine from auburn) / montgomery, alabama

we were SO happy that alan and melinda (norman friends) made this crazy long 12 hour drive with us --  they brought with them good stories, lots of laughs, good snacks, better music selection, stellar road trip games, and most importantly, car knowledge. alan came to the rescue when the volv battery decided to die on the trip back.
yes, we used coke to corrode the rust. yes, we drank the rest. yes, we left the car running from tupelo to norman. yes, we pumped gas twice with it on. 

saturday morning breakfast with friends

quick trip to the loveliest village on the plains

weagle weagle

'nam friends + spouses. some of my absolute favorite people in the world. easily worth the 24+ hours of driving.

other highlights: celebrating chris's birthday the whole drive there, seeing friends (the littlepages) that live on the other side of the world and meeting their brand new daughter -- miss adelaide, talking adoption with friends (the mcgees) who recently adopted from ethiopia, catching up with my college pastor and his wife (the deans) and meeting one of their sweet daughters they recently adopted from china, hearing the incredible things the lord is doing in all of these friends' lives and dreaming of doing life together again one day... 

october 20: brian (chris's friend from tech) and jaime griggs / amarillo, texas

quick trip to lubbock for a texas tech fix

while chris was doing the groomsman thing on saturday, i hung out with my cousin, sheree, who lives in amarillo. she took me to all the amarillo hot spots -- like cadillac ranch -- what even is this place?!?!

palo duro canyon -- second largest canyon in america. BEAUTIFUL!!

{i just realized we don't have any pics from the actual wedding. oops. i'll try to find one.}

other highlights: being in texas, eating great mexican food, not ever being able to get over how FLAT west texas is, seeing my cousin kaitlyn in lubbock, watching sunrises and sunsets in the biggest sky, sneaking away from the reception to watch tech beat tcu in overtime, watching chris around some of his best friends in the world, oh and being in texas...

whew! the end. october, you were so so so fun, but maybe just a little bit crazy... cheers to spending most of november in norman!