The Peak of Fall

When Alvina & Mike toured Keswick Vineyards searching for their wedding venue, I remember telling them how the date they were considering booking would have a great chance of hitting our peak of fall colors and boy was I right! Just look at Mother Nature showing off her colors on Sunday, October 30th. The weather was perfect! Cloud coverage so pictures would be perfect, no breeze, warmer temperatures during the day and then cooling off just enough at night to keep you comfortable as you dance the night away. It’s days like this that make fall weddings in Virginia impossible to beat.

For Alvina and Mike, their pets are their children. This was another item they asked of me when they toured, “Can their dogs be part of their wedding day?” Of course! So, Layla & Scooter were part of their wedding party with Scooter being the ring bearer carrying those rings attached to his collar. I’ve never seen such well-behaved dogs before. Take a close look at my photo and you will see Scooter just laying near the feet of Mike.

It was so cute to see the surprise reaction when Alvina discovered that on the back of her wedding cake was a picture of their cats. Her reaction was priceless! She made her guests come up to the cake and check it out before cutting her cake. I’m not sure who did this surprise, but well done!

The décor for this wedding was right on! Again, using those rich, fall colors with velvet linens, perfection! But something that really added to this wedding day was having a grill to cook quail on during cocktail hour. Nothing like the smell of a grill to make your mouth water. And guests just loved seeing the chef cook in front of them and then to serve hot appetizer to them. Highly recommend!