Thursday December 28, 2006
Model Niki Taylor, 31, and race car driver Burney Lamar, 26, married at the Grande Colonial Hotel in La Jolla, California, on December 27, Taylor's manager, Lou Taylor, tells Us Weekly.
Taylor’s 11-year-old twin sons from her previous marriage, Jake and Hunter Martinez, were in the bridal party, and Taylor’s elder sister, Joelle Bolline acted as matron of honor. Burney Lamar’s father Izzy Lamar served as best man.
The bride walked down the aisle before 60 of the couple's closest friends in a Vera Wang Couture gown.
The guests feasted on a five course luncheon of squash soup, pear and apple organic greens, potato Gnocchi with wild mushrooms and a main course of steak and lobster. Famed La Jolla baker Michelle Coulon crafted the four-layer chocolate mousse wedding cake.
The couple’s first dance as man and wife was to the Jack Johnson song “Better Together.”
The newlyweds gifted their guests with a tote bag that included Kanebo beauty products, Godiva truffles, and a candle pearl stationary from Dotted Line in Nashville, Tennessee.
The couple met at a charity event in January 2005. Niki told Us: "I looked at Burney and said to myself, 'This is the guy I'm going to marry.'"
Sure enough, Lamar got down on one knee at Taylor’s parents’ house in Florida on September 15 and asked for her hand with a custom-made 2-carat oval diamond in an antique setting.
Taylor married former football player Matt Martinez in 1994. The marriage, which produced two boys, ended two years later. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she owns a clothing boutique called Abbie + Jesse’s.
Lamar, who hails from Sacramento, California, began racing go-carts at the age of 5, and is considered to be one of NASCAR's most promising young drivers. This is his first marriage.
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