The Marchant Family

The Marchant Family

Sarah Marchant was originally known as Sarah Tait Mills, the oldest of Curtis’ children. As a child, she remembers her father as a loving, passionate, opinionated man who liked to get everyone up before dawn for skiing trips! He held the bar high for us kids in terms of achievement and expression, and I think it has paid off well (feel free to judge for yourselves). Following a happy childhood and a challenging adolescence in Upstate NY (aren’t they all?), she moved on to New England where she completed her education.
In college and graduate school, Sarah studied geology. In 1997, when she was completing her own research in coastal geology, she traveled to Antarctica with David Marchant, a research fellow at Boston University who was becoming known in the fields of Antarctic science. There they became friends (and there they saw each other at their worst, having no showers for 6 weeks)! Two years later, they were married! Dave continues to research and teach at BU, and travels to Antarctica every other year to study ancient ice, Mars geomorphology, and the art of staying warm! His passions beyond his work include gardening, hiking, canoeing, and of course hanging out with his family! He currently holds the 2009 Mills/Marchant/Little “fishing trophy”. ☺ Sarah teaches middle school science in Reading, MA, which is also where the Marchants have lived for the last 10 years. When not working and hanging with her family, Sarah loves to read, write, to be outdoors, and is currently training for a small triathlon.
Dave and Sarah have been blessed with two children; Taylor is 8 and Olivia is 5. Taylor is a passionate and persistent guy about: football, hockey, Leggos, Pokemon Cards, friends, bugs, snakes, hip hop dancing, robots, math… who knows what will be on the top of the list by June, but ask him! He’s active and emotional and caring and fun. As for Olivia, we are not sure where she has inherited her sense of style and her femininity, but we’re beginning to think that she has inherited her ability (?) to sing from her father. She does love to sing (which we love in turn), as well as to dance, to lip sinc, to snuggle, to read, to draw, to paint, to play in the sandbox. She writes “I love you” on everything she does, and that about sums up her generous spirit.
We are excited to be a part of this special day! The kids are thrilled to be in the wedding (who knows what Olivia will wear, but please know that whatever it is, for better or worse, she has picked it out herself), and us adults are happy to have a vacation with family! Most importantly, we are thrilled to see Dad and Linda so happy; THAT is why we are truly happy to be here!