Friday night a group of us got together to hang out in Jax for some dinner - it was really great to have a chance to catch-up with everybody before the craziness of the wedding.
(Brad & Ally came in from New Jersey)
(Me and Pauly)
(Bridgette and Bentley who came in from Brooklyn)
(Olinka, Nick and Brad)
(Weber and Olinka)
Now on to the good stuff...the wedding. Joey and Julie got married at the Ritz Carlton on Amelia Island and I must say, it was absolutely beautiful. For the convenience of the guests they had a bunch of rooms blocked so that friends didn't have to drive the 45 minutes home after the reception so we all decided to pair up and do two couples per room - we made it not only convenient but reasonably priced as well.
They got married outside on the lawn with the ocean as the backdrop:
(the groomsmen: Joey's twin brother, Jason, Joey's oldest brother, Jerry, and Joey's youngest brother, Jordan)
After the ceremony - which by the way was the shortest ceremony I've ever witnessed. It was no more than 5 minutes from the time that Julie's dad gave her hand to Joey to the time that they were announced, you gotta love that - there was a cocktail hour on the same lawn. Paul insisted we get a photo of some of the crowd:
After the cocktail hour we headed inside for some dinner and dancing and I got some great pictures of everybody enjoying the reception (in no particular order):
We had such a great time with everybody, and what a great reason for us all to get together: Congratulations Joey and Julie!!!
