Hudson Valley Wedding + Patriot Hills Golf Club + Lauren & Liam

Lauren and Liam  – the story of how they met still makes me laugh.  Liam was visiting the United States from Ireland and met Lauren at Daytona Bike Week.  I mean, who goes to Daytona Bike week and comes home with a wife?  And Lauren, who is definitely not a biker chic kinda girl, was at Bike Week with her grandfather (there’s another whole story there…).  Fast forward to a few years later, and Liam’s entire family flew over from Ireland to meet up with Lauren’s family and celebrate a wedding at Patriot Hills Golf Club in Stony Point New York.  The wedding day was a crystal clear, white puffy cloud kinda day  – the kind that everyone hopes for.  A simple ceremony, some very large family photos with an Irish family who hadn’t had a family photo taken in years, and then a party that I’m sure they are all still talking about.  Dancing all night to The Infernos…and ending with a  wild, sweep you off your feet last song that kept everyone yelling and cheering long after the last song had ended.  My only regret here was that I didn’t snag one of the guest table favors – a bottle of olive oil for each guest that was the size of wine bottle – that’s one gift that I can’t imagine not being able to use!  Sadly, I couldn’t figure out how I would get that packed in my camera bag and across the country without breaking and I was hopping on a plane in a few hours.

Dress by Alfred Angelo; Flowers by Michael’s Florist; Olive Oil as table favors (the best idea!); Ceremony and Reception at The Clubhouse at Patriot Hills; Music by  The Infernos