A recap of the fun but whirlwind trip to Charlottesville Virginia this past August. We drove from Washington DC to Charlottesville late Friday evening & spent the night attending a rehearsal dinner & BBQ at a gorgeous country estate. The next day we got up early and did a walking tour of UVA. Below are some of the photos from that morning… The UVA campus was breathtaking, and not to mention fairly empty, there were a handful of students moving into “the lawn” and some groups holding new student orientation activities, but aside from that the campus was pretty quiet.
The gorgeous outdoor ampitheater, & Chris taking advantage of all the stairs, I take pictures & he tries to work out…
It’s columns & archways for as far as the eye can see.
We toured the on campus chapel, it was the only air conditioned spot we found on campus!
A lone leaf lines the brick pathway, a sign fall is coming ?
We stumbled across multiple little “secret garden” areas.
I have a good sport for a husband, he indulges me when I say “give me your best model behavior”…
After our 3 mile self guided walking tour around UVA we got ready for the wedding that brought us to Virginia in the first place.
A pretty phenomenal backdrop to say “I do”.
For the wedding, given how hot & humid it was, I wanted to have a hairstyle that was out of my face and would stay all night. Lately I’ve been really into braids & have use Bare Foot Blonde tutorials for new hairstyles, this was probably my best BFB success yet! I used this tutorial for the pull through braid pictured here & I couldn’t have been happier with how it turned out. It stayed literally all night, even through 4 hours of dancing & 90% humidity. I will mention I did practice twice before the wedding because it’s a definitely one of the trickier hair styles.
We had a great time in Charlottesville & were welcomed home with a spectacular west coast sunset…
