June 24, 2006
Marcia Cross & Tom Mahoney

Today in wedding history we look back at 2006, when television star, Marcia Cross married stockbroker, Tom Mahoney.

The couple, who began dating in 2005, were married in front of 200 guests at the Church of Our Savior Episcopal Church in San Gabriel, CA.

“I didn’t want it to go by in a blur… My eyes were trying to drink in all my family and my new family and friends,” Cross told People Magazine.

Although the wedding was fairly traditional, the couple tried something a little different during the reception at the Ritz Carlton in Pasadena.

Rather than subject the single girls to the potential bouquet toss catfight, the couple invited all the married couples to the dance floor. Then, they started eliminating couples to determine who had been married the longest. That couple received the bridal bouquet.

It’s something right out of the playbook of Bree Van de Kamp, Cross’ alter ego on “Desperate Housewives” and we hope more couples will incorporate this touching tradition into their ceremonies.

Happy fourth anniversary!