Joni & Marvin in Baton Rouge, LA

Joni and Marvin met while playing on a coed flag football team in Washington, DC, where they both lived. The two chatted it up for a while, learning that they grew up just 45 miles apart. Then one night, during a game of pool, their friendly chats turned to flirting. The Bride Joni Williamson, 30, clinical psychologist The Groom Marvin Turner, 31, computer scientist The Date August 30 After Marvin's proposal to Joni at the top of Seattle’s Space Needle, the couple began planning their elegant, Southern-style wedding in their home state of Louisiana. History, tradition, and family are very important to the pair, so they decided to get married in Louisiana's Old State Capitol in downtown Baton Rouge (which isn’t far from their relatives). They chose an elegant color scheme of chartreuse, coral, and champagne to show off their late summer wedding, which was held exactly one year after Marvin asked Joni to be his wife.