Lakeside Fall Wedding in CT

From the Bride:

Josh and I met when we were both working as camp counselors at a summer camp in my hometown. He was working with two special needs kids who were assigned to my age group. We first bonded over the fact that we both majored in math in college. He was working as an aide for special needs kids in a high school while I was just starting my junior year of college. He drove an hour and a half each way every weekend to come visit me. My senior year of college Josh moved to Boston to get his Masters in teaching math through BU.  After I graduated from PC and he graduated from BU, we bought a condo together and started our teaching careers. Two years later he proposed on July 11, 2016, on the beach in Marco Island, FL. I have been going to Marco Island a few times a year since I was born so it holds a very special place in my heart…now more than ever! It was early in the day and during summer, so almost no one was on the beach. The two of us had just set our stuff up for the day when he got down on one knee :)

We decided to get married at the Pavilion because we fell in love with the lights inside and the intimate feeling of the reception area. I love the woods and the possibility of having the ceremony outside in those gorgeous woods was too good to pass up! In the end, we had it narrowed down to two venues and a large part of why we picked the Pavilion was because if the weather was bad, the ceremony would still be beautiful inside. It made me sad to think about the ceremony being inside at the other venue, so I knew I would be stressing about the weather like crazy leading up to the wedding. Also, everyone we spoke to was also so nice, helpful, and excited, I knew they were going to help make the process easy for us. Advice to future couples getting married in the fall… embrace the leaves and the cold and don’t get upset when your dress/veil has 100 leaves and twigs stuck in after 2 minutes! We were so so lucky with the weather that day and I am so happy we had our ceremony outside! It was chilly but worth it!

It is impossible to pick one favorite thing about that day. Everything was so perfect. One of the absolute highlights was the second to last song of the night….Can You Feel the Love Tonight. It was going to be our wedding song, but we decided to save it for the end. All of our guests made a huge circle around me and Josh and swayed while the two of us danced in the middle. During the chorus, everyone was signing at the top of their lungs. My mom has a dark video of it, and you can clearly hear the enthusiasm and the love. Halfway through the song, the DJ had everyone bring it in for a giant group hug with us at the center. It was such a happy moment and the love in the room was tangible. Josh says his favorite part was how happy everyone was all night! :)