St. Michael Parish

Wedding Day

Wedding

Wyndham Andover

Reception

Our Wedding

About two to three years ago, I had gone through a pretty bad break up with a guy I shouldn’t have been with in the first place. At that point I thought that was it and relationships were not for me. Therefore I gave up on looking or even the idea of dating again so I decided to go back to school and work on my new career in Biotechnology. I wanted to do something more rewarding. Something that made me feel happy to get out of bed every day.&nbsp; Michael worked up stairs in the building that I had my classes in. It was his amazing personality and&nbsp;free spirit that drew me into him. I also found out that he had been frustrated with his dating experiences as well and he&nbsp;was single.&nbsp;On our first date he ordered a big bowl of mussels and ate them&nbsp;all in less than 10 minutes which I thought was pretty funny and kept on my mind.&nbsp;However,&nbsp;to my surprise he was also down to earth and he talked to me politely with so much respect.&nbsp; He kept scheduling fun dates and I just kept showing up. I continued to realize that’s he was&nbsp;very smart and funny. He&nbsp;made me laugh every time we met. I noticed that he always left me with something to laugh about at night whenever I got home. He always cared enough to say good morning, good night, and he was interested in finding out what I was doing for the day, what my schedule was like, and he encouraged me when life got tough, which&nbsp;I really liked. I had never had anyone care about me this way.&nbsp;We also connected on our love for country music.&nbsp; I told him that I had a great love for Brady Paisley’s music and he immediately ordered concert tickets. It was at that concert that I realized that I loved his company. I wanted to be with him every day of my life. I actually started missing him.&nbsp; About six months into our relationship he interviewed for an Equity Research&nbsp;&nbsp;Analyst Job&nbsp;in New York City which brought the possibility that he was going to have to move to New York. When&nbsp;discussing what we would do (especially because I was still in school in Boston),&nbsp;he&nbsp;told me that this was when he realized that he wanted to spend the rest of his life&nbsp;with me. He&nbsp;said he had never met anyone who loved him this much and he wanted to talk about spending the rest of our lives together.&nbsp; Michael’s mom Annette&nbsp;had come to spend that Thanksgiving&nbsp;with us. We stayed in&nbsp;my apartment in Melrose&nbsp;and she stayed at Michael’s apartment in Everett.We brought her over and&nbsp;we&nbsp;cooked and had a&nbsp;delicious thanksgiving meal&nbsp;at my apartment. When I met Annette, I loved her. She&nbsp;was awesome and communicated to us with so much knowledge and insight. We got to know each other, we&nbsp;cooked&nbsp;together, and from that day she has been God send.&nbsp; Michael had talked to his mom about how he felt about me and she encouraged him to take the next step by telling me exactly how he felt and what his plans are. I was in a happy place too.&nbsp; About 10 months after we met, Michael had to go to a conference in San Francisco&nbsp;California and he told me about a beautiful place called Carmel California&nbsp; where his mom grew up and the town which his lovely sister Carmel was named after. He said he was going to vacation there and asked me if I would go with him, which was an obvious YES. We got there at night, when I got up in the morning,&nbsp;Carmel was so beautiful, the yellow sunrises and orange sunsets that&nbsp;can never leave my imagination. I saw horses, beautiful relaxed and happy people,&nbsp;we went for some hikes, wine tasting,&nbsp;talked to a few people and met with our lovely friends Kim and Jeff for breakfast,&nbsp;and we drove through the most&nbsp;beautiful Gold&nbsp;mountains, to a restaurant hidden up in&nbsp;the&nbsp;hills, I got to play with the birds and the next day he took me to Carmel by the sea and we saw all these gorgeous houses and the house where Annette,&nbsp;my mother in law,&nbsp;grew up. I was shocked to see that it was up for sale for 4 million&nbsp;dollars.&nbsp; Then he took me to the ocean to see the paintings by the sea. Little did I know when I turned around that Michael was on one&nbsp;knee&nbsp;asking me&nbsp;to marry him. I was all tears and laughter. Have&nbsp;you ever been hot and cold at the same time? I didn’t know what to do, if I had the energy I would have carried him because he made me so happy.&nbsp;It was the best day of my life&nbsp;and the most amazing vacation I have ever been on. I smile whenever I think about it. Now here we are planning our wedding.&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;sometimes a hard process but knowing that I’m getting married to the person that I absolutely love makes it such a wonderful rewarding experience, thank you to all who have been there and advised us this far. Thanks to all those who are helping out in any way you are,&nbsp;we&nbsp;hope you can be a beautiful part of our next story. Thank you for reading and for checking out our wedding website we love you and have a good day.&nbsp;

How we met and engagement 

Our Story

Details

Photos

This is the brides Niece. She is the Bird of the family. She is working on some wedding decor ideas. Super smart

Vaniah Allen

This is one of the brides best friends. She has been of great help during the planning process. 

Dianah Babirye

Reginah is one of the brides best friends. She helps in so many ways even when pregnant. She found my wedding dress

Regina Birungi

The baby of the family and the brides lovely niece. she says she loves her uncle Michael like her own Dad

Venny Allen

This is the  brides niece. She is beloved and she loves her Auntie Lydia Just as much. She goes by Val

Valerian Allen

Linda is the brides young sister. Linda has been involved in the wedding planning and has helped a big deal throughout.

Linda Nabawanuka

Lillian Allen is the bride’s Big sister. She has been there for the bride in so many ways. A great adviser and planner

Lillian Allen

This is one of the bridesmaids best friends. She will jump of that plane for the bride any time any where

Damalie Nantumani

Ryan is the bride and groom’s friend. She is wife to Jacob Kirkland who is also best friend to the groom. 

Ryan Kirkland

Wedding Party

Q + A

Registry

We have the discounted rooms during the wedding weekend. Attached is the link to book. https://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/B/BOSORDT-TUM-20190712/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG

Lydia & Michael

Lydia & Michael

Things to Do

Bowling