After three years of engagement, Jennifer Aniston, 46 and Justin Theroux, 43 have officially finally tied the knot at their Bel Air, California home.
According to PEOPLE, the happy couple invited more than 70 family members and close friends to the hush-hush affair, and did not even reveal the true intent of the invitation until the guests arrived at the venue. "Guests were told it was a birthday party for Justin," a source shared. "Jen and Justin wanted to surprise guests and guests were certainly surprised."
For the wedding ceremony, they decorated their backyard with a large wooden deck, with special nooks and lounging areas as well as elegant seating arrangements for 74 individuals. They had a raised stage on one corner and a bar on the other.
Those who were invited to the surprise wedding included Aniston's "Friends" co-stars and real-life pals Courtney Cox and Lisa Kudrow. They also invited Chelsea Handler, Howard and Beth Ostrosky Stern, Jason Bateman, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Meyer, Lake Bell and Scott Campbell, Terry Richardson, Jimmy Kimmel, Billy Crudup, Sia, Kathryn Hahn, and Whitney Cummings.
The couple got engaged on August 2012 after more than a year of dating. It was Aniston's second marriage and Theroux's first.
Just this June, Aniston gushed about Theroux saying that her fiancé of almost three years was the best thing that ever happened to her this decade. "He gets better every year," she said. "He's just so beautiful and handsome to me. He's just like a lost gem in the sand, and he's just always been there and been brilliant, and now this is just in a different light."
The love and affection goes both ways, since Theroux often calls Aniston "gorgeous" and has dismissed claims that they have cold feet with regards to marriage. "We have hot feet," he jokingly said.
The two met on the set of "Tropic Thunder" in Hawaii back in 2008, but back then, Aniston said that sparks did not fly yet. "We were friends for seven years. I replay when I met him then, but he wasn't a boyfriend," she said. "It's funny to replay it because we weren't even anywhere in each other's realms of possibility."
They were romantically linked in May 2011 and they even co-starred in the 2012 movie "Wanderlust." Sources said that "both have the same work ethic and love to bounce ideas off each other. Jen seems more confident than ever, and they've become a great team."
