I am back in Ocala after a love-filled weekend in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Terry and Janelle are officially married!
Terry and Janelle’s wedding day started bright and early on Saturday morning. Since Ryan was in the wedding, he had plans to walk to a local barber shop for a straight razor shave with some of the groomsmen before breakfast.
Morning Run
While the guys were out and about, I threw on my shorts and sneakers and walked downstairs to talk with a woman at the front desk about good places to run in the area. She gave me a mini map with a 3.75 mile running loop detailed on it. I loosely followed the map during my run, but veered off course a little bit because I wanted to run through the Rutgers University campus!
The weather was quite warm but still significantly cooler than Florida and it felt great to complete five miles without the humidity killing me.
After my run, I quickly showered and grabbed a wet-haired bagel breakfast before it was time to help out with some last-minute wedding preparations.
Ceremony
Before I knew it, I needed to start getting ready for the ceremony. Once I was dressed, I walked into the hotel lobby to meet up with other wedding guests to hop on a 12:30 p.m. shuttle to the church. While we were waiting to board, I saw Ryan, Terry and the other groomsmen taking some pictures!
They all looked so handsome!
The bus drove hotel guests to the church and dropped us off about 30 minutes before the ceremony began. We had time to mingle with the bride and groom’s families and friends and chat with the groom and groomsmen.
It was nice to have a few minutes with Ryan before the ceremony!
What a handsome best man!
(For those who asked via Instagram, I bought my dress on RueLaLa, but the brand is ABS.)
A little after 2 p.m., I took my seat and the music started playing as the mothers and grandmothers were escorted to their seats.
The bridesmaids walked down the aisle to Canon in D.
Tressa, the bride’s sister-in-law, is also a blogger and I had so much fun getting to know her this weekend. She is so bubbly and fun and looked absolutely gorgeous as she walked down the aisle.
Once the music changed, the excitement in the air increased as all of the guests looked for the first sign of the bride! Janelle’s father walked her down the aisle and you could tell he was full of emotion as he gave away his only daughter.
The church where Terry and Janelle got married is the very same church where Janelle’s parents got married more than 30 years ago. It also apparently has one of the longest aisles in North America!
Pastor Juan led the ceremony and Ryan looked relieved once it was finally time for him to hand over the rings he had been guarding since Friday.
And then Terry and Janelle sealed the ceremony with a kiss and walked back down the aisle together as husband and wife!
Reception fun to come…
*Congratulations to Terry and Janelle!*
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Beautiful dresses, both you and the bride!!!
Beautiful wedding, beautiful dresses for everyone AND a beautiful morning run!
I love your dress! The color is so pretty 🙂
Ooh I love your dress! I went to a wedding this weekend too, and I have one next week so I guess it’s a busy season for weddings!
I love weddings! One of my best friends went to Rutgers. Wahh I’m missing the east coast now!
It looks gorgeous there! And ohhh my, I just LOVE your dress! Adorable on you!
Such a beautiful wedding! Your dress is gorgeous!
What a beautiful wedding! So glad you guys could be there to support your friends.
Lovely dress Julie!
Looks like a beautiful wedding! Love your dress choice too, so fun! Those bouquets the bridesmaids carried are gorgeous! So rustic and different! 🙂
So awesome meeting and talking to you Julie! You really are the sweetest person ever. I had such a blast this weekend! I hope you and Ryan got some rest before starting your week. Oh, and thank you for the shout out!
It was SO great meeting you! Thank you for being so welcoming to me!! 🙂 Hopefully we’ll meet again in the future. We’re trying to talk Terry and Janelle into a one-year wedding vow renewal so we can all hang out again!
Congrats to your friends! Looks like a lovely run 🙂 Whenever I’m visiting a place with a cool campus nearby, I love to run on the campus. Most recently, I ran at Vanderbilt, which was gorgeous!
You’ve been to a crazy amount of weddings this year!! But I’m loving it since I’m getting married in May– it’s been inspiring during my own planning! Loved that dress by the way!
Congratulations to your friend! She looks beautiful on her special day.
And your dress is too adorable, I love the style of it! Reminds me of the dresses in Mad Men. I just adore them.
Congratulations to them both! I want the shortest aisle if I ever get married because it’s less of a chance for me to trip over my own two feet. Lol!
Awesome! I live in South Brunswick! There are some good places to run here as well, such as the Delaware and Raritan Canal, beautiful this time of year. I have been running while the weather has been cool as well.
Where did you get your dress from??
LOVE that dress! 🙂
You look gorgeous as usual! How did you and Ryan celebrate despite it being someone else’s big day?
Such a fun dress for a wedding!
You two are so adorable! I love your dress 🙂
I love running through different college campuses when I travel! It’s the best way to see new places…until I keep stopping during my run to take pictures ha 🙂
What a beautiful run and gorgeous wedding! I love running in now places and while I have never been to the east coast, I would imagine running there in the fall would be the best way to start the day.
What a beautiful couple!
Love your dress — so fun!
Weddings are the best :)!
Your dress is SO cute. I love it! Congrats to Terry & Janelle!!
Aw you both look great- and your dress is gorgeous. I live right near New Brunswick and my hubby went to Rutgers so it’s fun to see you post about our area!
you always look so gorgeous!!! I envy how nice your hair curls! 🙂
I love weddings!! And your dress is just adorable!! Didn’t it feel good to get out and run before all the wedding stuff started – love doing stuff like that!!
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What a beautiful bride! And a great place for a run 😉
I went to Rutgers, on the Douglass campus, where you were. That bridge is called “The Kissing Bridge.” It is (and/or was) the smallest suspension bridge on the east coast.
Also legend has it, if you kiss your sweetheart on the bridge you’ll definitely get married. Worked for me 🙂