Caleb & Mackenzie
Our Gift to our Guests
Tryon
A favorite date location when we were in college and visiting family.
Inman
Where Caleb grew up and spent the majority of his life, and where a lot of his family live.
Converse University
Where Mrs. Rebecca Friend, the grooms mother, went to University.
The Citadel
Where we met and fell in love. We met in 2019 and started dating at the end of 2021.
Meeting Street
One of the many dates that we went on. We would go up and down meeting street, going into antique stores and getting ice cream.
Blue Ridge Mountains
One of our favorite activities to do together is to go hiking, the areas around Tryon and Inman in particular are some of our favorite spots.
Spartanburg
Where the grooms' parents met, and where they first lived together.
Summerville
The bride lived here during her sophomore and junior years of college.
Fort Bragg
The bride was born here. This was the Battle Families' longest duty station consecutively.
Monterey
The bride lived here for her third and fourth grades, this is where she started to play competitive golf.
Pine Needles
One of the golf courses the bride had a lot of her tournaments at in the Pinehurst area, as well as the premier sledding location when there was snow on the ground.
Pinehurst
This is where the bride spent most of her life. She went to Pope John Paul the Second Catholic school for the second, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. And attended Pinecrest Highschool. She continued to play competative golf here.
Fort Knox
One of many duty stations for the Battle Family. The bride turned two here, then moved back when she was a senior in College.
Norfolk/Virginia Beach
The Battle Family lived here for Mackenzies freshman year of college.
Port Clinton
Where Mr. William Friend, the grooms' father, grew up. A lot of the grooms' family still live in the area.
Dayton
The brides' father went to Dayton University. This was the city where the brides' parents first lived together.
Canandaigua
Where the brides' grandparents currently live, and the location of several family vacations when the bride was little.
Charleston Tea Garden
This was one of our first dates. When we first started dating and much throughout college we always used to have tea time together and drink tea, talk, and sometimes watch movies.
St Mary of the Annunciation Catholic Church
We loved the interior architecture and murals of this church and sometimes attended confession here.
Folly Beach
One of our favorite places to go bar hopping, and to the beach.
Rochester
Where Col. Stephen Battle grew up and went to school. A lot of the bride's family still live in Rochester and the surrounding towns.
Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge
This is where the bride's Grandmother and several other family members live, and also where the brides' mother grew up.
Newfoundland
This is where the brides' grandfather lives and Mrs. Maureen Battle's family is from.