Kara & Jason in Grand Rapids, MI

Kara and Jason were set up by a mutual friend and went on a blind date to Kara’s favorite Mexican restaurant in Grand Rapids. The couple hit it off, and dinner led to drinks, followed by many more dates. The Bride Kara Vanderploeg, 35, department manager for Michigan State The Groom Jason Scheeneman, 33 and a department analyst for Michigan State The Date November 8 Eight months after that first date, Kara was at home on her lunch break when Jason showed up. He had come straight from picking up an engagement ring and, right in the doorway of Kara’s house, he proposed. He was so nervous he forgot to get down on one knee—and Kara was too nervous to notice. For their wedding, Kara’s sister, an event planner, helped with the details.