Alexis’s mother, Jamie Weaver, conducted most of the planning. She is by all accounts a detail-oriented and gracious woman who, through her role at the family’s Weaver Mortuary in Williamson, has become a skilled event planner. “The wedding was beautiful because of the work she put into it,” Jason says. COVID-19 restrictions eased as August approached, so everything fell into place. That includes the RSVPs: 140 confirmed, nearly everyone who was invited. Several wedding-eve events gathered the participants. Jason’s grandmother welcomed family and the wedding party at a Friday afternoon champagne reception. His parents hosted the rehearsal dinner. And a Friday night cocktail party outside the estate’s Carriage House welcomed all guests, with entertainment by the groom’s uncle. The 6 p.m. Saturday ceremony left time to socialize and prepare. Jason hadn’t wanted a first look, but the women in his life thought better of that. “He’s a softie—we didn’t want him overwhelmed,” Alexis says. So when they’d both dressed, they met at the side of the manor. “I was completely just taken aback,” Jason says. “I hadn’t known what her dress looked like, I didn’t know she was wearing a veil—she was more beautiful than I’d even thought she’d be. I just lost it.” He ended up glad they had the private moment. Once guests were seated on the lawn, Jason entered from the portico to Pachelbel ’s “Canon in D,” followed by the attendants: Jason’s two brothers and uncle, with his dad as best man, and two of Alexis’s childhood friends, plus her cousin and best friend as maid and matron of honor. Then, just as Alexis walked out on her father’s arm
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