While attending Brevard College, sophomore Jackie met senior Scott, and a relationship was born. But before these two lovebirds could be together permanently, they had to survive college and a bit of long distance. After graduation, Scott took a job four hours away from Brevard, which meant long commutes for the couple to be together. Two years later, after Jackie graduated, this twosome's love for each other was still going strong, so Jackie made the move to upstate New York, where Scott was working at the time, to make their relationship official.
The Bride Jacqueline (Jackie) Speers, 25
The Groom Scott Hoffman, 28
The Date September 10
On the Fourth of July, Scott pulled together an extra-special dinner: "I'll never forget...He had shrimp cocktail for an appetizer, sausage on the grill, potato salad, and my favorite spinach salad," says Jackie. Afterward, they went to see fireworks, and as they lay on a blanket watching the sky illuminate with bursts of light, Scott proposed. Jackie happily accepted, and the couple immediately decided to hold their wedding at, appropriately enough, the Biltmore Estate.
-- Kristen Hawley