Rachel & Scott in Los Olivos, CA

Rachel had a crush on her future husband Scott when they were both in the eighth grade, living in Pasadena. They went their separate ways for high school and college but met up again in the fall of 2001 in San Francisco. Rachel had no problem recognizing Scott -- he was just as cute as she remembered. The Bride Rachel Tornek, 29, senior policy manager at an environmental nonprofit The Groom Scott Steuber, 30, commercial real estate broker The Date September 9 Five years and a move to Los Angeles later, Scott got down on one knee under a Japanese pine tree at the Huntington Library and Gardens in San Marino and asked her to be his. It was the exact same spot where he had first told her he loved her four years earlier.