Here's Mer (looking haunted) as our train prepares to leave Penn Station. ˆ meredith ˆ train ˆ

Turns out she just needed a nap. ˆ meredith ˆ asleep ˆ train ˆ

After arriving in town, we headed up to Our Lady of the Lakes church on Lake Hopatcong to do a practice run of the ceremony. ˆ church ˆ

Meredith contemplates the future of her food-baby outside of the church. Hahaha. ˆ meredith ˆ preggo ˆ

After the church-rehearsal we went to a nearby Italian restaurant for the rehearsal dinner. Here's Scott and his bride-to-be, Erika, thanking everyone for attending! ˆ erika ˆ scott ˆ

Meredith and I were seated with John and his fiance and... ˆ john c ˆ

...Matthew, Liam, Michael, Kent, Stephanie, Abby and Cassidy. ˆ kent ˆ liam ˆ matthew ˆ

Yep, that's right. We got sat at The Kids' Table. Here's Abbey and Cassidy getting their spaghetti on! ˆ abbey ˆ cassidy ˆ food ˆ

We actually didn't mind at all. We had a way funner time than anyone else because we got to do coloring and no one else did. Here's Mer and Abbey tag-teaming a page out of one of Abbey's coloring books. ˆ abbey ˆ meredith ˆ coloring ˆ

Dah-dah! ˆ abbey ˆ coloring ˆ

Matthew shows off "Blue Snake No. 7: Sleeping on a Rock." ˆ matthew ˆ coloring ˆ

Here's Lori with Russ, Jeff and Tim. This woman was hands-down one of the most influential people in my life and she's pretty much one of the reasons that I didn't end up in jail (or worse, still living in New Jersey! I keeeed, I keeeed!). I'm sure the same pretty much goes for the three guys in this photo as well. We were all kind of rowdy delinquents that somehow all ended up in choir - and Ms. Lynch totally took no bullshit and whipped our asses into shape. Thanks, Lori! We all owe you a huge debt! Was so great to see she's still being recognized as a great teacher! ˆ jeff m ˆ lori lynch ˆ russ ˆ tim f ˆ

In a totally random cosmic coincidence, Lori Lynch, our high school choir teacher was being honored by the Rotary Club as one of the Teachers of the Year at the very same restaurant! Here's Lori (wearing her Teacher of the Year medal!) with Scott. ˆ lori lynch ˆ scott ˆ

Saturday was weddin' day! Meredith and I stopped off to get some coffee and doughnuts on the way up to Scott's house. ˆ meredith ˆ

Fancy shoes on the D&D carpet! ˆ shoes ˆ

After stocking up on coffee and doughnuts, we headed up to Scott's parent's house to get changed into our tuxes. Here's a first look at the groom on his wedding day! ˆ scott ˆ

Michael gives a big smile while Liam applies some final touches to his mascara. In a couple of hours, these two dudes will legally be brothers! ˆ liam ˆ michael ˆ

After all the best men finished getting their tuxes on, we piled into Kent's van and headed over to the church. ˆ van ˆ

John showing off the baskets filled with vials of bubble-making solution. These were given to the guests so they could make bubbles after the wedding instead of throwing rice. ˆ john c ˆ

Jeff and Mer outside the church. ˆ jeff m ˆ meredith ˆ

The church: T-minus 50 minutes until weddin' time! ˆ church ˆ

Check out some of the stained glass windows inside the church: a dove spiraling to the ground with a branch in its mouth... ˆ church ˆ stained glass ˆ

...then later, the same dove rising up out of the flames like a phoenix! ˆ church ˆ stained glass ˆ

And finally, here's a flaming heart with seven daggers in it and the church's name: Our Lady of Sorrows? Jesus! (Ha!). Makes you realize that the Catholic church basically originated the Hot Topic Emo T-shirt movement like 1700 years ago. ˆ church ˆ stained glass ˆ

After all the men proved themselves to be unable to pin a flower to a lapel... ˆ jeff m ˆ john c ˆ

...Meredith was called upon to help out all the fumbly-fingered men with their buttoneers! Here she is giving Kent a hand... ˆ kent ˆ meredith ˆ flower ˆ

...then she shored up Jeff! ˆ jeff m ˆ meredith ˆ flower ˆ

Then me! Thanks for lending your slender lady-fingers, gorgeous! We would've been flowerless without you! ˆ me ˆ meredith ˆ flower ˆ us ˆ

Jeff doing a little pre-game practicing of his passage of scripture. ˆ jeff m ˆ church ˆ

The band warming up! T-minus 30 minutes! ˆ russ ˆ church ˆ

OMG, WEDDING! ˆ meredith ˆ

Scott and Tim doing a "walk down the aisle" run through. This was the first time I ever got to see all the "behind the scenes" action that goes into making a wedding run smoothly. I felt like such a VIP insider! ˆ church ˆ wedding ˆ

Liam and Michael getting ready to practice their ringbearer responsibilities! ˆ liam ˆ lil michael ˆ wedding ˆ

