A Nine-Guest Minimony at Tehama Golf Club in Carmel

Vows at Tehama, an Intimate Carmel Wedding at the Golf Club

A nine-guest Carmel minimony at a golf club on the ridge has a particular intimacy, the kind of small where you can hear everyone who came, close, with no row too far from the front. There was a sand ceremony, Jana and Carter pouring two streams together in front of the small circle of family who had made the trip.

When it was over, they stayed for photos with Carter's family at the club before the group headed back to the house. Everyone left with a charcuterie plate in hand for the short drive down the hill.

“In less than a month they put together a wonderful ceremony and small dinner reception for our family.”

On the Ridge Above Carmel Valley, a 9-Guest Carmel Golf Club Wedding

Tehama sits on the northern ridge of Carmel Valley, its course laid across rolling hillsides with the coast in the distance. Family portraits moved through the club's grounds while everyone settled in before the drive down to the house, the hills doing most of the visual work without anyone having to arrange much.

With nine guests, no one was far from the frame. Carmel Valley below, the Pacific ridge visible on a clear January day, and the course itself running out through the hillside oaks. Tehama is a private club, and getting family portraits there feels different from a public park. The quiet is earned.

First Dance and Dinner at the House

Jana and Carter arrived at the family home and walked straight into their first dance, the nine of them making a room of it. A parent dance followed, and then the day slowed down, apps and drinks, time to just sit with the people who had come.

Photos with Jana's family came next, then toasts around the table. The two of them slipped out for a few sunset pictures before dinner was served, and the small dinner reception carried the evening the rest of the way.