Reception Sites

Now that we have the church, we need a reception site. This is where we are having problems. There are two possible places and we like both, The Sterling Inn and The Water Gap Country Club.

Both have Pros and Cons

-The Water Gap Country Club does receptions for 4 hours; Sterling Inn does receptions for 5 hours

-The Sterling Inn has very pretty surroundings, but I think the surroundings at Water Gap Country Club are nicer.

-Both are comparable in price.

So any help is greatly appreciated. If you've been to one or the other, or even heard anything one way or another about either place please comment to us and let us know.

The Sterling Inn

http://www.thesterlinginn.com/home.html

The Water Gap Country Club
http://www.watergapcountryclub.com/page/250-10120.htm

St. Bernard's Church

Yesterday, September 22, 2005, Ryan and I went to the church to set the date and it’s official! We are getting married at 1 PM, November 18, 2006 at St. Bernard’s Church in Easton. It’s a beautiful church, which you can see by the picture.

We talked to Monsignor Campbell, and I have to admit I was a little nervous going in; I think Ryan was too, even though he won’t admit it! But, the Monsignor was so laid back and funny it was hard to stay nervous very long. Now we need to sign up for the Pre-Cana classes, which are three classes, usually once a week. We were think the best time would probably be in January or February, so as soon as we get that schedule we will be signing up.

Dress Shopping

Robin and I went wedding dress shopping on Friday 9/16/05. There is this dress from this one company that I absolutely loved and they supposedly carried it in Stroudsburg. Even though I can’t show the dress because Ryan is looking/writing on here too, here is the website so you can look at some of the dress and get a basic idea.

http://www.edenbridals.com/index.php

Anyway, we get to the shop and the woman is being nasty to me from the very beginning. She said that they didn’t have the dress in the shop, but if I wanted I could buy it and try on a similar dress. Robin told her no and we started to walk out when suddenly she told us she could order the dress for me to just try on (not buy). She asked me what color I wanted it in, and I told her white, and she said “Oh, really, white?” I think she assumed Caity (who I was holding, was mine, even though I said she wasn’t). Besides that, even if she was mine, what business is it of hers! Needless to say I will not be buying my dress from her.

Engaged!

Amanda Pedone and Ryan Clarke's Wedding Blog

Well, after almost seven years together, me and Ryan are actually getting married. I'm setting up this blog to kind of document all the stuff we will be going through from now till the actual wedding in November of 2006. Kind of an internet scrapbook.

We got in engaged on August 20, 2005 on Sunset Beach in Cape May. We were down there for the weekend visiting Mikey with Lawrence and Chrissy, and they were actually all there when he asked me.

Mikey knew someone who would make an announcement over the loud speaker on the beach, so Ryan told the women to say I was beautiful and that my hand looked like it was meant to be held (cheesey line from our first date). Then, Ryan got down on one knee and asked. Lawrence actually videotaped the whole thing! They were planning this the whole weekend. I like to joke how my whole vacation was a lie!

About two weeks later Ryan, Mikey, Lawrence, and I went to the Feast of San Gennaro's on Long Island to ask my cousin, who is a priest, if he would perform the ceremony (and to get some real Italian food!) He said yes, so now we made an appointment to talk to the priest at Ryan's church and confirm our date and start really planning this thing.