Sarah and Scott
On a hot day in July 2019 at the Migis playground, with the sounds of their playing children intermittently breaking in, Scott and Sarah talked about their October 2013 Migis wedding.
Sarah: “It was kind of an accident, how we found Migis. I grew up in North Yarmouth, and Scott and I were looking for a venue. We knew we wanted to be in Maine and it turned out my mother’s pilates instructor was married here. Yes, my mom is very fit! She told my mom about it and we came and visited and fell in love with it. We knew a hotel ballroom wouldn’t really be our style and this felt like a cool opportunity for all our friends and family to be in one spot.
Scott: “I don’t think we even looked it up. I know probably a lot of people say this, but we came and looked and it was definitely love at first sight when we saw Migis. It had everything we wanted. The idea of being able to walk the property, and see family and friends in every nook and cranny was so special, and that’s how it played out. That’s my favorite memory. Knowing there’s all these people you love, and who love you, and here they are; that is so special.”
Sarah: “Now, when we come back, we can remember it all, especially when we walk across the front lawn to where our ceremony was. It turned out to be a cold day, but it was nice and sunny.”
Scott: “Did you realize I give you a kiss the first time we cross that lawn every time we’re here?”. (Laughs and ahhhhhs all around.)
Sarah: “We worked primarily with Robyn, and by email a great deal, and came here to have a meeting with Chef John to talk through the food details. Oh! You have our menu! Yes! The salad with no mushrooms, and the vegetables with no blue cheese. (All laughing.) I don’t like cheese and I wanted our menu to reflect our tastes! I had the scallops; they were so good. People talked so much about how good the food was which I feel like you don’t hear that often about weddings. In fact, we still run into people and they start talking about the food.”
They bought flowers from Snell Farm, and a high school friend was their photographer. Brett Williams was their DJ and “he was amazing. Fantastic. Now he runs the Sanford Performing Arts Center.” And a friend of the family made their cake and that woman’s husband performed the ceremony and Sarah’s dad whittled hundred of sticks for s’mores kits (“some are still in the garage”) and they did the flower arrangements themselves…”so the family and friend collaborations were wonderful”.
Scott: And the day of, I went for a run with all my friends and that was really good.
Sarah: And I did that too, with my dad and my uncles.
Now it’s so special to come here, to be here with our children (2 and 4). We keep the wedding book out so they look, they know we were married here, and now they are getting to love it too, as you can tell! It’s so special. We come the 4th of July week with them, and Labor Day by ourselves. And also, before we go chase the kids, a shout out to our golden doodle Henry, who was a very important part of our wedding!