This just sounds like heaven right? It's actually a post about attending my friends' wedding in Hershey, PA. Which was really fun and full of chocolatey delights.
I ended up flying up to VA on Wednesday morning. The Nationals (my favorite baseball team) made it into the playoffs. My dad, being a season ticket holder, had tickets to every playoff game. So I happened to be able to make it to both games on Wednesday and Thursday...what a lucky coincidence.
On Friday afternoon, Susan, Sarah and I loaded into my rental car and drove up to Hershey. Northern Virginia traffic standard wise, we made it in pretty good time. We were able to get there right as the "Smores and Beer" portion of the night was starting. I got to catch up with friends that I haven't seen in awhile, and got to eat s'mores. Could it get any better?
All of the VT people ended up renting a cottage for the weekend. It was an awesome space with 4 bedrooms, and on site of the wedding/reception. Paul (the groom) crashed with us on Friday night, with strict instructions from his bride to make sure he was in bed by 2 and no Jaegar shots. We were able to comply with all her rules :)
On Saturday, we got up and headed out to breakfast. We tried to go to The Hershey Pantry, but that was an hour long wait - so we ended up finding a little roadside place that was actually pretty good. After breakfast, we headed back to the cottage to watch the VT game. And by watch, I mean squint at people's phone screens cause it wasn't on TV in that area. But was on TV was Paul and Lauri's Wedding...they fancy.
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| Paul with the TV |
The girls started getting ready with about 2 hours to go before the ceremony started. In typical guy fashion, they started getting ready about 30 minutes before.
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| All the VT Girls |
The ceremony was held at the Hershey Gardens, which were absolutely goregous. Everything about the ceremony was amazing, the weather was good (a little chilly) but good nonetheless. The guys looked handsome and Lauri was a stunning bride.
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| Paul, waiting for Lauri. |
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Here comes the (beautiful) bride!
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| Sarah was very excited to add a new Coozie to her collection. |
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| We've known each other/Paul for 7.5 years. So weird we're going to each other's weddings now. |
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| Cocktail hour candids. Minus Sarah, who caught me, and threw up the peace sign. |
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| Awesome cocktail hour space. |
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| Paul's Hokie friends :) |
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| Me and Susan |
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| Allison and Me, college roommates. |
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| Some of my favorite ladies. |
After the cocktail hour, we moved into the reception room. Which, magically, smelled like chocolate.
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| Their stationary was amazing. |
After the introductions, Paul's family (who are Jewish) did the traditional Hava Nagila with Paul and Lauri. Paul kept trying to hold Lauri's hand while they were in the air, she was having nothing to do with that. She was clinging to the chair for dear life the entire time.
After that and dinner, it was dancing time. They had a live band which was pretty awesome. Needless to say, we all got our groove on.
Everyone had a Hershey's bar waiting for them at their seat, and there was a candy bar where you could pack your bag full of Hershey candy. Susan hit the chocolate wall.
The late night party moved to the bar downstairs...we took our leave when someone was trying to retrieve their shoes from the fireplace (you read that right), and ended up falling off the chair she was standing on. We took that as our exit cue.
The next morning, Paul and Lauri arranged for all of us to be able to have brunch at the hotel. It was a nice way to end the weekend and send those 2 off before their European honeymoon.
I'm so thankful to have the friendships that have lasted through the years. And now that we're becoming "real" adults, its nice to have those people around to celebrate with.
Congratulations Paul & Lauri!
1. Your hair looks great.
ReplyDelete2. The picture of Susan "hitting the chocolate wall" = awesome.
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