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.