Kristi & Tom | DC courthouse wedding | Maggiano’s
Kristi and Tom beat my previous record for most people crammed into the ceremony room at the DC courthouse. What can you do when too many people love you? Fortunately, the courthouse marriage people didn't feel the need to enforce their 15-person limit, and these two got their wed on.
After family pictures they had to run, so we did the ultimate-fast version of portraits. The courthouse ain't so bad, amiright?
Then we headed over to Maggiano's for foods and cakes and lots of toasts.
And pause. That is an eight-bit cake. And their invitation says "leveling up"! How frickin' rad.
Maggiano's has some pretty swank ballrooms.
Kristi and Tom kissed every single time their guests clinked the glasses.
Congratulations, guys!
Our heroes and some close friends came early to help change the gazebo from any-old gazebo to Jenny-and-Edmund's gazebo.
It was, honestly, mad warm, so we hit some flowering trees and some quick boardwalks and bridges before ducking back inside the - phew - air-conditioned main lodge. Somehow these two managed to pull off a subtle glow, when I'm sure I looked like a sweaty mess.
Congratulations, guys!
We started the day at 
I love this photo of all of Mara's ladies cracking up.
We stole a few minutes pre-ceremony to sneak down to the lobby and take some photos.
Then Mara soaked up some love from the street on the way to the 
Rich peeking in on the processional.
Their officiant did a great job. Whenever a plane went over, she would make everybody take a sigh, which inevitably resulted in big laughs.
Everyone Mara knows seems to be a solid foot taller than her.
These two make it look easy.
The 
Old Town is such a great place to do portrait work. There are so many funky alleys and cobblestones and doorsteps.
I super-dig the spiderwebs on the door here - makes it look like they're off to a secret garden of looooooove.
Party time at the 
These two have so much fun together.
Mara notoriously hates pink, so her friends showed up in matching cardigans.
Artful cake.
Several hours into her reception, Mara finally sat down.
Congratulations guys!
Mara and Rich's vendor team:
Getting ready venue: