Chirstmas Letter 2025

Dear Family and Friends, This year has been a merry overture, a whirlwind of adventures, milestones, and laugh‑out‑loud detours that struck their own playful notes. Each day felt like a measure in a larger score, sometimes a lively allegro, sometimes a tender adagio,...

Christmas Letter 2024

Dear Family and Friends, Ho, ho, holy moly! It’s that festive time of year again, and we’re here to spread some holiday cheer—and maybe a bit of laughter too. This year has been a wild ride, and we’re beyond thrilled to share our adventures with such...

Christmas Letter 2023

Dear friends, family, and the beloved constellation of humans who make our lives brighter, As we look back on 2023, we’re struck by how much this year asked of us — and how much joy, creativity, and community it gave in return. From new beginnings to long-awaited...

Christmas Letter 2022

Dear friends and family, As 2022 comes to a close, we’re reflecting on a year marked by growth, gratitude, and the steady comfort of the people who make our lives feel full. Professionally, this year brought some exciting milestones. Arbor College–School of Massage...
Wedding Highlights Video

Wedding Highlights Video

We are excited to share this video of some highlights from our wedding and reception held at Heartland Medows in Knoxville, Tennessee, on October 1-2, 2021.  The wedding was a bi-cultural (Scottish and Greek) ceremony conducted by our wonderful...

Merry and Married – Christmas Letter 2021

Hello and Merry Christmas!Well, if you found this blog post, then you probably received a Christmas card from us with our mini-Christmas Letter inside it!  We thought hey, we have had a busy year and you could read the short version, or you could point your...

Wedding Courtesies & Considerations

WEDDING COURTESIES & CONSIDERATIONS We’ve put a lot of thought into the guestlist for the wedding and reception. Don’t forget we know you guys and we still invited you. Because we know how much trouble our friends and family can cause individually, we...

Things to do…Knoxville

Here is a list of things that we can recommend to do in Knoxville, Tennessee.  Most of these events are low-cost and fun!   General Attractions Knox Brew Tours Walking Tours Sunsphere at the World’s Fair Park Ijams Nature Center Women’s...

Tuxedo Rentals

What we call the Tuxedo today likely got its North American moniker in the 1890s, where it became a favorite among the rich and famous attending Autumn Ball in Tuxedo Park, a small district in southeast New York, populated by many socialites and prosperous American...

Things to do…Zoo Knoxville

As much as we love animals, it’s only natural that Zoo Knoxville is one of our favorite places.  Zoo Knoxville, formerly known as the Knoxville Zoo is a 53-acre zoo located just east of downtown Knoxville, Tennessee.  Zoo Knoxville is one of the...

Things to do…Knoxville Museum of Art

Knoxville Museum of Art specializes in historical and contemporary art pieces from the East Tennessee region. According to its mission statement, the museum “celebrates the art and artists of East Tennessee, presents new art and new ideas, educates and...

Tasty and Beautiful…it’s all about the cake!!

We are so excited to have commissioned one of the most talented bakeries in the area for the Wedding and Groom’s cakes.  Fox Den Baking Co. is a seasonally-inspired baking company in Walland, Tennessee, locally owned and operated by Blount County native Melissa...

Life is Beautiful

We are incredibly excited that Jeryd’s grandfather will be performing at the reception on Saturday, October 2. Jack Greer has been playing music, recorded albums, and entertained live audiences for nearly fifty years! Jack is a song stylist whose passion is...

Tis the Season- Our Family Christmas Letter

  Bolden-Greer Christmas Update Friends and Family, Honestly, most of these holiday letters open with, “Can you believe another year has flown by so fast?” But given the problems we have all faced in 2020, we mostly just wished it would be over! We...

You can always get what you ask for!

The process of finding the right catering service is crucial for the success of any good wedding reception.  Everyone wants their special day to stand out!  To be honest, as Jeryd and I started the search for the perfect caterer for our rustic wedding...

Lights! Camera! Action!

People might naturally assume that we should have Jeryd’s dad (Trinity) do all of the photography and video production for our big day.  However, working an event and enjoying an event are two very different things.  Naturally, a groom’s father is an...

…the greatest gift we could ask for!

We’d like to say that your presence at our wedding will be the greatest gift we could imagine.  The time, effort, and expense of traveling to be with us is something we sincerely appreciate, and we are hopeful that we will be able to celebrate our special...

We hit a bullseye with Archer’s!

Okay so we were supposed to go to Archer’s last week, but we hit a little snafu.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they are currently only open for take-out and curbside pickup.  The four of us were all starving, so we diverted our hunger to a non-barbecue...

Famous…for good reason!

The search for the best barbecue is still in full swing and our pals, Jordan and Grace head for Dave’s Famous.   It had been a truly long week and it’s only Tuesday…we all agree that we’re gonna start things off with an adult libation.  We’ve all...

Rainy days and barbecue…

It’s been a really rainy day today, and there was very little we could do inside or out, so Eddie and I decided to make a lazy day of it!  (God knew we can use the rest.)     After playing a few video games, watching some anime, and napping, we...

The Great Barbeque Adventure Begins…

Our adventure into the culinary goodness, that is barbeque, began on a Thursday evening with a drive downtown to Sweet P’s Barbeque and Downtown Dive located at 410 W Jackson Avenue in Knoxville.   The four of us, clad in our facemasks, walk into the...

Untraditional traditions…

You can’t get anymore untraditional, than having a same-sex Rehearsal Dinner in a traditional Scottish Pub.  Eddie and I spent a good long minute deciding on the proper setting for the Rehearsal Dinner. We both agreed that we wanted to do something special...

The Quest for the Best!!!

If you’ve ever been to a southern wedding, especially one that’s bicultural (Greek & Scottish) then you know that two things are very important…food and alcohol.  As Ed and I began plans for the wedding receptions, we both eagerly decided we wanted to have...

You Make Me Feel Like Dancing…

With 20-years of expertise, DJ Stan Duh Man is known across the state as one of the most eclectic and best DJ’s in Tennessee.  His real name is Stanford Augustus Stone and he began his music career at an early age in Sebring, Florida.  In 1998, he moved to...

The Adventure Begins…

As many of you know, our lives are very hectic!  Managing a household, running a massage school, maintaining a continuing education business, and working in and operating a professional massage clinic, working to have some sort of social life, and still retaining...

There was never really any doubt…

Sometimes making the hard decisions can be really easy.  Lucky for me, when Jeryd and I began talking about who we would chose be on our side in the wedding party, I didn’t have to think very long about who I wanted.  Here is a brief introduction to...

…and the winner is?

When choosing who should stand beside you at such a momentous time in your life, if you are lucky the choices are easy. I feel profoundly blessed that each of my wedding party are both my family and friends. I didn’t have a dilemma at all in, choosing two...

It’s all Greek to me…

Somethings are said in passing and over time that “thing” becomes a truly meaningful part of how you experience life. Rev. Melanie Alexander and Eddie have been friends for more years than they can remember.  Melanie is a brilliant, vivacious, and beautiful human...

I said…YES!

On March 23, 2020, around 10:00 AM, we despondently made the announcement that we were temporarily closing the doors of our massage school, due to the COVID-19 pandemic…because it was the right thing to do.   In all honesty, we had no idea it would last as...