Loren & Matt: An Outdoor Wedding in Culpepper, VA

Native Virginians Loren and Matt lived next door to each other while in college but didn’t get to know one other until they drove together to the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee. Loren was going to ride with someone else, but when there wasn’t enough room, she got a ride with Matt. The Bride Loren Lacks, 25, assistant manager at an academic accrediting firm The Groom Matthew (Matt) Truschel, 25, construction superintendent The Date October 6 Loren moved away a month later, but the two had already become best friends -- and though they were “oblivious” at first, all of their pals knew right away that Loren and Matt were meant to be. They finally realized it too, and two years after they’d first got together, the pair planned a Christmas vacation to Cabo. The night before they left, Loren was dozing on the couch when Matt woke her up -- with a proposal. He’d had the ring hidden in their attic for more than a month and couldn’t wait any longer!