Heather & Todd in Atlanta, GA

For any other couple, a horse park might be an odd setting for a wedding reception. But for Heather Thomas and Todd Lakes it couldn’t have been more perfect. The Bride Heather Thomas, 28 and a consultant The Groom Todd Lakes, 31 and an operations consultant The Date April 2 Both graduates of Purdue University, Heather and Todd didn’t meet until several years after college -- at the Foxfield Races, a steeplechase in Charlottesville, Virginia. “A mutual friend introduced us during that fateful race weekend,” recalls Heather, “and our first date was a hike on the Appalachian Trail.” Nearly three years later, the couple began to plan their wedding reception at Chris and Merry Carlos Horse Park at Chastain.