Ceremony and reception location  :  Comus
Inn, Dickerson, MD

Wedding date : October 3, 2010

Photographs by Jennifer

Danielle and Chris were married in what was easily one of my top-five
favorite ceremonies ever. Despite stormy skies threatening the Comus
Inn for most of the day, the rain managed to hold off — mostly –
until after Danielle and Chris had exchanged their vows, wiped away a
few tears and literally danced back up the aisle to Stevie Wonder’s
‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered.’ Theirs was truly an occasion to celebrate
family — and their union as a new little family. The couple’s
siblings, in-laws, closest friends and great-aunts provided the music,
singing and playing guitars and a piano. The groom’s father offered
the opening welcome. The bride’s father, a minister, married the
couple. (One of my favorite moments of the day occurred when he
choked up and needed to turn away to collect his emotions before giving away
and then marrying off his little girl.) Both families are very
religious and a beautiful, deliberate prayerfulness hung over the
entire day. The couple also incorporated all kinds of personal
touches, using the bride’s parents’ toasting glasses and cake knife,
borrowing a veil from the bride’s sister-in-law and incorporating the
same purple flowers that the groom’s mother carried at her own wedding
into their reception arrangements. The couple’s wedding party also
provided the entertainment for the evening, learning the choreography
to the entire ‘Thriller’ dance and performing after dinner. They also
had the best buckeye candies, made by a friend, that I have ever
tasted. And since the groom is more of a milk-and-cookies kind of guy
than a cake lover, Danielle baked him a giant baseball-themed
chocolate chip cookie, which she asked the caterers to serve with his
own pitcher of milk. Congratulations, Danielle & Chris. It was such a
joy working with you and your families!