Last month I had the pleasure of traveling to New York City for the wedding of my wonderful cousin Ron. The trip started off wonderfully as I had booked the same flight out as my aunt and uncle, but didn’t know it until I got to the airport. It was great to get to catch up with them and spend some quality time together during our delay.

I couldn’t wait to meet the bride to be ,Renata, I knew it had to take an amazing lady to snag him up!  I guess you could say I kindof met her prior to the big day via iPhone facetime (isn’t technology great ), but no offense to Apple…. it doesn’t her justice.

The moment I walked into the apartment to meet her I could see why Ron fell in love. Her smile lit up the room and she was the most graceful bride I’ve seen (helps that she’s a ballerina). A special thanks to her family as well for being so welcoming, although I couldn’t understand a word they were saying as Renata is originally from Brazil and her whole family speaks Porteguese. Needless to say I should have taken a crash course haha….

After hanging there while she got ready I popped over to visit my family and Ron as he put on his wedding day best and got a lesson on tying ties from his dad aka Uncle Larry to me. Love that the whole family was there – even his sister Rachel who was 7 months pregnant at the time (she’s a trooper). And then it was off to Etcetera, etcetera for the ceremony, dinner and dancing.

I love it when couples write their own vows – always more emotional. I can’t lie – I teared up a bit…. luckily I had my camera to hide behind haha.

The whole day was a blast and I couldn’t be happier for my cousin and his new bride!

Here are some of my favorites from the day. Congrats again to Ron and Renata!

Ceremony time 🙂

Love this shot of my cousin Rachel – this was the part in Ron’s vows when he said “and then my sister signed me up for match.com….” …. yep that’s right people – a doctor and a ballerina… it can happen 🙂

and onto a delicious dinner….

and of course some dancing 🙂

And me with the lovely couple….

And I couldn’t help but get some shots around NYC while I was there (more to come on a post later). Here is my fav  from Times Square… just a couple blocks from the reception.