By Tom
Stowe, Vermont
This weekend, Julia and I headed home for the wedding of one of my closest childhood friends, Pascale, to her husband Thomas. It was not only a fun, lively, and beautiful wedding weekend, but it was also a chance to see good friends from growing up that I haven't seen in years.
Thomas is German and his father, a Lutheran Minister, performed the ceremony in English and German. Pascale is half Dutch and many of her family members were visiting from Holland, so there were a plethora of languages spoken throughout the celebrations.
The LaFountain family put a tremendous amount of work into completely revamping the family barn for the reception, all the way down to re-siding and repainting the entire barn, inside and out. Though there were so many things to like about this wedding, one of Julia and my personal favorites was the 'get-away car'. Pascale's brother Nick brought their tractor into town to the chapel, pulling a wagon behind it. Nick drove them away from the wedding on the tractor, with a couple of Pascale's cousins (from a family of 5 brothers who all play string music professionally) strumming bluegrass on banjo and fiddle in the trailer with them. A grand time was had by all in Potsdam.
Stowe, Vermont
This weekend, Julia and I headed home for the wedding of one of my closest childhood friends, Pascale, to her husband Thomas. It was not only a fun, lively, and beautiful wedding weekend, but it was also a chance to see good friends from growing up that I haven't seen in years.
Thomas is German and his father, a Lutheran Minister, performed the ceremony in English and German. Pascale is half Dutch and many of her family members were visiting from Holland, so there were a plethora of languages spoken throughout the celebrations.
The LaFountain family put a tremendous amount of work into completely revamping the family barn for the reception, all the way down to re-siding and repainting the entire barn, inside and out. Though there were so many things to like about this wedding, one of Julia and my personal favorites was the 'get-away car'. Pascale's brother Nick brought their tractor into town to the chapel, pulling a wagon behind it. Nick drove them away from the wedding on the tractor, with a couple of Pascale's cousins (from a family of 5 brothers who all play string music professionally) strumming bluegrass on banjo and fiddle in the trailer with them. A grand time was had by all in Potsdam.
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| Pascale takes a quiet moment to gather herself before walking down the aisle |
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| An exciting moment for Pascale's father Roger |
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| Cousin Theo, one of the talented Marks brothers, plays banjo in back of the tractor |
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| The happy newly-weds leaving the ceremony |
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| Pascale and Thomas arrive at the reception |
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| The new American Gothic |
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| Erica, sister to the bride, with her boyfriend James |
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| Erica blows bubbles at the bride and groom |
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| One of the younger wedding attendees, dressed to the nines |
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| Pascale and Thomas looking out from the second floor of the barn |
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