04/10/2026
It’s been almost a year now…
2025 didn’t take simply just one thing from us. It took a Pop Pop Bill that we were never ready to see go so suddenly and far too soon.
A month later it took my own Dad, another Pop Pop. Not in the same way, but what once was will not ever come back, and it’s heartbreaking. He’s still here, but life just isn’t the same.
Vignon Manor was built on projects created by a father + daughter team . More thoughts, ideas, drawings on lunch napkins than you’ll ever know.
As an owner my Dad always pushed me harder, he wasn’t always easy on me, but I know now that was because he wanted me to be ready for when I had to walk this path on my own.
No one will understand how much time, energy, and money he put into this property. For me . For my husband. For our kids. We are so grateful.
Last week was the first grass cutting of the season. For a minute, if you’d stand still and quiet, it was almost as if he was there…
The farm that was built for a little girl and her ponies, the place that most people don’t even realize existed, was built by a Dad who just simply loved his daughter. We could have never imagined it would turn into what it is today.
We never really had a “plan”. Even now, we don’t really. We host beautiful events and memorable wedding days. But I don’t know that there was ever a day we would say “this is the plan”. Everything is and was off the cuff. We share the same visual eye, neither one of us needed to see a set of plans for a project. We talked about them, visualize them, scribble them down. In the end, every project was more beautiful than we’d even thought it could be.
Unfortunately, 2025 took those types of days from us. The projects together. The riding around just looking at things. It’s different now.
But one thing remains the same. The drive and the passion to strive for greatness, serve others on the most memorable days of their lives, and now…our desire to just say “He would love this”.
2025 broke us in a way. But a year later we’re picking up the pieces and we don’t take anything for granted.
2026 is about getting back everything 2025 took ❤️
Xo,
Ash
