Claire & