Lauren & Shane in Potomac, MD

Lauren and Shane first spotted each other at church. “His version of the story is that I was standing in the middle of a group of guys flirting and shooting him looks that said ‘you wish,’” says Lauren. Shane came over and got into the conversation so he could talk to Lauren -- who’d had her eye on him in the first place -- and the two soon made plans for a date. But Lauren wound up canceling after hearing from her sister that Shane had a bad reputation! It was another four months before they finally went out, and Shane put any worries Lauren had to rest. The Bride Lauren Barlow, 25, event planner The Groom Shane Dyer, 28, civil engineer The Date March 10 A year later, Shane shocked Lauren with a gift for her on his birthday -- an engagement ring. That night at the birthday party she’d planned for him, she was even more surprised by the night’s special feature: Shane’s cousin and roommate had caught the entire proposal on tape!