Susan & Mike in Chatham, IL

It took several years for Susan and Mike to realize they were right for each other. They met during their freshman year of college and ran with the same group of friends throughout all four years. After graduation, Susan moved to Chicago and Mike moved to Minneapolis. When Mike started traveling to Chicago for work, their group of friends started hanging out together again, and as time went on, Susan and Mike’s friendship turned romantic. The Bride Susan Butzen, 28, works in advertising sales The Groom Mike Willey, 28, project manager The Date July 25 It was four years since they had started dating, and Susan and Mike were headed out of town to visit Susan’s family. They had both planned to leave work early, so Susan was rushing trying to finish work at the office when she got a call that a package had arrived for her. When she opened up the package, she found an anniversary card from Mike, a note to meet him at the place where they had their first date, and five dollars for the cab ride. When Susan arrived, Mike was there waiting to propose.