Before we went in...
One last moment before going in to a room full of our loved ones!

Coming in...


The first dance...
Well, either Here, There and Everywhere by the Beatles, or Never Can Tell, by Chuck Berry. Then the veil came off!

Motherly advice?


Walking In.


Laughing and dancing...
To "Never Can Tell." Awesome.

Tess Sitting.
This must be the two minutes Maid of Honor Tess sat the entire day!

For Matt Parker.

Bride and Groom and Parents!
The couple LOVES this picture. Joe and Julie and Melissa and Joe and Pat and Joe.

The women (with Joe).
Us with Meg (who played violin during the procession) and Tess (Maid of Honor).

The men.
Joe and his best men, Josh and Dave.

Melissa and Joe's sisters.
(Only child) Melissa, with new sisters-in-law, Caitlin and Liz.

The wedding party.
All of us, on the stairs where Joe asked Melissa out 7 years ago.

Bride's family.
Melissa and Joe, with her parents.

Wedding Party
Meg, Tess, Melissa, Joe, Dave, Josh

The couple with Grandma.


Mike and Meg!
Close friends, who totally rocked out at the reception!

Mushy.
But the flowers are beautiful!

Melissa's Mom.


Hiding...


Hugs all around.
Melissa and Meg, the Moms, everyone hugging!!!

What?
No idea what is going on, but a nice closeup with flowers.

The fields of New Paltz.
We stopped on the side of the highway for this!

Groom's view
Melissa's mom, dad, Tess (Maid of Honor) and Meg (violinist and friend).

Bride's view
Best men Dave, Josh, Joe's mom, dad, sister Caitlin, grandmother, and sister Liz, kneeling.

Caitlin's reading.
Caitlin, Joe's sister, reading the Irish Blessing near the end of our ceremony.

Pronounced...
And Jason pronounced us...

During Caitlin's reading.

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The ladies in the limo...
Mom, Melissa and Tess on the way to the ceremony.

Peeking
Melissa peeking at Joe and the ceremony site... waiting to get out!

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Graceful Bride.


Pat and Joe


Those groomsmen...

Rock N Roll!
Dancing to Rock & Roll Part 2

Dad's toast!
Melissa's dad giving a toast!

Speeches...
Watching while Josh gives us his lovely speech.