Stacey & Chad in Vail, CO

Stacey and Chad developed a mutual crush in their last college semester, but after graduation moves put them miles apart. Chad recalls wondering about Stacey’s whereabouts, and then, after years without a word, he received a letter marked “Stacey Wagner, Denver, CO.” Stacey had been doing her own reminiscing and dug up Scott’s address from their alumni association. Soon after, Scott headed to Denver for Thanksgiving weekend, and the couple’s lives changed forever. The Bride Stacey Wagner, 33, a technical recruiter The Groom Chad Kelly, 32, a technology group project manager The Date September 10 “A few weeks later, I put in my two weeks at my job in Charlotte -- I had somewhere I needed to be and someone I needed to be with,” says Chad. The following June brought a candlelit proposal by the sea.