Catonsville caterers help military couple overcome blizzard for wedding
It was
Hahn had planned on attending the wedding in
"It's someone's special day," she said. "We were always going to do whatever we could to make her day happen."
The Thursday before the storm, the Hahns put 500 pounds of rock salt around the historic
On Sunday morning, Hahn brought in a plowing company early to clear as much of the parking lot as possible.
Hahn, whose grandmother founded the business, came in at
In one case, he drove through more than two feet of snow on an unplowed road, knocking the muffler off his truck.
Still, he got to the woman, and her neighbors cheered her on. She was the first among them to leave the street since the start of the storm two days earlier.
While the reception was being prepared in
Military timing
Foxton graduated from the
Despite being at the academy together, they never met.
"It's not a very big school," Foxton said. "We get laughing that we had never met."
Scarborough was classmates with Foxton's brother, and they met at his wedding in 2013.
Timing for the couple's wedding was key because of their service. Foxton is scheduled to be deployed in May, and Scarborough flew back to
"There was really no other time to do it," she said.
Guests came for the wedding from as far away as
Academy wedding
When the storm hit on
"Vendor by vendor, I started calling," Foxton said.
She told the photographer, videographer, DJ and everyone else involved that she understood if they couldn't make it Sunday. But almost everyone made it work, she said.
"Everybody was making sure the wedding was going to happen," she said. "The photographer ended up having neighbors help shovel her out of her driveway. The videographer walked to have a friend pick him up."
The transportation company scheduled to take guests from
Initially on Sunday the academy was closed to civilians, Foxton said, but they were able to contact the wedding coordinator and work around that.
"Midshipmen were shoveling us out," she said. "Just as we could figure out one crisis, another would come up."
That they were able to move the ceremony to Sunday at all was unique, Foxton said -- typically the academy hosts weddings on Saturdays only.
"For us to roll in a day later and get married was really a blessing by the academy chapel coordinator," Foxton said.
The reception
There are plenty of places to have a wedding reception in
"It was just a very welcoming and elegant space I really loved," she said.
There was a large wooden bar, space for a bridal room and a scotch and cigar bar at the venue.
"It was just a very nice experience, to be honest," she said.
The tables were decorated with the wedding's colors,
Out of 140 guests, half made it to the reception, but apart from that the event was a success.
"Everything seemed like there was no snowstorm," Hahn said.
Foxton purchased wedding insurance, so the cost of the missing guests will be covered.
The flight for their honeymoon in
In the future they hope to be "co-located," meaning they'd be together on their next tour of duty.
"It's very difficult to get located together," Foxton said. "He and I have always talked about it. Our next jobs are our dream jobs. I don't want to look back and say I wish I had done that one last tour."
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