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Welcome to our wedding site!

We’re glad that you’re here and we look forward to seeing you in October. Please check back from time to time for updates.

The marriage ceremony and outdoor reception will be held at Mountain Cove Vineyards in Lovingston, VA. Mountain Cove Vineyards is Virginia’s oldest winery, established and maintained by the Weed family who at one time were Sarah and her family’s closest neighbors and remain close friends. Please visit their website for more information on their story and their wines. http://www.mountaincovevineyards.com/

The reception will be outside on grass, so please keep this in mind when choosing your shoes. We are having a barbeque pig-roast but will have vegetarian options available, so please be sure to include this information on the RSVP card. Children are welcome at the ceremony and reception.

Lovingston is located in Nelson County, halfway between Charlottesville and Lynchburg on Rt 29. The Kirby family also has roots in Nelson County, so the venue and location seemed a natural fit for this celebration! Nelson County has much to offer in the way of outdoor activities, beautiful scenery, local fruit and produce, and an up and coming wine and beer scene. http://brewridgetrail.com/

While we have an affinity for all things Charlottesville, hotel rooms have been blocked in Lynchburg, due to UVA’s homecoming weekend. A block of rooms has been reserved until September 9th at the Holiday Inn Select (not Express) at 601 Main Street, Lynchburg. Please call 1-877-863-4780 or (434) 528-2500 and reference the Talbot-Kirby wedding, Group code TKW/SMERF. Check-in time is 3:00 pm, so if you are checking in on Saturday, you will probably want to request early check-in. We will have a charter bus available to shuttle between the hotel and the winery, departing the hotel at 3:00 pm sharp. In order to make sure we have enough seats available, please be sure to let us know via your RSVP card whether you would like to take the shuttle. The shuttle will return to the hotel around 10:00 pm.If you are making a weekend of it, here is a link with ideas of what to do and see in Lynchburg. (Amazement Square is a children’s museum that has received rave reviews, in case you are bringing the kids!) http://www.discoverlynchburg.org/

We are really excited about taking this next step in our lives and are blessed to have you as a part of it!

Get to know Sarah: Major milestones in 32 years of living

• March 1977- born in Charlottesville, VA
  
• 1977-1982- formative years in foothills of Blue Ridge. Drove tractors, learned John Denver’s Greatest Hits by heart, aggravated older sister Hilary, and kept a rabbit named Princess Sweet-Pea Elizabeth Talbot.
  
• December 1982- younger sister Kathryn born. New toy for Sarah!
  
• February 1983- family moves to suburbs of Richmond
  
• April 1983- learns from future best friend that Easter Bunny does not exist and that chapstick in Easter basket is from Avon, not fictitious rabbit.
  
• Fall 1983- starts playing soccer. Hates it at first but grows to love it and continues playing for next 7 years.
  
• Fall 1983- starts piano lessons. Loves it at first but grows to hate it and continues lessons for next 8 years.
• Spring 1984- co-founds detective agency. Solves mystery of neighbor's missing dog.
  
• Fall 1984- learns to walk on stilts, handmade by grandfather
  
• Spring 1988- saves up for and buys tandem bicycle. Next 4 years spent peddling for two.
• Spring 1990- joins middle school track team and so begins lifelong love/hate relationship with running.
  
• Spring 1993- driver’s license! First job working at Little Caesar’s Pizza Pizza
  
• Fall 1995- moves to Charlottesville…UVA!
  
• Fall 1999- moves to Cameroon… Peace Corps
  
• Fall 2002- moves to Portland, OR…rain
  
• Fall 2004- moves back to east coast…unemployment
  
• February 2005- begins interning at Save the Children. Four years later, still saving children.
  
• January 2006- meets Sam Kirby. Spills drink on him. And the rest, as they say, is history…

Get to know Sam: Major milestones in 32 years of living

• March 23, 1977 - Born days before Sarah, all is right with the world.
  
• March 23, 1977, ten minutes later - Twin sister, Beth, is born.
• August 1977 - Elvis dies. No one in the Kirby family sheds a tear, save Leighton. Huge hound dog fan.
  
• March 1978-1985 - Kirby kids destroy most of Martinsville, VA.
  
• December 25, 1985 - Sam and Beth get gigantic foam sheriff hats. Clean up city.
  
• Entire Childhood - Bill Kirby ropes off front yard in hopes of saving lawn from kids/sports. Fails miserably.
  
• July 1987 - Billy convinces Sam to eat Rocky Mountain Oysters, Sam still holds a grudge.
  
• August 1996 - Sam leaves Martinsville for greener pastures in Elon, NC.
  
• May 2000 - graduates from Elon University
  
• May 2000 - borrows 400 dollars from father to move to Columbia SC
  
• May 2000, six hours later- realizes mistake of moving to Columbia, plots escape via Europe.
  
• Sept 2001 - Escapes Columbia, SC via Europe; convinces Whit to travel with him. Spends the next six months "slumming it."
  
• March 2002 - Arrives in Martinsville, unsure of next move.
  
• Oct 2003 - Becomes a shepherd in Australia, begins lifetime hatred of sheep.
  
• Aug 2004 - Quits herding sheep to attend Leighton's wedding. Good decision.
  
• Aug 2004 - Moves to Washington DC to make 11 dollars an hour. Poor decision.
  
• Jan 2006 – Meets Sarah Talbot. Allows her to spill drink on him. And the rest, as they say, is history…