Annette & Enrique in Fisher Island, FL

Sparks flew when Annette met Enrique at a Fourth of July barbecue. The party was thrown by a mutual friend, and the two connected during a late-night swim in the pool. Their summer love turned into a long-distance relationship that fall when Annette began her sophomore year at the University of Florida and Enrique moved first to New York City and then on to Philadelphia for law school. The Bride Annette Pages, 24, an ad sales executive The Groom Enrique Conde, 27, a lawyer The Date November 5 Exactly four years after they’d met, Enrique asked Annette to dress up because they were invited to a party to celebrate the Fourth, but they needed to make a stop at his parents’ house first. When they arrived they were greeted by hundreds of lit candles. Enrique led her to the balcony, where flowers and champagne gave Annette an inkling. Her woman’s intuition was correct: Enrique got down on one knee and proposed. At their Fisher Island wedding a year-and-a-half later, the Vanderbilt Mansion was awash in the wedding’s signature colors of light blue and brown.