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Matt & Molly’s Wedding Ceremony

June 20th, 2008 · No Comments


Matt’s Parents, Luanne & Martin :: Sharon, CT


Matt’s Brother, Adam & Molly’s Sister, Liz :: Sharon, CT


Matt’s Brother, Zach & Molly’s Sister, Rena :: Sharon, CT


Matt’s Friend, Chris & Molly’s Friend, Anne :: Sharon, CT


Matt’s Friend, Ross & Molly’s Friend, Janie :: Sharon, CT


Matt’s Friend, Dallas & Molly’s Friend, Colleen :: Sharon, CT


Molly’s Twin Nephew Ring Bearers, Tommy & Ben :: Sharon, CT


Molly’s Nephew George as the Canine Coordinator, with Buddy & Bella :: Sharon, CT


Molly’s Nieces as Flower Girls, Lizzie & Margaret :: Sharon, CT


Molly’s Niece, Catlin & Molly & Molly’s Father, George :: Sharon, CT


Molly, Officiant Rosina, Matt :: Sharon, CT


Molly & Matt :: Sharon, CT

Everyone was fearful that it was going to start raining right when Matt and Molly’s wedding ceremony was about to begin. But it didn’t. We got through the ceremony and then once we were all under the tent, it down poured. Sound familiar?

Matt & Molly’s wedding was beautiful.. and good thing that it didn’t last too long because it was HOT. There were a limited number of chairs that mostly older guests and people who needed to be up front sat in. Otherwise we all just kind of stood around casually. There was supposed to be a cocktail hour after the ceremony, but everyone started drinking from the bar beforehand, so half the people were standing around watching the ceremony with glasses of wine. .. er.. um… not including me?

All of Molly’s nephews and nieces had parts in the wedding except for the youngest, Annie, who is only about 4 weeks old. Buddy and Bella are Matt and Molly’s dogs and they were also a part of the wedding. .. whether they knew it or not. Matt’s good friend Bo read a Native American Prayer and Matt’s sister-in-law Sarah read the Song of Solomon (2:10-13). Molly’s friend Emily played cello during the ceremony. Matt is half Jewish so his grandmother, Shirley, read a Jewish blessing and then he did the thing where he stomps on the glass. The bride and groom kiss and then we were out of there. Even though we only had to walk about 10 steps to get drinks at cocktail hour and then 20 more to get to the big tent set up in the yard.

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Matt & Molly’s Wedding Day Lunch

June 19th, 2008 · No Comments


Matt and his mom, Luanne :: Sharon, CT


Matt and his parents, Luanne and Martin :: Sharon, CT


Matt’s family: Zach, Matt, Martin, Luanne, Adam :: Sharon, CT


Matt’s family (with the wives): Zach, Matt, Molly, Martin, Luanne, Adam, Sarah :: Sharon, CT


Matt, Molly :: Sharon, CT


Rachelle, Dallas :: Sharon, CT


Adam’s Sunglasses :: Sharon, CT


Don’t know how George got up there :: Sharon, CT


Backyard :: Sharon, CT


Front Yard :: Sharon, CT

On the day of Matt and Molly’s wedding some of the gusy… Dallas, of course… went golfing with Matt in the morning. Molly’s father George took them to a half course at Hotchkiss, the school Molly attended. I chose instead to just rest up because I knew it was going to be a long day and night. Matt & Molly’s wedding was to take place at 4:30 p.m. which meant that everyone needed to eat lunch then get ready for the wedding. One of Molly’s mom’s friends graciously invited everyone to her house for lunch. House… err. . Estate?

For days we’d been driving down the same small roads through Lakeville and Salisbury and Sharon and commenting on the architecture and how beautiful it was and the size of the yards and the enormity of some of the houses. There was one in particular that Ross was admiring every time we passed it and wouldn’t you know it. .. that’s the house we had lunch at. To call it a house, though, seems like an understatement. This was one of the biggest houses I’ve seen let alone been inside and the sweeping vistas and views in the backyard were breathtaking. Everyone just spontaneously started lining up and taking photos back there. Oh, and the big pool and hot tub and separate pool house? That’s where Matt & Molly were going to stay the night of the wedding. Later on I heard they were totally set up with candles and champagne and everything there. So nice.

Our hostess couldn’t have been more down to earth and kind. She walked around barefoot with a Corona Light in her hand making sure everyone was taken care of. We had an appetizer of endive leaves with smoked salmon and capers on them. For lunch we had a dilled cucumber salad, a lettuce salad with tomato aspic, and a pastry chicken bake. It was just enough to satisfy our appetites, but not make us too full for the rest of the day. A good way to relax before things started getting crazy!

