The Farm at Carter Hill

Wedding Day

Our Wedding

<p>We first met around the year 2019. At the time, Dakota was seeing someone else who was part of a mutual friend group of Matt's. Every so often, we would "party" with these mutual friends and thats when our friendship started. Matt was still pretty new into his sobriety so while everyone around was drinking during these friend group hangouts, he would typically find himself hanging on the couch watching some sports game or listening to music. Dakota wasn't huge into drinking so she would end up going over to try to socialize with Matt to make a new friend because why not make new friends? Anyone that knows Matt knows how much he loves socializing. Although he might not have enjoyed the conversations about sports, dogs, nature, the lake, music and more, a friendship was made. Dakota stopped seeing that person that was a part of that mutual friend group so we went a long time without seeing each other. The only interaction we had was through social media (sigh). Every now and then a *like* would pop up from the other person on a picture or a message would be sent of "how's the dog doing" or"we should try to get together sometime and catch up" but that didn't happen. Well, it didn't happen until they reconnected in January 2024 and Dakota made sure that Matt didn't back out on dinner and hanging out. When the night that we were supposed to hangout finally came, we were texting and Matt was trying anything in his power to back out just like he said he would. Thank God that he didn't back out that night because that was the start of our story. After that night, we were inseparable although we were "just friends". Not long after on April 13, 2024 Matt had asked Dakota if she would be his girlfriend while away at the cabin in Long Lake. Over the next year, so many laughs were had, memories were made and inner peace was found all while our love grew stronger. During that time the topic of marriage would come up and the conversations would always end on a positive note. We both knew from pretty early on that we wanted to be together forever. On June 7, 2025 Matt proposed to Dakota at the cabin in Long Lake while surrounded by some of our family and our fur babies. Obviously she said yes or else none of you would be here right now. This is just the beginning of "Our Story" but we are so excited to see what our future and God has in store for us. We are excited to have you on this journey with us and to be a part of the start of our next chapter!</p>

From friendship to forever

Our Story

Photos

Christie Williams

Sierra Markham

Chyann Markham

Wedding Party

Q + A

The closest airport is Bradley International Airport. It is approximately 40 minutes away from the venue. 

Bradley International Airport 

The Inn at Middletown is around 30 minutes from the venue. It is located conveniently on Main Street with plenty of restaurants, bars, and shops near by to explore if you have an opportunity to!

Inn at Middletown

The Homewood Suite by Hilton is approximately 20 minutes away from the venue. It is conveniently located near Route 2 with plenty of shops, restaurants and more around!

Homewood Suites by Hilton Hartford-South Glastonbury

The Hilton Garden Inn is approximately 20 minutes away from the venue. It is conveniently located near Route 2 with plenty of shops, restaurants and more around!

Hilton Garden Inn Hartford/South Glastonbury

There are some cute Airbnb options in the area! We recommend staying near Marlborough, Portland, Middletown or Glastonbury! Please feel free to reach out to Matt or Dakota if you have any questions regarding rental locations!

Dakota & Matthew

Dakota & Matthew

Registry