Kim & Tom in Lincoln, MA

Long before they actually met, Kim had admired Thomas (Tom) from afar. Both were attending the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and he was the “cute boy that I used to notice on my way to class,” says Kim. When the two finally connected one night at a party, there was instant chemistry. The Bride Kim Lu, 29, resident physician The Groom Thomas (Tom) Vezina, 30, financial broker The Date May 26 On a snowy day six years later, Tom whisked Kim away to a quaint cabin in northern New Hampshire for a pre-Christmas getaway. He pulled out all the stops, making Kim’s favorite foods for dinner and surprising her with a gift. “He told me he had an early Christmas present -- a purse -- because he knows how much I love purses,” she says. “But when I turned around, he was on his knee with the ring in his hand.” They married a year-and-a-half later at a garden-inspired celebration at the historic Codman Estate.