Green Lane Park

Wedding Ceremony 

Ceremony

Red Hill Social Club

Reception

Cocktail hour 

Red Hill Volunteer Fire Company

Reception 

Fall

NO ONE UNDER 21!

Our Wedding

<p>We&nbsp;met&nbsp;in&nbsp;fire&nbsp;1&nbsp;during&nbsp;our&nbsp;fire&nbsp;ground&nbsp;support&nbsp;class.&nbsp;I&nbsp;got&nbsp;dizzy&nbsp;&nbsp;and&nbsp;ran&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;bathroom&nbsp;to&nbsp;cool&nbsp;off&nbsp;I&nbsp;came&nbsp;back&nbsp;out&nbsp;and&nbsp;he&nbsp;made&nbsp;sure&nbsp;I&nbsp;was&nbsp;okay&nbsp;and&nbsp;then&nbsp;started&nbsp;helping&nbsp;me&nbsp;with&nbsp;some&nbsp;of&nbsp;my&nbsp;knots.&nbsp;As&nbsp;days&nbsp;passed&nbsp;we&nbsp;got&nbsp;closer&nbsp;and&nbsp;started&nbsp;to&nbsp;talk&nbsp;more.&nbsp;I&nbsp;went&nbsp;to&nbsp;his&nbsp;house&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;fire&nbsp;and&nbsp;after&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;really&nbsp;just&nbsp;clicked.&nbsp;I&nbsp;had&nbsp;to&nbsp;drop&nbsp;out&nbsp;due&nbsp;to&nbsp;family&nbsp;issues&nbsp;but&nbsp;he&nbsp;was&nbsp;right&nbsp;there&nbsp;to&nbsp;help&nbsp;me&nbsp;through&nbsp;it.&nbsp;Eventually&nbsp;his&nbsp;firehouse&nbsp;ended&nbsp;up&nbsp;shutting&nbsp;down&nbsp;before&nbsp;fire&nbsp;1&nbsp;was&nbsp;over.&nbsp;He&nbsp;still&nbsp;had&nbsp;to&nbsp;take&nbsp;interior&nbsp;firefighting.&nbsp;He&nbsp;ended&nbsp;up&nbsp;joining&nbsp;red&nbsp;hill&nbsp;with&nbsp;me.&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;made&nbsp;the&nbsp;joke&nbsp;when&nbsp;he&nbsp;came&nbsp;in&nbsp;"do&nbsp;you&nbsp;plan&nbsp;on&nbsp;moving&nbsp;here&nbsp;and&nbsp;marrying&nbsp;her?"&nbsp;(Look&nbsp;at&nbsp;us&nbsp;now!&nbsp;Haha)&nbsp;soon&nbsp;after&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;went&nbsp;on&nbsp;our&nbsp;first&nbsp;"real"&nbsp;date.&nbsp;We&nbsp;went&nbsp;out&nbsp;to&nbsp;dinner&nbsp;and&nbsp;then&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;red&nbsp;hill&nbsp;social&nbsp;club.&nbsp;&nbsp;He&nbsp;met&nbsp;my&nbsp;family&nbsp;and&nbsp;my&nbsp;kids&nbsp;who&nbsp;everyone&nbsp;loved&nbsp;him&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;start.&nbsp;We&nbsp;didn't&nbsp;become&nbsp;official&nbsp;until&nbsp;10.17.21&nbsp;but&nbsp;leading&nbsp;up&nbsp;to&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;had&nbsp;some&nbsp;pretty&nbsp;amazing&nbsp;memories&nbsp;and&nbsp;some&nbsp;good&nbsp;trips.&nbsp;We&nbsp;went&nbsp;through&nbsp;so&nbsp;much&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;beginning&nbsp;of&nbsp;our&nbsp;relationship&nbsp;but&nbsp;it&nbsp;was&nbsp;all&nbsp;worth&nbsp;it.&nbsp;&nbsp;He&nbsp;graduated&nbsp;fire&nbsp;1&nbsp;and&nbsp;took&nbsp;a&nbsp;few&nbsp;other&nbsp;classes.&nbsp;&nbsp;5.22.22&nbsp;came&nbsp;around&nbsp;which&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;year&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;day&nbsp;we&nbsp;started&nbsp;talking&nbsp;and&nbsp;he&nbsp;proposed&nbsp;and&nbsp;made&nbsp;me&nbsp;the&nbsp;happiest&nbsp;girl&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;world!</p>

Matthew  And  Shannon's  Story❤️

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She has been my best friend since 7th grade. We've been through it all together; bad breakups, family deaths, the birth of my kids and so much more! She's never failed me.

Summer DeCastro 

He has been  Matt's best friend for years! He is always there for both of us and has plenty of good stories to tell about Matt!

Tyler  Mitchell

I met Aareal through Matt . They worked at Deka together! When we actually started dating we started hanging out with Aareal more and I ended up getting really close with her.

Aareal Wentzel

This is Matt's brother! He's known him for 27 years!

Kyle Gawel

Heather is one of Matt and Tyler's best friends! She welcomed me into the friend group with open arms! She has become so incredibly close to me as well! 

Heather Romano

This is Shannon's brother. He's seen me though some of the roughest times in my life. He's also helped me more than I could ever thank him for.

Timothy Ritter (Angus)

Maggie is Angus's girlfriend hopefully soon to be SIL! She is one of the sweetest people I have ever met and definitely the best thing to ever happen to my brother!

Margaret Steinbacher (Maggie)

We actually met Bean together when we took fire 1. He's become one of our best friends and is so incredibly supportive of us and everything we do. He's always there for us and always shows up when we need him.

Matthew Bean (Bean)

We've been friends since high school. We did our senior project together. She was there when I had both of my beautiful babies and I was there for hers. She's been an absolutely amazing friend to me.

Michelle Staropoli 

Him and Matt met at Deka. They quickly became friends. Dave is super nice and laid back. Him and his wife became good friends to me too!

David Fromuth (Dave)

Breezy is my first born and my favorite girl! She's crazy, smart, funny and has way too much energy. She's the most loving girl anyone could ever ask for.

Breanne Ritter (Breezy)

Carter is my second born and my crazy boy. He has no limits! He is wild and loves to have fun. He's an extremely smart little boy and loves to play and be around everyone!

Carter Rogers

Noah ran with Matt at West End fire company. He's become one of our really good friends. He's fun and will definitely make the big day so much more fun!

Matthew & Shannon

Matthew & Shannon

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