A Goode Weekend

Well, it finally happened! Our two best friends (and Peter's God Parents), Troy Goode and Alex (Book) Goode tied the knot this past Memorial Day weekend.

The whole weekend started with the rehearsal on Friday evening at the Dulles Hyatt Hotel. We ran through the service, where we were supposed to stand, etc. and I tried to remember when to take Alex's bouquet from her (I forgot twice during practice, but came through for the "real thing").


After it was off to Elements Restaurant for some good food and good times at the rehearsal dinner. I was seated next to Alex's firecracker grandfather, who fondly referred to me as the "fat girl." When I called him on it, his response was, "Well, you aren't skinny." If it had been anyone else I might have been offended, but from him it was too funny!

Before calling it a night, Alex and Troy thanked everyone for coming, handed out gifts to the parents and wedding party and we all listened to a tearful poem from Debbie (Troy's mother).

The next morning we were up bright and early to let the hair and make up people into the bridal suite so that everyone could get ready for the big day! Then before we knew it we were being summoned down to the ceremony!

The patio area of the hotel had been decorated beautifully, and when Alex walked down the isle she was absolutely breath taking (I think Troy was on the verge of tears). After the ceremony the wedding party and family were off for pictures before being introduced at the reception.

After getting through my speech/toast (more on that later), we had a delicious tropical themed dinner, Peter got passed around by all our friends, and we all spent the rest of the night dancing to the live band, Back to Zero.




Many photo ops, a cake cutting (I made the groom's cake), and a garter/bouquet toss later it was all over and everyone headed to the hotel bar before calling it a night.







The next morning we got up and had brunch with the family and friend's that had stayed at the hotel. Then we preformed our last wedding party duties of decorating Alex and Troy's car and loading up their tux/dress, gifts, and other items left over from the wedding before heading home.

Alex and Troy left for their 12 day honeymoon in St. Lucia the following morning, and we heard that they arrived safely and that the resort is "AWESOME!"