Please arrive by 3:30. Parking is available on site. Wedding will be on the back lawn.
5:00 PM–10:00 PM
5:00 PM–10:00 PM
Reception
The Bradford
523 Pea Ridge Rd, New Hill, NC, 27562
Shuttle
There will be a shuttle from the hotel (421 S Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27605) to the venue and back. The drive takes between 30 and 40 minutes. Food and beverages (except liquor) are allowed on the shuttle. Unfortunately, the shuttle cannot accommodate late arrivals.
TO THE VENUE:
There will be two shuttles to transport guests from the hotel to the venue. They will leave at 3:00 PM.
BACK TO THE HOTEL:
There will be two rounds of transportation back to the hotel. The first shuttle will leave from the venue at 8:00 PM. The last shuttle will leave from the venue at 10:00 PM.
If you have any questions, please let us know. We'll do our best to answer
COLORS
We know many love to dress to compliment the colors of the day. We've designed our palette to reflect deep autumn and a gentle blush. The color palette below can serve as a guide for those who would like one.
Our First 10 Years
A Photographic Timeline
May 17, 2014
Emma and Sean first started dating in 2014. This picture is from an Anti-Prom they went to Emma's Sophomore year.
February 15, 2015
Emma and Sean were very, very cool kids. This was them celebrating the Super Bowl in (friend) Robert's basement Sean's senior year.
April 30, 2015
Emma and Sean eventually did attend a real prom together!
April 30, 2015
This was Sean's senior year, and it was pouring rain. Sean's mom is also gracing us with her gorgeous presence on the right side of the photo. Hi Teresa!
October 31, 2015
Emma visited Sean at college too! For Halloween, they dressed up as Mary Poppins and the Chimney Sweep.
May 21, 2016
Emma and Sean also attended prom the next year, which was Emma's Senior year.
May 21, 2016
Sean kindly returned from Virginia Tech, where he was attending college, for this event.
June 16, 2016
Sean and Emma have been lucky enough to attend many of each other's major life events. This is Sean at Emma's high school graduation!
September 03, 2016
In the fall, Emma joined Sean at Virginia Tech, where they attended (and got sun burned at) many football games together.
May 17, 2019
The years together at school flew by, and soon, Sean was graduating.
July 04, 2019
Emma and Sean got to know each other's families over the years as well. This is Sean attending one of Emma's family's Fourth of July parties in New York.
March 03, 2020
When Emma was in year four out of five in school, she studied in Germany.
March 05, 2020
Emma and Sean visited Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Nuremburg. Stuttgart, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
March 07, 2020
At the end of their week together, the world shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They just barely completed their vacation when Emma had to buy a plane ticket home, 6 months earlier than expected.
May 13, 2021
The next year, Emma had a COVID graduation from college and got ready to join Sean in the working world.
July 13, 2021
Emma and Sean moved down to Raleigh, North Carolina in July of 2021.
July 14, 2021
There, they both started new jobs...
July 21, 2021
ate lots of ice cream...
August 15, 2021
and have been enjoying life as residents of a small city.
August 21, 2021
In August, they adopted a tuxedo cat and named him Benny.
August 22, 2021
As you can tell, Sean really didn't want a cat ;)
December 12, 2021
Our house has never been as quiet or clean...
January 01, 2022
but we're okay with that!
February 20, 2022
Now-a days, Sean and Emma have settled into a nice routine. Sean is a power-lifter and spends half his life eating enough to feel sort-of a little bit full.
February 22, 2022
Emma reads every second that she isn't doing everything else that she does.
March 02, 2022
Emma and Sean love traveling together
March 03, 2022
Sometimes to see family
April 02, 2022
and sometimes by themselves. This was a trip to Asheville for their 8th anniversary!
May 11, 2022
Sean loves Benny :)
May 15, 2022
Mary Lissy (friend) came to visit Emma and Sean in Raleigh. Sean challenged her to a guitar hero battle. Poor ML never stood a chance.
May 26, 2022
Emma and Sean went on a (rainy) vacation to Bethany Beach with Sean's family.
July 04, 2022
in 2022, they celebrated July 4th locally, with (not pictured) friends Leksi and Ty.
October 12, 2022
Sean had his second power lifting meet in 2022. (Emma was the heaviest thing he lifted all day.)
October 22, 2022
The park next to Emma and Sean's house hosts events all year. This was a Halloween Market, complete with spooky drinks and a costume contest.
November 10, 2022
Emma and Sean checked out the locally famous Angus Barn. It was delicious!
December 17, 2022
Ryan (friend) visited Emma and Sean while the world cup was on! What a fun weekend!
January 15, 2023
Anthony (friend) really stole the show with this picture
January 16, 2023
Sean's friends arranged a ski trip over a holiday weekend
January 20, 2023
Emma and Sean love doing fun things around Raleigh, like Hockey Games...
January 28, 2023
Mini Golf...
February 25, 2023
More Hockey games..
March 19, 2023
Bar Crawls
May 06, 2023
And More Hockey Games!
June 10, 2023
On June 10th, 2023, Sean asked Emma to spend the rest of her life with him. She happily agreed.