Eight months after our wedding, it's time to take down the wedding webpage - but we really liked it, and decided to archive it here on my site. You can view it here.
This is our favorite video clip from our honeymoon at Sandals, Montego Bay - we caught a couple of true party animals on film. [googlevideo:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7328039180514452655&hl=en]
Just before our wedding, I bought a small digital camcorder. I waffled on it for a while - would we really use it that often? - but in the end thought it would be great to catch at least a few moments from our wedding on tape. I'm so glad we got it! Not only did we get the wedding dances on tape (I guess tape isn't really accurate anymore - but "SD flash drive" is a mouthful) - but Kiersten's uncle roved around doing interviews during the reception. Capturing everyone's words to us on our wedding day was really priceless. We knew from the start that our song would be "You and Me" by Lifehouse - we listened to it a lot when we first started dating. Since it turns out to be a fast waltz, we took a few months of lessons with Vince Brust Studios so we could actually waltz to it. Here's the video of our first dance together at our wedding reception:
Shawn and Kiersten's Wedding Dance
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Near the end of the night, we snuck in an Argentine tango dance. We've been taking lessons off and on for a while through Let's Dance , and this is the dance we probably know the best. Argentine tango is a very close dance, with complex footwork. I can't imagine how Kiersten danced it wearing a wedding gown with a train, but she looked terrific! The song is "Santa Maria" from the movie "Shall We Dance?" - which turned out to be a 4+ minute song - but it was a ton of fun to dance to:
Shawn and Kiersten's Argentine Tango
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To Kiersten, my muse, my inspiration, and the love of my life. Our wedding day was perfect, and I'm so happy to call myself your husband.
It's been about 2 months since our engagement, and it's been a whirlwind of wedding planning. But we've got our ceremony and reception site - the beautiful Sayre Mansion in Bethlehem, PA, and our date in June 2008. This past weekend we met with the photographer and florist, and now we're starting to choose all of our yummy options from the caterer. Today's task: address and send out all of our save the date cards....which are cute little magnets. The magnets, as it turned out, required assembly - they came as separate adhesive backed magnets and printed cards. Aligning the two took a little more skill than you might guess (sooo sticky!). On the plus side, we had plenty of left over adhesive backings, which are exactly business card sized. Kiersten suggested I stick them onto some of my art cards - so now I have 'Artwork of Shawn Falchetti' magnets. Neat!
....yes! Two weeks ago Kiersten and I spent her birthday at a beautiful bed and breakfast near New Hope, PA. We had our own cottage at Woolverton Inn, complete with a small private garden just outside the doors from our room. The grounds were filled with arbors, cobblestone fountains, lazy pastures with sheep, and scenic views. After a wonderful dinner at Sargeantsville Inn, we returned to our room, lit the fireplace, and opened a bottle of wine we'd bought from a winery during a trip to Monticello when we first started dating. It was then that I popped the question....and Kiersten accepted! The next day we had lunch with Kiersten's parents, and dinner with mine, and everyone was very excited to hear the news. As we told friends over the next few days, we were surprised the everyone immediately asked all of the details of when the date was, where, type of ceremony - we haven't got to any of the details beyond the "we're engaged!" stage! So, last weekend we venturedto Barnes and Noble, bought a wedding planning book, and started to think about some details. This last week we've been looking at ideas for ceremony and reception sites, and visited a few this weekend.
We'd love to have an outdoor ceremony in Pennsylvania either in the Wyoming or Lehigh Valley area ...the type with a gazebo or arbor, a scenic backdrop....and a convenient nearby "plan B" indoor locale if the weather doesn't cooperate. We're planning on an indoor reception, and it doesn't have to be at the same site as the ceremony. For the reception site, we're looking for someplace with a little personality. If you've got any recommendations (either for outdoor sites or reception sites), I'm all ears!
