Lauren & Reid met online.

Although, if you ever heard Reid's original story - they met at a conference at Virginia Tech and LAUREN contacted HIM to meet up when she moved to Richmond - yeah, right! - Lauren is way too shy with people initially for that! :)

Lauren's move to Richmond involved a bit of work - renovating a room in her college roommate (now bridesmaid's) new house before moving her stuff to Richmond. As someone who hadn't had much luck with online dating, she wasn't too concerned about cancelling on this guy a few times due to being covered in paint at 7pm on multiple Saturday nights (to be fair, she had warned him it could happen). She is still shocked that Reid stuck around for 2 months (although he cancelled a date as well) and finally met her for lunch at Rock Bottom after completing a half marathon! Way to go Reid :) Either Lauren had a really well-written profile, or Reid really enjoyed "the question game," ... but, they are both really happy they didn't give up!

Little did Lauren & Reid know, but, they had both met their match that day (11.15.14)! In order to be a good date, Reid intentionally sat with his back to the TVs, so he wouldn't be distracted by the football games. In doing so, he had Lauren sitting directly in front of a VT game - whether it was fate or pure genius on his part, they had a great first date BOTH watching the Hokies play and bonding over their love of football!

L&R

Wedding Day

Wedding

Reception