wedding time.

And we're back! We left last Wednesday for NY and only just got back last night from a fantastic wedding weekend. Ben's best friend, Pete, got married and the wedding was up near New Paltz. The wedding was gorgeous. We didn't want it to end and are only now coming down from the high. It was such a great weekend that I didn't do a very good job of photo documenting everything but I'll give you what I can. Here we go...

We spent Wednesday night in Westchester at Ben's house....it was a very short visit with his Mom. On Thursday, we took the scenic drive up to New Paltz. Ben's dad let us drive his Porsche up north and we lucked out with a beautiful sunny day. We drove through West Point and meandered along the beautiful back roads.

We made a quick stop in High Falls to stop in this great little store we spotted, High Falls Mercantile. We got two great ceramic bowls on sale.

We headed to dinner in New Paltz at A Tavola with Peter and Claire's families. It was intimate and small and lovely. I loved the idea behind this drink with jam in it.

Friday was all about wedding errands. We swung through Kingston to get Pete's ring re-sized. Stopped for lunch at a small deli. On our way to the wedding site, we stopped into a fantastic, hole in the wall, roadside craft beer store.

The wedding was on the Shadow Lawn property in High Falls. The ceremony was planned for outside, cocktails in the red barn, and then the reception under a big tent out on the lawn. Have I mentioned I love barn doors? 

 

Friday night was a big rehearsal dinner/BBQ at the house we were staying in. It was great! Outside in the backyard. Amazing toasts by some of the groomsmen. Just lots of love and celebrating. Also, the florist was amazing and I was loving all of the arrangements in old cans!

And finally, the wedding day was gorgeous. The threat of rain loomed large the whole weekend but miraculously it stopped raining around 3:00 and held off for the rest of the evening. The ceremony ended up in the barn and was simply put, incredible. Intimate and small. At one point, we all sang a folk song from O'Brother Where Art Thou and it filled the whole barn. It was beautiful. The reception flew by. Ben also nailed his toast to Pete and Claire....even the DJ announced it was one of the best toasts he has ever heard!

Pictures do no justice to the weekend. We are still reveling in what a beautiful, wonderful wedding it was. And to top off the night, there was a bonfire late into the evening with smores and drinks.

As you can imagine, we had a hard time coming back yesterday...