I normally don’t comment on a wedding the morning after….It usually takes a few days for everything that happened to sink in and actually make it from my brain to the page. But I feel that I owe it to my MOST EXCITED GROOM EVER to comment immediately about his wedding to his beautiful Kristy.
As I write this, I’ve had 6 hours of sleep since Ron and Kristy’s reception ended and am off to the home opener of the New York Jets. I may add more later but I KNOW that he’ll be checking this morning so I thought that I’d give a few quick highlights of the day.
First of all, Kristy was absolute perfection in her gown. Calm, happy, excited, prepared, and ready to go and marry her guy. Ron, on the other hand, was anything but calm. There was a huge mix-up at his tuxedo shop and they forgot to give the groom a jacket! So while he was supposed to be riding to the church in his limo, he was off to the shop to try to get a tuxedo to get married in! Something that they’ll laugh about later, I’m sure, but just enough of a mishap to rattle any nervous groom.
He calmed down as soon as he saw his bride coming down the aisle , though, and the rest of the day was a sheer joy to watch unfold. A beautiful Catholic Mass was followed by a trip to Mt. Alvernia for some fun bridal party photos where both the bride and groom were reluctantly lifted in the air by their friends (and nobody got dropped!)
We were then off to Arbor Ridge for a party that will be talked about for a long time.
Each couple in the bridal party was introduced to a different song and boy did they work it! Then came Ron and Kristy who took a jubilant walk around the dance floor before settling in for their touching first dance. There were many highlights of the evening………
- The absolutely touching parent dances, 4 in all, and Kristy’s surprise dance with her mom to “Wind Beneath My Wings”.
- My first ever “GROOM-CAM”, where Ron says to me…I’m ready to take that camera and shoot! OK!
Can’t wait to see that footage!
- BIG HEAD JOHN TRAVOLTA! Absolutely hilarious! Every Italian lady in the place hit the dance floor to take a spin with Travolta. It really got the party started.
-BLOOPERS! Ron had so many great bloopers that I might need to do a separate DVD because they may not all fit into the finished production. As I mentioned before, he was just so excited, and when he gets excited, Kristy tells him that he talks….a lot! Kristy had a few funny moments of her own and I absolutely love all of the shots that I got with hands on her hips…a signature move!
All in all, I think that the day turned out to be exactly what they wanted; FUN FUN FUN, sprinkled with pure joy, a loving family, and friends WHO CAN DANCE!
All my love to my Most Excited Couple Ever – Mr. and Mrs. Ron Ferrante. GO JETS!
-Jen
