Celebrations Galore

October has been full of celebrations for us so far. It started out with Eric's dad's birthday on the 3rd. We went over to his parents house to have dinner and his favorite German chocolate cake for dessert.



Then time for presents. They always have all the decorations out for birthdays and leave them out for about a week. It's really fun and makes it feel extra special.



The celebrations continued last weekend when I went down to Smith Mountain Lake for my good friend Alicia's bachelorette party. I went down Friday after work and met them at a Mexican restaurant.



It was really great to see and catch up with her and some of the other girls since we haven't all been together in a while.



It was the same weekend Hurricane Matthew was supposed to blow through so it was pretty rainy all weekend unfortunately. We were hoping to be able to get out on the water or take a hike.



The place was beautiful but pretty much all of our time was spent inside.



Luckily we had plenty of games, food, and gifts to keep ourselves occupied.



We had to at least go down and check out the dock.





We slept in a little bit on Sunday and then it was time to go. Of course, the sun was out just in time to see us off.



Congratulations Alicia - can't wait for the wedding next weekend!



Also, today is my mom's birthday!! Yesterday she was able to meet my brother and I for dinner to celebrate! I still owe her a birthday cake but we had a great time :)



And we're only halfway through the month. Next weekend we'll be off to another wedding. It's definitely been a crazy two months with my two closest friends getting married. After this one I don't think we'll have any other weddings coming up anytime soon (other than our own)!