Amber & Chad in Springboro, OH

The night that Chad proposed to Amber, the two, who met through a mutual friend, had dinner at his parents' house. Chad's mom had been holding onto the ring for safe-keeping and, when Amber wasn't looking, she slipped it to Chad. The Bride Amber Vreeland, 25, president of a small company The Groom Chad Bowers, 25, graphic designer The Date September 13 After dinner, the couple went out for ice cream. Instead of going straight home when they finished, they took a walk through a park. When they stopped at a bench, Chad knelt down and proposed with the same diamond that Amber's father had given her mother on their fifth wedding anniversary. Together with her parents, Amber and Chad began planning an outdoor wedding at the historic Aron Wright House.