Nancy & Jon in Goleta, CA

Nancy first met Jon when she was a sophomore and he was a senior in high school. They had one class together, and she was so taken with him that she once spent an entire class working up the courage to ask if she could borrow his pencil. A semester later, having given up hope that anything romantic would happen, Nancy relaxed and they became friends. Luckily Nancy was wrong, and that summer they began to date. The Bride Nancy Almay, 30 The Groom Jon Heath, 31, physician The Date May 12 Eleven years later, Nancy was visiting Jon in Connecticut for the holidays. He was there doing his surgical rotation and had suggested they celebrate her January birthday a bit early. “He made an amazing dinner and had the table set with candles,” says Nancy. “I had no idea because Jon is always doing really sweet things.” So when Jon presented her with a small jewelry box, she received one big surprise inside.