Wedding Guest Information

Lodging: We have reserved a block of rooms at the Red Lodge Comfort Inn. Their phone number is 406-446-4469. When you make your reservation let them know that you are in the Platt\Scheitle wedding group. Note that the hotel will stop holding the rooms 30 days before the wedding, so be sure to make a reservation early!

If the Comfort Inn isn't your style, there are other options.

Travel: If flying to Red Lodge, you have two options. The first is to fly into Cody, WY (airport code: COD) and drive up about an hour to Red Lodge. The second is to fly into Billings, MT (airport code: BIL) and drive down about an hour to Red Lodge.

We are registered at Target, available here. We also registered locally in Cody, Wyoming at a cute shop named Love's Gifts. Their number is (307) 587-2214.

More Wedding Dresses!

As I mentioned, I tried on a lot of dresses! Here are some more pictures of the various dresses I tried on. Again, none of these are actually the dress I finally decided on!

Wedding Dress Shopping!

As my friends can attest, I shopped for a long time for a wedding dress. It was a lot of fun! Here are some pictures from trying on various dresses. I think I went to every dress shop in a tri-state area! I had fun time looking for my dress. While all of these dresses were very pretty, none of them are the dress I chose. I ended up purchasing my dress from an Alfred Angelo shop in Harrisburg. I should thank Adrienne, Susanna, Kosha, and Krystal for coming with me and being so patient!

More Wedding Planning

I recently took a trip to Wyoming to visit family over the holidays. While I was there, I also took a day trip to Red Lodge for more wedding planning. First, I met with our officiant, Rev. Munson. We are very happy he is going to be doing our ceremony. Then I went to a local hair salon and made an appointment for the morning of the wedding. My bridemaids and I will be having our hair done. That should be fun! I also ordered the flowers for wedding. I will have red roses and everyone else will have white roses. I am excited to see the flowers that day! I also met with the locations for the rehearsal dinner and the reception. Everything is all set at both locations.

Here in Pennsylvania I recently picked up my wedding dress as well! It still fits great and is just what I wanted. I have my alteration appointment in a few weeks. We also selected our wedding invitations at a stationary store in State College. There were a lot of choices! After some looking, we found a design we like.

The only other wedding detail we have completed recently was purchasing some of the smaller decorations while we were in Texas visiting Chris' family. It was fun to look the options. These details will make it the wedding ceremony and reception very pretty!

Wedding Planning

In May 2009 we went out to Wyoming to do wedding planning. We decided to have the wedding in Red Lodge Montana because the town had a lot of wedding services and the mountain setting is very beautiful. Also, it is only about an hour from my hometown of Cody.
During our visit we were very busy but managed to arrange many of the in town details of our wedding. We found:
A ceremony location- Red Lodge Mountain Golf Resort
A reception location- Bridge Creek Wine Bar and Restaurant
An officiant - Rev. Munson
A place for everyone to stay- Comfort Inn
And a cake maker out of Billings

We also have the site for the rehearsal dinner, Red Lodge Pizza Company.

While we were quite busy doing all of this planning, we were pleased at how much we were able to accomplish in a short period of time.

These are some pictures from that visit. The outdoor scene was taken near Red Lodge.

The Proposal, April 2009

We became engaged in April 2009. Although it wasn't a total surprise because we had discussed marriage, the day of the proposal was still a surprise. Chris planned a picnic in Bellefonte at a nice park very near the restaurant where we had our first date. After the picnic, Chris said "I've got something I want to talk to you about." I immediately knew what he was going to say! He then gave me the ring. It was very moving and meaningful! The next few days were a rush of telling people and starting the wedding planning.

The Grad School Years

We dated throughout the remainder of our graduate school years. Chris graduated with his Ph.D. in sociology in May 2008. I received my Ph.D. in counseling psychology in August 2008. Having a partner in graduate school made the experience much more enjoyable. The support through some tough experiences made a world of difference! We are now Dr. Scheitle and Dr. Platt!

Upon graduation we moved in together in Huntingdon, PA in August 2008. I accepted a visiting assistant professor position at Juniata College and Chris is completing a post-doc at Penn State. One fun part about moving in together was introducing our cats, Callie and Jupiter. They are now mostly friends, minus some sibling rivalry.