9.19.09

That's our wedding date! It's official now. Andy and I went to sign the contract with Tyrone farm yesterday and I couldnt be happier with our choice. Since our very first visit Ian has been awesome and willing to take time with us to talk about weddings overall and not just whats happening with their venue.






So the pictures show a little bit of the farm including the view, our ceremony site, and a bit of the barn. I'm really happy that we are going to get married around where I have lived since five years old. It's not in Woodstock unfortunately but Pomfret is just a few mins away. Afterwards we continued on to Mohegan Sun since we had tickets to see Ron White. We had dinner with my mom and Godmother Diane to celebrate, then went on to the show. Ron White was so funny and we had awesome seats.

One step forward...and two steps back

Sooo...you know that last post where I said we found a reception site? Well I lied. They just charge you so much for things like a tent and dance floor (about 6k for both together) when other places we have visited include that in the site fee for a lot less. We ended up going back to Tyrone Farm which has been my number one choice the whole time. Unfortunately i didnt take any pictures but it is just so gorgeous in the summmer. The flowers are everywhere and we were able to see how it would be set up with the tent over the terrace and the bar tent by the barn. This time Andy liked it more too and we have decided to have the wedding there!! So good thing right? wellll then we found out that may-july is booked solid so the wedding is pushed back to september :( We just want to be married already. But on the bright side they have sunflower fields around the site that will be in bloom at that time. We also met with the florist they have on site there and she was very very nice and made me a bouquet. It was all the flowers they are growing there at the time and was beautiful.

The man in my life...

So I just wanted to take some time to talk about (brag) how proud i am of Andy! Back in jan he took the NY state troopers exam. We expected results back in about two months, but that quickly turned to late april, then sometime in may and then finally June 30th. Well even though Andy thought he did terrible on the test he scored an 89.5 and placed 4,957 out of 22,000 people!! He did amazing and I am so proud of him. We are hoping to get a call back in the next two years. The scores are good for 4 years. It is a goal of his to become a state trooper and this is just the beginning.

Picture of Andy at the chatham fair grounds for firefighter day. Plus it doesnt hurt that he looks good in uniform. :)