Puerto Rico

Ryan's cousin Ben got married in San Juan so we had to (darn it) go because Ryan was a groomsman. I was a bit nervous leaving the girls for 5 days but they were great with my mom and Ryan's parents and this trip was a once in a lifetime one for sure. It was by far my favorite wedding I've been a part of. We stayed in a boutique hotel- only about 20 rooms but they were all rented out to people there for the wedding so we got to know all of Ben and Amber's friends pretty well. There were about 85 people who made it down for the festivities so it was a really big group of people.

This was the rooftop lounging area on top of our hotel in San Juan. My sister in law Sarah and me at the rehearsal dinner.

The groom, Ben, in the middle. Ryan and Ben are only 3 months apart and have grown up like brothers.

This was a bar at a posh hotel in San Juan. We stopped in to have a drink (and then all the guys got in the pool in their underwear but I won't post those :) We found out later that J-Lo and Marc Anthony were staying there. And our group made fun of me because earlier in the day I had talked to our cabbie about Jennifer Lopez being Puerto Rican. I know my pop culture...

The next night there was a cocktail hour in Old San Juan. We got there early to walk around and do some shopping.

We went to a dance club after dinner and got a little crazy...

The wedding was at the Hacienda Siesta Alegre in Rio Grande. There was a charter bus to take everyone the hour drive to this house (more like compound) up in the hills of a rain forest, basically. It's a house that they rent out for events but it's also a horse sanctuary where old race horses come to be rehabilitated and then resold to people. The views were amazing.

This was the dance floor. I (correctly) predicted that somone would end up in that fountain by the end of the night.

I got to meet Erin, Bryce's girlfriend- (the groom's brother.)

My handsome man.

The beautiful bride, Amber. The happy groom and me. They had an old man rolling cigars during the reception so we all partook. The last night Cole and Sarah stayed at the Hilton which was WAY nicer than our hotel so we hung out at their resort for the last day. This is how we spent some of our afternoon. Our last night we went back to Old San Juan. Our photographer friend, Dallas, sent us some of his fancy pictures.