Laura & Michael in Oak Brook, IL

Laura and Michael met at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After a senior bar crawl, Laura and her roommates went to sit on the lap of a giant statue of Abraham Lincoln on campus. They didn’t realize how high up it was until they were stuck there -- and Mike had to help them down. The Bride Laura Hamblen, 25, consultant The Groom Michael Blodgett, 29, systems programmer The Date October 11 After dating for a little more than a year, Laura and Mike were back on campus visiting. Mike took Laura to the same restaurant where they had their first date and then back to the Lincoln statue, where he proposed. Though it wasn’t easy to work the former president into their wedding details, the event had an old-school vibe.