Courtney & Tom got hitched this weekend! Their beautiful wedding started off at the
Hyatt Regency Reston where Courtney chose to get ready. The boys congregated there too in a different suite. They were all picked up in two white stretch limos provided by
Reston Limousine who did a phenomenal job (beautiful cars and nice drivers...what else can you ask for?). The ceremony was held at the adorable
Vale United Methodist Church in Oakton, VA. If you imagine the quintessential country church, this is the same place. The party continued at
Hidden Creek Country Club which just underwent a facelift and is looking quite snazzy. We'll have some great photographs from
Heather Z Photography shortly. For now, here are some non-pro shots from the day:
Vale United Methodist:
This large traffic circle at the church was wonderful for the limousines to turn around in. Someone must have ordered the gorgeous poufy-clouded sky:
The program basket is ready to go just in the entryway. These baskets came in handy later to hold their send-off sparklers!
Inside the church. Isn't it just the cutest thing you've seen? It reminds me a little of
Wakefield Chapel in Alexandria. We filled it up with about 100 guests:
Kate at
Reston Floral Design provided all the flowers:
Here's the church all packed in.
Rev. Norma Peyton did a great job on the service! She and her husband Rev. Wesley Peyton both perform religious and secular wedding ceremonies. Check out
Heather Z doing her thing in the aisle:
A small piece of
Hidden Creek's newly decorated ballroom. This place is a steal and still has plenty of open dates for 2008 and 2009 weddings (ask for Phil):
Here are their cute little escort cards, all lined up to go. The ribbon at the top indicates each guests' meal choice for the wait staff:
Outside they have a great big deck that overlooks the 18th hole. You can just barely see it beyond the sliding glass doors in the background:
This photo is terrible but shows what it looks like with guests in the seats. This is just two thirds of the ballroom...there is another section to the left of the camera that looks just the same:
The wedding cake was from
Connie's Cake Creations. I wish I had a photo of it! It was three tiers. The middle layer was marble, the bottom was white on white and the top layer will have to wait a year until we know for sure. In between the top two layers were some pillars and the florist filled it in with hydrangea and roses. Beautiful! There were some extra slices left so the club boxed them up and sent them home as favors. Every last piece was gone at the end of the night.
Ron Gray of
Kirkabee DJs did a great job at reading the crowd and keeping guests on the dance floor. I always recommend Kirk and his crew since they consistently do a great job.
Special thanks to Ladan and Jessica, my assistants for the evening. Without their help things wouldn't have been nearly as stress-free! I'm so glad Ladan got some shots of the club before guests arrived. It looks so different since we were there in September for
Katie & Zack's wedding.Courtney & Tom -- I hope you both enjoyed every second of your wedding day! Congratulations and best of luck with your new future together.
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Outfit #2:
And later in the evening, there were even more costume changes! Outfit #3:
(How cute are Rama and Neel, with Rama's sister Deepa and her fiance Anand?! Their wedding is coming up next month...congratulations to you two as well!)
After the ceremony there was an amazing luncheon catered by friends of Neel's parents. They catered dinner as well -- yum! The beautiful cake was provided by 
Speaking of college guys from Emory, Neel's little brother, Ajay, is in an A Cappella group at Emory called 
