Katie & Jeff in Hillsboro, OR

When Katie Schouten met her future husband Jeff Terrill, he was wearing only a towel. Katie had been taking college classes at the local community college and was visiting a friend in the dorms when she ran into Jeff in the hallway. Over the next year, the two became friends, study partners, and eventually a couple. The Bride Katie Schouten, 24, talent coordinator/booking agent The Groom Jeffery (Jeff) Terrill, 27, financial adviser The Date July 4 Eight years later, Jeff took Katie on a six-mile hike while vacationing in Kauai, Hawaii. They finally reached the lookout after a run-in with a herd of mountain goats! Overlooking the ocean, Jeff read her a love letter and proposed -- just as a pod of whales breached below. To celebrate their nuptials, the pair planned a garden wedding set in an Oregon vineyard.