Patrick Kennedy and Amy Petitgout wed

Patrick and Amy Kennedy with Harper © Denis Reggie/Courtesy Patrick Kennedy

Former Rhode Island congressman Patrick Kennedy wed schoolteacher Amy Petitgout in Hyannis Port., Massachusetts, last Friday evening.

Patrick, 44, told reporters, "This is a day that's a beautiful day, not only in weather but just for my family, and I'm the luckiest guy. She's the best I could have ever imagined, and I'm lucky to be able to share this day with her."

Patrick, son of late senoter Edward Kennedy, married at his dad's house. He would have loved to have his father, he lost his battle to brain cancer in 2009, as his best man. Brother Edward Kennedy Jr. was happy to take their father's place. "My brother has so much of my dad about him the best ways. We'll have some nice remembrances of him and that will be good."

This is Patrick's first marriage. Amy has a 3-year old daughter, Harper, from a previous marriage.

Patrick and Amy Kennedy © Denis Reggie/Courtesy Patrick Kennedy