Kylene & Jacob in Portland, OR

When Kylene Kilgore and Jacob Parks first met through mutual friends, they realized that they had attended college within miles of each other and had a lot of the same friends. Soon, they discovered that they had even more in common and started dating. The Bride Kylene Kilgore, 28, elementary school teacher The Groom Jacob Parks, 28, law student The Date August 3 Fast-forward to an evening two years later -- Kylene was feeling a little blue that Jacob hadn’t proposed yet. She had just returned home from teaching to find him cooking one of her favorite meals. After dinner, Jacob proposed. The two decided to celebrate their summer wedding on a farm and feature updated country accents.