If I could pick one word to describe Cara and Ray it would be FUN. They’re huge Penn State fans so we did their engagement shoot at PSU and had a great time with them while they tossed a football around — they both have great senses of humor and are super laid back. Their wedding took place in late November at Bear Creek Resort. It was a great sunny day and we arranged for a really sweet first look and some great outdoor portraits. An employee of the resort drove us in a van to a really cool old barn that we THOUGHT was part of the property…however, after 30 minutes of picture-taking we received news via walkie-talkie that photos were NOT supposed to be taken in the barn because it’s not part of the resort property. But we got some great “oops” shots anyway, being the sneaky JPG ninjas that we are.

The ceremony was short and sweet; the reception was crazy and fun-filled. There was an awesome photobooth set up so guests were strutting around in funky costumes all evening and hamming it up for the photo booth. There was tons of crazy dancing, air guitar playing and imaginary jump-roping — it takes some talented people to pull off that dance move. The evening culminated with an epic cake smash…well, better than cake, actually — a PIE smash, which was so cool. There was an entire pie table with everything from cherry to pecan.

All in all it was a fabulous night, made even more fabulous by the fact that my wife Rebecca and I were celebrating our anniversary that night as well! The dancing was contagious, and the two of us put on our dancing shoes for a bit with the crowd. It was great to be able to work/celebrate with so many awesome people who made our job so easy and our night one to remember.

Best,

Joe G

Ceremony: Bear Creek Mountain Resort and Conference Center
Ceremony by Father Michael Drury St. Luke Parish Long Valley, NJ (ceremony was done prior to ceremony at Bear Creek in August 2011 in the church was a traditional Catholic Ceremony/Mass)
Reception: Bear Creek Mountain Resort and Conference Center
Hair for Bridal Party: The Spa at Bear Creek
Florist (centerpieces): Meadowbrook Farms
Florist (bouquets): Paisley Peacock
DJ & Photobooth: Posh Entertainment D.J. Mikey B
Wedding Attire: Jon’s Bridal by Suzanne, Men’s Warehouse
Other (Pies for dessert): Pie Land Feasterville-Trevose, PA (no webpage available)
Calligraphy (invitations, place cards, table cards, donation frames): Calligraphesque by Meghan Callow
Invitations: Wedding Paper Divas

Cara & Ray’s favorite memories from their day:

“All we can say is we keep on hearing from friends and family what an amazing PARTY it was, it got fairly roudy at times which we loved. We actually got “officially” married in August of 2011 and then had the reception/ceremony to renew our vows on November 26th 2011. Leading up to Novemeber all our friends & family kept giving us a hard time about having “2 weddings”…now people keep asking us to have a 3rd. Haha. Guess it was a good time . Joe & Rebecca were actually celebrating their anniversary as well, which was a really neat thing for us and we felt honored that they were willing to spend their “special day” partying with us. They fit right into the group and were a great time/addition to the day.”