Thao & Donny in Lansing, MI

After meeting and exchanging numbers at a bar where Thao was celebrating her birthday with friends, Donny called Thao to ask her out for dinner on a first date. The Bride Thao Lai, 25, product design engineer The Groom Donny Nguyen, 28, pharmaceutical sales representative The Date June 27 Two years later, Donny took Thao out for a birthday dinner at the restaurant where they had had their first date. Afterward, he brought her to the bar where they had first met. When they arrived, Thao was surprised to find a table decorated with purple orchids (her favorite) in the center of the dance floor. Donny proposed, and later, Thao’s birthday party turned into a surprise engagement party with all of their friends.