Warren and Alyssa's Wedding Weekend

Our good friends tied the knot in Skytop, PA over the weekend at the Skytop Lodge.  They had gotten engaged over a year and a half ago, so this day was a long time coming.  :o)  Since we had been in Cape Cod, we were able to leave Charlie with his grandparents for the weekend.  (thank you, thank you)

With Alyssa's help, I found a great house to rent within walking distance of where they got married.  (side note: It's on VRBO.com, listing #323288 - I will definitely think about using this site for future vacations) We stayed there for two nights along with 3 other couples (Dave and Dia, Jeff and Candi, and Evan and Elysa).  It worked out great because it was way cheaper than the hotel and had a kitchen, screened in porch, pool, and an awesome collection of VHS tapes.  Ha!  It's amazing how just a couple hours from NYC feels so remote.  The Poconos is a gorgeous area. 

We got there on Friday just in time for a huge downpour. We sat in the screened in porch overlooking the pool and played Jenga (borrowed from their game closet)

The rehearsal dinner was held at a little "cabin by the lake" and was full of some great speeches and lots of laughs.

Anne and Dia

 Dave and Connor (brother of groom)

 Pat, Rob, Denis

 Pat and me

 Pat, Rob, Warren, Denis, Dave, Ryan (brother of groom)

 Anne, Leanne (sister of groom), Suz, Dia

 After the rehearsal dinner was over, everyone headed over to the Lodge's Tap Room.  Alyssa and Me:

We spent all of Saturday lounging by the pool.  It was a perfect and beautiful day!  We walked over to the ceremony that evening.  Candi and Jeff:

 Pat was a groomsman.  Oh, Dia did my hair! :)

 Jason, Courtney, Ashley, Mike, Jeff

 Anne and Dia

Here she is!  I LOVED her dress.

Our friend Rob made a great speech during the ceremony. 

 Yay!

 After the ceremony, we all walked over to have an outdoor cocktail hour.

 Jeff, Chris, Denis, Pat, Ryan, Jason, Dave, Jay, Evan, Rob

 Julie, Lisa (adorably pregnant), Suz, Dia, Courtney, Elysa

 I always love to get a cake shot:

 The tables were all named after movies (Warren is obsessed with movies)

 Alyssa dancing with her brother Ryan.

 The dancing was a blast!!  Rob, Pat, Denis, Dave

Courtney and Jason just got married at the end of April down in Florida.  (we had to miss it since CQ was so young)  Great to see them!

And after midnight Chris brought Julie a couple glasses of champagne since it was their 1 year anniversary.  Very sweet. (they got married down in Florida Keys last year)

Pat and Chris

 Ryan and his new fiance Kyle

The married couple hung around to the very end of the after party.

Love them.  We hugged them goodbye on Sunday since they are off to Spain for their honeymoon (and they'll miss our farewell BBQ this weekend)  What a perfect wedding - love both of their families and we're just so happy for them!

We drove from PA to MA to get CQ on Sunday.  :) We sure were anxious to see him!  We returned to NJ on Monday for tons of packing.