St Thomas Aquinas Church, Bridgewater, MA, United States

Wedding Day

Wedding

Indian Pond Country Club

Reception

Our Wedding

Chris and I met in October 2014 at a going away party for a mutual friend. When I arrived at the party, Chris recognized me from another event a couple years back but had forgotten my name. Within 5 minutes upon arriving, Chris came up to me, introduced himself, and told me he had remembered me from a group kickball game that we played awhile back. Apparently, I had been known as "kickball girl." We spent the rest of the party bonding over major life ambitions such as our Chipotle obsession... fairly oblivious to the fact that we were at a party with many others. It was instant chemistry! We were the last to leave, and after a few weeks of messaging back and forth, we had our first official date on November 16th at TGIF's. Tall boy beer, the Patriot's game, and great conversation made for a fun first date but also piqued a challenge as we were both trying to focus on the other and not the actual game! Little did we know at the time that we were both football fans!

How We Met!!

The day Chris proposed was a complete surprise! I knew it was coming sometime in the spring and had a really good hunch it was going to happen during one of our "fancy dates" as we like to call them. Chris faked me out with a Top of the Hub Boston date end of April, and when it didn't happen that night, I was pretty sure it would occur on our next "fancy date." When Chris told me he was going to plan a special day at the Sakonnet Vineyard in Little Compton, RI on Sat, May 14th, I pretty much thought confidently to myself, "That will be the day." So in typical girl fashion, I bought a dress and accessories to look good for my "alleged proposal." Meanwhile, knowing I was getting a bit excited for Saturday, Chris started to rethink his plan in order to throw me off. (I think it became the battle of the wills at that point.) He decided he wanted to propose on a random Wednesday night...a night I would never suspect. We had plans to go to Wrentham Outlets on Wed, May 11th, but instead he showed up at my house in the evening and asked me if I wanted to go to the beach instead. Right when I heard that plan, I thought, "He's going to propose tonight instead.... and I'm not ready for it!" I didn't make it exactly easy for Chris as I was hesitant to go to the beach so late, wanted to go for a run instead, and really wasn't feeling super well or excited to have such a big event happen on this particular random Wednesday. (I was smart enough to not verbalize that to him though!) We ended up deciding to go to the soccer field in town to run the track, play football, and wiffle ball. Since the Wed night plans changed from the beach to playing sports, I completely ruled out any chance for a proposal in my head! We happened to be the only two people out on the field, and after hitting a wiffle ball fairly far to where Chris had his hoodie...I see him go retrieve the ball and then see him get down on one knee waving for me to come to him. Being about 100 feet away, I wasn't sure I was seeing this right! Chris calls it the "skunk walk" or the drunken walk as I slowly stagger to him completely surprised out of my mind that THE QUESTION could actually be happening. When I see Chris hold up the ring, he says, "I'm ready...are you?" and then proceeded with a sweet message and his proposal. Never expecting to be so surprised, it was truly beautiful and emotional and the best proposal Chris could have done! It wasn't conventional or what he or I were originally expecting, but it was SO us and very perfect. My exact words to him after were, "Babe, I can't believe you actually surprised me!" He couldn't believe it either.

The Proposal!!

Our Story

Details

Wedding Party

Photos

Registry

Q + A

We have 15 rooms blocked off at the Hilton Garden Inn in Plymouth, MA. This hotel is located off of Rt 3 and two miles from the harbor and five minutes from the heart of Plymouth's historical attractions!Booking is a first-come first-serve basis, so please book quickly! Reservations can be made by calling the hotel directly and referencing the "McAuley-Eastman Wedding." You could book on-line using the group code "MCAEAS." You could also click on the link below to access our personalized group webpage in order to book. <a href="http://hiltongardeninn.hilton.com/en/gi/groups/personalized/P/PYMMAGI-MCAEAS-20170701/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG">http://hiltongardeninn.hilton.com/en/gi/groups/per...</a>

Karen & Chris

Karen & Chris

Registry

We are registered at Bed Bath & Beyond and Crate & Barrel! Gift cards for future home projects are also so appreciated!!