My Brother's Philly Wedding
by
Jess
- Monday, March 27, 2017
This past weekend I was in Philadelphia with my family to celebrate my younger brother's wedding.
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I got into town Friday afternoon just in time for the rehearsal at the church, and I have to admit the whole weekend was such a whirlwind of fun that I woke up Sunday morning wondering how it was all over already.
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The rehearsal itself was a little bit on the earlier side, so afterward my brother and his now-wife hosted a happy hour back at the hotel bar for guest coming in from out of town. It was great to get a chance to catch up with a lot of my family members who were in town for the weekend that I hadn't seen in a while.
It was also really nice to catch up with a lot of my brother's friends from college that I probably haven't seen since they all graduated back in 2010.
Happy hour was followed by a delicious Italian dinner, and then my brother, some of his groomsmen and I grabbed one more drink at a bar down the street before we all turned in for the night.
I was up bright and early to meet up with my brother's wife and the rest of the bridesmaids to have our hair and makeup done. It was such a fun morning hanging out with Justine and the other bridesmaids before we headed back to the hotel to get dressed and hop in the limo...
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There aren't really words for this limo...it was massive...
The wedding ceremony itself was really nice. I cried a bunch because I am a sap...and because my baby brother was getting married...and because Justine looked so beautiful...and yea...really because I am a sap.
Afterward the bridal party piled back in the limo for pictures around Philly. Tom and Justine's photographer put a single shot from the session on Facebook already. Based on this one alone, I cannot wait to see all the others.
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Then it was back to the hotel for cocktail hour and the reception.
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My bridal party partner and I entered to an Eagles chant (which I thought was most excellent, and I think many of the guests felt the same way).
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And then I spent the rest of the night dancing nonstop. My feet still hurt today from all the dancing.
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It's crazy to think the wedding weekend is over. I feel like I've heard Tom and Justine and my parents talk about it and plan things for it for so long, and now it's done. I don't think things could have gone much better though. Everyone I talked to had such a good time, and I know I'm really excited to finally have a sister (which has pretty much been a life-long dream of mine that my mom squashed every year since I was about four years old ha). If I write any more about that I will probably start crying again out of sappiness, so I'm just going to leave it at this: I'm excited to have a sister. Justine is wonderful, and my brother's a really lucky guy, and their wedding weekend couldn't have been more perfect.
The end.
(P.S. I am off to Iceland in a few hours with my friend Meghan. I will have some excellent travel updates for you when I get back and hope to post some fun Snapchat stories while I'm there!)
![Untitled](https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3952/33539572531_e893edab90.jpg)
I got into town Friday afternoon just in time for the rehearsal at the church, and I have to admit the whole weekend was such a whirlwind of fun that I woke up Sunday morning wondering how it was all over already.
![Untitled](https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3711/33628048226_e6b1cd153d.jpg)
The rehearsal itself was a little bit on the earlier side, so afterward my brother and his now-wife hosted a happy hour back at the hotel bar for guest coming in from out of town. It was great to get a chance to catch up with a lot of my family members who were in town for the weekend that I hadn't seen in a while.
It was also really nice to catch up with a lot of my brother's friends from college that I probably haven't seen since they all graduated back in 2010.
Happy hour was followed by a delicious Italian dinner, and then my brother, some of his groomsmen and I grabbed one more drink at a bar down the street before we all turned in for the night.
I was up bright and early to meet up with my brother's wife and the rest of the bridesmaids to have our hair and makeup done. It was such a fun morning hanging out with Justine and the other bridesmaids before we headed back to the hotel to get dressed and hop in the limo...
![Untitled](https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3771/33284799030_5e39beef09.jpg)
![Untitled](https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3679/33512332782_29ff1c65c5.jpg)
There aren't really words for this limo...it was massive...
The wedding ceremony itself was really nice. I cried a bunch because I am a sap...and because my baby brother was getting married...and because Justine looked so beautiful...and yea...really because I am a sap.
Afterward the bridal party piled back in the limo for pictures around Philly. Tom and Justine's photographer put a single shot from the session on Facebook already. Based on this one alone, I cannot wait to see all the others.
![17505364_1375693012488663_6611550479498776751_o](https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3722/33644509236_588690130b.jpg)
Then it was back to the hotel for cocktail hour and the reception.
![Untitled](https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2881/33669062935_f55cdc9048.jpg)
My bridal party partner and I entered to an Eagles chant (which I thought was most excellent, and I think many of the guests felt the same way).
![Untitled](https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/688/33628048316_2b7056c1ff.jpg)
And then I spent the rest of the night dancing nonstop. My feet still hurt today from all the dancing.
![Untitled](https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2873/33284799630_4b73fded8a.jpg)
It's crazy to think the wedding weekend is over. I feel like I've heard Tom and Justine and my parents talk about it and plan things for it for so long, and now it's done. I don't think things could have gone much better though. Everyone I talked to had such a good time, and I know I'm really excited to finally have a sister (which has pretty much been a life-long dream of mine that my mom squashed every year since I was about four years old ha). If I write any more about that I will probably start crying again out of sappiness, so I'm just going to leave it at this: I'm excited to have a sister. Justine is wonderful, and my brother's a really lucky guy, and their wedding weekend couldn't have been more perfect.
The end.
(P.S. I am off to Iceland in a few hours with my friend Meghan. I will have some excellent travel updates for you when I get back and hope to post some fun Snapchat stories while I'm there!)