T-minus: 5 minutes! Here's Jeff, Kent, John and me taking a break from seating guests for a quick photo. ˆ jeff m ˆ john c ˆ kent ˆ me ˆ church ˆ wedding ˆ

Scott actually decided that the best way for Tim to be his best man would be to get his head surgically grafted to Scott's left shoulder. Now that's a friend! ˆ scott ˆ tim f ˆ church ˆ wedding ˆ

T-minus 0 minutes! It's weddin' time! I only took a few photos of the actual ceremony. Here's the three kids helping their parents light a candle. ˆ wedding ˆ

After, I put my camera away, but I took it back out to sneak this clutch shot of Michael totally falling asleep on his grandparents after his candle lightin' duties were finished. I love how both his grandparents are totally laughing about me taking a photo of him sleeping. Fast forward twenty minutes later and... ˆ wedding ˆ

...I now pronounce you husband and wife! You may kiss the bride! Woooooooo! ˆ erika ˆ scott ˆ kiss ˆ wedding ˆ

Awwww. ˆ erika ˆ scott ˆ wedding ˆ

ˆ erika ˆ scott ˆ wedding ˆ

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Jentzen! Congrats you two! ˆ erika ˆ scott ˆ best ˆ laugh ˆ wedding ˆ

The crowd waiting outside for the appearance of the brand new bride and groom! ˆ crowd ˆ wedding ˆ

Erika and Scott getting ready to walk down the church steps. ˆ erika ˆ scott ˆ wedding ˆ

Amidst all the hullabaloo, I totally managed to nab this clutch shot of Kent daintily blowing "procession bubbles" with the little bubble kit he got out of the "bubble basket." The only thing funnier than Kent's expression in this photo is Russ in the background looking at him like "Really?" Hahahahaha. ˆ kent ˆ russ ˆ bubble ˆ

Greeting guests. ˆ erika ˆ scott ˆ wedding ˆ

Remane and Stephanie smiling on the newlyweds from the stairs. ˆ reminay ˆ stephie ˆ

Abbey! ˆ abbey ˆ

After the procession, everyone in the wedding party had to go back inside for more photos. Here's Cassidy, Steph, Kent and Matthew. ˆ cassidy ˆ kent ˆ mathew ˆ stephie ˆ

Erika doing some kid wranglin' up at the alter. ˆ abbey ˆ erika ˆ lil michael ˆ

Cassidy and Matthew! ˆ cassidy ˆ matthew ˆ

While Erika and Scott took photos with all sorts of combinations of family members (seen here with Parents of the Bride and Maid of Honor)... ˆ erika ˆ scott ˆ wedding ˆ

...Jeff hustled us all to the back of the church and busted out a flask of what he explained was "Grandad's Medicine." ˆ jeff m ˆ best ˆ

Hahahaha. ˆ jeff m ˆ tim f ˆ

I love their two faces in this photo! They're both totally like "My mouth tastes like burning!" After we finally finished with all the photos in the church, we all piled into limos and... ˆ jeff m ˆ tim f ˆ

...drove two blocks away to a park for MORE PHOTOS! ˆ gazebo ˆ

Here's the beautiful bride! ˆ erika ˆ wedding ˆ

Scott big pimping with the bridal party. ˆ scott ˆ wedding ˆ

Stop! Gazebo time! ˆ gazebo ˆ

Reminay and Erika. ˆ erika ˆ reminay ˆ gazebo ˆ wedding ˆ

Erika with a bridesmaid whose name I forgot. (Sorry!) ˆ erika ˆ wedding ˆ

Tim and Reminay. ˆ reminay ˆ tim f ˆ

Hahaha. I love this photo. You can totally tell he's about to do something funny... ˆ reminay ˆ scott ˆ flower ˆ

...like pretend the bouquet is a giant ice cream! (Big ups to Scott for keeping even the impromptu shots PG!). ˆ reminay ˆ scott ˆ flower ˆ lick ˆ

Milling around. Waiting for all the photos to be finished. ˆ jeff m ˆ stephie ˆ

Abbey peed in the woods! Abbey peed in the woods! ˆ abbey ˆ

After the photos were all finished... ˆ erika ˆ wedding ˆ

...everyone got in their limos and we headed to the reception! ˆ limo ˆ

Scott, Erika, the bridal party... ˆ erika ˆ limo ˆ

...and the kids got into one limo... ˆ abbey ˆ liam ˆ lil michael ˆ limo ˆ

...and me, Steph, Kent, John got in another. Steph broke out the champagne and booze before that mutha even left the curb. ˆ john c ˆ kent ˆ stephie ˆ limo ˆ

See you at the reception in 45 minutes! Hope we're sober enough to get out of the car! ˆ john c ˆ kent ˆ stephie ˆ limo ˆ

Our limo driver was THE MAN and we somehow managed to beat the bride and groom to the reception hall! ˆ limo ˆ wedding ˆ

Abbey the flower girl! ˆ abbey ˆ bubble ˆ limo ˆ

Right at 5pm we headed into the reception hall to start getting our celebration on... [Continue on to Part Two!] ˆ erika ˆ scott ˆ wedding ˆ