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Matt & Molly’s Wedding Rehearsal Dinner

June 19th, 2008 · No Comments


Rehearsal Dinner :: Sharon Country Club, Sharon, CT


Dallas & Zach accidentally both wore off-white suits with pink shirts and striped ties. They thought they were Crockett & Tubbs.


Bill, Matt, Dallas, Ross :: Boathouse, Lakeville, CT


Colleen & Rachelle :: Boathouse, Lakeville, CT


Maureen & Nancy :: Boathouse, Lakeville, CT


Marinella with George & his wife :: Boathouse, Lakeville, CT


Ross :: Boathouse, Lakeville, CT


Tommy & Matt :: Boathouse, Lakeville, CT

Matt & Molly’s wedding rehearsal dinner was held at the Sharon Country Club in Sharon, CT. It was lovely. We had cocktails before dinner then we were all seated. A big delicious crab cake occupied the salad for the first course (and you know about my crab cake obsession). For an entree we were to choose chicken or halibut. I chose the fish and it was delicious. Dessert was strawberry shortcake.

The seating at the wedding was non-traditional. .. or maybe very old-school traditional? I’m not sure, but I’d never seen it before. We were all shuffled up. I sat at a table with 7 people I’d never met before. I thought it would be awkward, but it was actually kind of nice because then in the following days they were friendly faces for you to talk to. At each place setting there was a gift of Hilliard’s Chocolates. In addition the groomsmen each got a snazzy tie for a gift and the bridesmaids all got beautiful emerald necklaces and earrings. Of course the ties and jewelry were for them all to wear the next day, but then to keep forever.

Before and during dinner there were many speeches and well-wishes and toasts by the parents and wedding party. Dallas was asked to make one and I was worried that he would stand up from his seat and say congrats and sit back down. I didn’t know what to expect, but he actually did a really great job up in front of everyone. He thanked Matt’s family for their kindness and hospitality. When Dallas lived in Boston he was far from his family and friends and Matt’s parents and brothers were somewhat of an adopted family for him where he could hang out and spend holidays. Seriously, though, Martin and Luanne are the nicest ever. At the end of Dallas’ speech he spoke about his Hawaiian upbringing and his Japanese heritage and had everyone do a Kanpai toast. People were coming up to him all weekend telling him how great his toast was, which made me really proud. There was also a beautiful slide show set to music of Molly & Matt’s lives and how they’ve come together. I don’t think there was a dry eye in the room after that aired.

After dinner we went to the Boathouse in Lakeville, CT where we met up with more friends who were getting into town and had some drinks with them for a few hours.

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Matt & Molly’s Wedding Rehearsal

June 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments


Molly, Matt & Wedding Officiant Rosina :: Sharon, CT


Dallas, Ross, Chris, Zach, Adam, Rosina :: Sharon, CT


Tommy, Liz, Adam, Rosina, Molly :: Sharon, CT


Parents & Grandparents – Front – Irene, George, Shirley, Louise – Back – Martin, Betsy, Luanne :: Sharon, CT


Adam & Liz :: Sharon, CT


Buddy & Bella with Canine Coordinator George :: Sharon, CT


Wedding Party :: Sharon, CT


Emily :: Sharon, CT


Catlin, Molly, George :: Sharon, CT


George :: Sharon, CT


Molly, Rosina, Matt :: Sharon, CT


Molly & Matt :: Sharon, CT


Rachelle & Dallas :: Sharon, CT

Matt & Molly got married in Molly’s mom’s backyard and that’s where they rehearsed the wedding ceremony the night before the event was to take place. The yard is so green and plush and beautiful. Too bad that the sun was so severe and some of the photos are kind of strange. Luckily the next day was a big more cloudy, even if it was just as hot. Everyone’s dressed up for the rehearsal because immediately afterwards we went out for rehearsal dinner at the country club which required a jacket and tie for the guys and dresses for the ladies.

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Picnic at Wononscopomuc Lake

June 18th, 2008 · No Comments


Molly, Colleen, Matt, Anne, Chris, Zach, Bella, Ross, Dallas, Martin, Janie, Adam :: Wononscopomuc Lake, Lakeville, CT


Wononscopomuc Lake, Lakeville, CT


Wononscopomuc Lake, Lakeville, CT

We were finishing hiking right around the time that the guys were finishing golfing so we decided to meet up with them for lunch. They ran and grabbed sandwiches, chips and drinks from the store and met us at Wononscopomuc Lake (also known as Lakeville Lake), the deepest lake in Connecticut. Molly and Janie are Hotchkiss School alum so they took us to that part of the lake, which was nice because there were only about 3 other people there. We sat around and ate our lunch and then went for a swim in the lake. There was a lot of boys throwing boys off the dock sort of shenanigans… which I was fine with, as long as no one was throwing me of the dock!

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