Annelee's bridegroom is the charming Craig Eakes. It's fortunate that they met through friends, because Annelee had already noticed him jogging through the neighborhood and liked the looks of him enough to regress in age at least a decade and gush to me about this rillycuteboy. Perhaps she wouldn't have invented an excuse to meet him, embarassing herself in the process, but it's not certain. They met in North Carolina in February 2006, became engaged a year later, and last summer moved to Pittsburgh where Craig is now in a law student at the University of Pittsburgh.
Craig's parents are David and Julie Eakes, shown here at Dirty Dick's Crab House in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where the Boyle and Eakes families vacationed together last May:
I'd like to say that we spent our week at the beach discussing Important Issues and sharing Big Ideas, but the truth is that we read fluffy novels, played silly games, soaked up the sun, ate too much, rested thoroughly, and had a grand time altogether.Craig has one sibling, younger brother Kevin, shown here with Annelee's sister Lauren, digging into mad good desserts at Dirty Dick's:
With 12 people in one beach house, I didn't get to spend a lot of time with Kevin. But I did learn that he was a history major in college, is a self-taught musician, and has endeared himself to Beatles fans everywhere by learning to play the sitar. I think he even has a sitar. He didn't bring it to the beach, but I wish he had.
Like Annelee's paternal grandparents, Craig's grandparents — Garner and Mary Lee Eakes, and John and Jean Dean — are deceased, but their presence at the wedding will be felt. Julie graciously offered to loan her mother's engagement ring to Annelee as "something old," and Annelee accepted with joy. Since the symbolism of "something old" is continuity, what could possibly be better? Heartfelt thanks, Julie.
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