Jesse and I traveled to Pennsylvania over the weekend for my brother Jimmy’s wedding to Kelly. It was a lovely wedding, with perfect weather. It was great to visit with more family members and friends from afar.

I did a lot of dancing that night, and my feet hurt the next day. I managed to get Jesse on the dance floor to dance to two slow songs with me. The highlight of the night was watching my precocious great nephews (yep, I am a great aunt already) on the dance floor. Ryan, age 8, and Jacob, age 4, have breakdancing careers ahead of them! They were awesome, and really wowed the crowd! Jesse shot some video footage of the kids dancing, and I’m sure he probably captured me dancing the “Cha Cha Slide,” but we won’t share that here.

Congratulations Jimmy and Kelly!

Jesse proposed to me!

One big, wonderful wedding has happened during that time!

You can view a slide show of photographs from our wedding on our photographer’s website. We have many more great photos that we want to share with you. Stay tuned…

I can’t believe it’s been over two months since our wedding! Thanks again to all of you who made the journey to the Antrim for our wedding. We sincerely thank you for all of your love and support!

Jesse and I have been busy building our nest. Spring is in full gear so we are now busy with yard work. We planted a vegetable garden the last week of April, and watched with amazement as our gorgeous rose garden bloomed for the first time this season. We promise to share some wedding photos with you soon!

Last night we had our wedding after party. The party took place 2 weeks after our most special day. The event occurred at the artdc Gallery in Hyattsville, MD. It was a tremendous event with good friends and family.  We enjoyed the close of an art show, and celebrated the next show to come which will open soon.

Guests, friends, family, artists, and neighborhood art lovers stopped by to send their best wishes for our future life together. We were warmly surprised with gifts from our crowd. Thank you all so much. It really has a warm impact on us to share affection with those who came.

After the party, Barry Schmetter shot some wet plate photos of Amy and I. He’s a tremendous artist, and I can’t say enough about him. He spent over an hour with us running back and forth creating plates, shooting them, and developing them. He did this, while explaining to his audience about the process and history, which is over 100 years old. He’s developing a rebirth of an old technique with a new current use. If you have a lover, buy them a unique gift like this. A portrait of the two of you in a vintage plate will be an amazing conversation piece with great meaning for the both of you.

See the images here:

Our after wedding party will occur on the 3rd of April, 6 to 9 pm at the artdc Gallery.  We look forward to seeing the friends and artists who show!

Yes yes! Tremendous news. We tied the knot, drank wine, and smashed the glass! Yes, we are married. I’m happy to say that the ceremony went off without a hitch. Top notch. It was a good day. Great weather, good friends, and great food and celebration. We’re so happy that everyone attended our wedding and took part in our celebration!

Here are some pics that our friend Jessica took of the event.

Click through the thumbnails. You can see Dan and I looking a little nervous, wondering if the bride will show. A little panic set in, and then there she was. See our adorable ring bearer, then see us drink wine. Check out that amazing dress that Amy bought! So perfect, I wouldn’t change a thing! And yes, we danced. After a danceless relationship, I found that my bride was hiding something from me–even though I’m dancing impaired, that girl can move!

It really was a tremendous occasion. More to come soon!

Bring your sunglasses!

Our plans have changed for the better!

We are expecting beautiful weather on Sunday afternoon with a high temperature of about 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The original plan was to have our ceremony in the glass pavilion at the Antrim. We are now planning to have an outdoor ceremony in the rose garden. If it does rain (and it is supposed to  rain Sunday evening) everything will be moved inside to the glass pavilion. It is too early in the season for roses to be in bloom. Daffodils have appeared at my house, so I’m hoping there will at least be a few daffodils peeping through the ground on Sunday in Taneytown.

The beautiful weather we’ve been having is amazing! I always wanted to have an outdoor wedding, but we never expected we’d be able to do that in March. You never know what Mother Nature will hand you in March in the Mid-Atlantic–high winds, snow, rain, cold weather, warm weather–it’s a gamble. We were hoping for an unseasonably warm day on March 21st, and it looks like that what we will get. We are so excited!

Jesse and I have one week left to be single individuals! I can’t believe how fast our engagement period has passed. We are working hard to tie up loose ends and smooth out all details for the wedding day.

Here is a schedule of events for March 21. Times are approximate; except for the start of the ceremony.

3 p.m. — Ceremony starts in the rose garden at the Antrim
3:30-4:30 p.m. — Cocktails and hors d’hoeuvres in the mansion
4:30 p.m. — Reception begins in the glass pavilion
8:30 p.m. — Reception ends

Our region was blasted with a record 3 blizzards this winter! All winter I was worried that it would snow on March 21. There are now no concerns about snow, however I am really worried that it will rain that day. WE DO NOT WANT RAIN!

Whatever Mother Nature decides to throw at us, we are still looking forward to sharing our special day with our close family members and friends!

The deadline to RSVP for our wedding is Monday, March 1. If you have already responded, we thank you for your reply.

If you have not yet responded, please send us your response card today. We need to have an exact number of guests to provide to our caterer so that they can prepare the proper number of meals. We also need to know if you have a food allergy or need a vegetarian meal so that we can inform the venue of these restrictions. Thank you.

We survived the snowstorm. We’re quite amazed. Our neighborhood stood up to the power outagess and terrible issues that surrounded our area. Luckily we are warm and we can almost get out of the house now. We’re just waiting to see what the storm on Tuesday the 9th will bring us. Here’s a pick of Amy after we borrowed our neighbor’s snow blower. That machine is amazing!