A Connecticut Wedding

This weekend Matt and I rented a Zipcar and traveled down to West Hartford, CT for our friends David Wofford and Sarah Gross' wedding. We met David and Sarah at Asbury (Matt and Dave were roommates in the house where Matt and I--and David and Sarah--first started dating).

We decided that since this was peak weekend for leaves in the area that we'd make a mini-vacation weekend out of it. The wedding was beautiful, and the church was even having its annual pumpkin sale on the lawn, which added to the beauty of the fall day. The reception was like none I've ever attended--it lasted nearly 6 hours, but we weren't bored for a second! Wonderful food and drinks, great music and a very lively dancefloor made for a truly celebratory night. It was really great to reflect on our own wedding, now 8 months ago (!!), and to see our friends so deeply happy.

Today we got up and took the extremely scenic route home. We stopped in Wetherford, apparently another town known for witch trials and also considered "the most ancient town" (in CT maybe??). We stood in front of the house where George Washington met with the French delegates to plan for the Battle of Yorktown. Many homes we passed along the road had dates from the late 1600's. Also in Wetherford, we enjoyed their local scarecrow competition. You may see a few entries in the pictures above! The town was very "Gilmore Girls", which I loved, of course.

Now we are back home in the city, already longing for another outing into small town New England. Back to the real world tomorrow for us, but we wish David and Sarah the best on their honeymoon!