Roseann & Shawn: A Traditional Wedding in Kansas City, MO

Shawn's mother knew something was up when he took a sudden interest in elementary school and could not wait to go every day. It turned out that his newfound enthusiasm had little to do with education and more to do with a pretty blonde first-grader named Roseann. Fourteen years later, they began dating and knew they were going to be together forever. The Bride Roseann Howard, 24, office manager The Groom Shawn Hawk, 26, heavy equipment operator The Date October 4 The couple decided to turn a family vacation to New York into a shopping trip for a ring, but Shawn took it one step further with an actual proposal. After a nice dinner out with Roseann’s family, he had the waitresses bring a giant fortune cookie to Roseann. She broke open the cookie and found a fortune that said, “Roseann, you make me so happy and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, will you marry me?”