A 16-Guest Private Estate Micro Wedding in Malibu

Family Portraits at the Malibu Private Estate

Family photos came right after the ceremony, parents and siblings, the kids gathered in, the couple pulling everyone together in the garden before the group settled in for the evening. The house sits above Point Dume, the dome-shaped headland at the northwest end of Santa Monica Bay, where on a clear day the view runs all the way out to Catalina. That open coast was the landscape the whole day was set against.

Then Aracely and Rudy slipped off for a few portraits of just the two of them before joining the family by the pool.

Dinner and String Lights by the Pool

Aracely and Rudy were announced in by one of Rudy's brothers, and the family sat down to a plated dinner by the pool, ceviche and bruschetta to start, then chicken and wild salmon, tiramisu and chocolate lava cake for dessert, all cooked and served by a private chef out of the house kitchen. The couple gave the welcome toast themselves, and Rudy's brother raised a glass to them.

There was no first dance, just dinner, family, and a snack bar the family set out on the farmhouse table off the balcony, with the candle favors and a runner the couple brought. They cut a small white cake in a lemon-lace flavor with carrot-walnut and strawberry-cream cupcakes alongside, dressed with a few of the day's flowers. As the light went, the string lights over the garden took over.

Everyone stayed the night, a 16-guest Malibu villa wedding that ended the way it started, the whole family under one roof. When the last plate was cleared, the celebration didn't have to end and go somewhere else, everyone was already home for the night.