As a little girl growing up in Newport, Justine Reeber took a fast liking to playing ice hockey at Portsmouth Abbey School. When she took a job as both an art teacher and girls ice hockey coach at the Wyoming Seminary School in Pennsylvania, she never guessed that her favorite sport would lead her to meet and fall in love with a fellow teacher, who also happened to be the boys ice hockey coach.
    After Christopher Button of Michigan proposed to Justine on the third anniversary of their first date, in Philadelphia, the two avid hockey players set their sights on a different goal. Planning the wedding from their residence in Colorado was no easy task, but the two were set on a Newport homecoming wedding. "Because we are both teachers, we had our summers off and spent several of them in Newport," Justine says, "and when we visited last winter we loved the quaint feel Newport had even in the off-season." The visit confirmed the couple's decision for a winter celebration, not only because Christmas is their favorite holiday, but more importantly, because it is ice hockey season.
    The couple's wedding itinerary was packed with events that highlighted cherished Newport venues. Guests were invited for holiday treats and hot chocolate and encouraged to take a stroll along the Cliff Walk, followed by the rehearsal dinner at the family's favorite restaurant Salas'. Festivities continued through the evening as guests shared a nightcap at One Pelham East. On the morning of the wedding, guests joined the groomsmen at Annie's Restaurant for breakfast, while the bride and her attendants began their wedding dressing ritual at the mother of the bride, Mary Anne's, Newport home. As time for the celebration drew near, attendees arrived at Astors' Beechwood Mansion. Alive with holiday cheer, the affair was trimmed in red, green and gold with majestic pines standing tall in the ballroom, illuminating the celebration with their white lights.
    The bride's strapless alencon lace ivory gown gracefully contrasted her bridesmaid's Kensington red dresses, elegantly finished with bouquets of pale green and white orchids, plush roses and pale green hydrangeas.

    Following the ceremony, guests enjoyed pomegranate martinis and white wine with cassis, followed by an array of hors d'oeuvres including ahi tuna and Chesapeake Bay crabcakes, finished with a four-course dinner with choice of miso-glazed wild salmon, orange rosemary roasted chicken or ancho chile seared salmon. Mini-crème brulees were presented along side root beer floats for dessert and to make matters sweeter, guests were presented with candy jars to fill upon departure.
    Leaving their snowy Newport haven behind, the two skated off to the Bahamas before returning to their home rink in Colorado.-LC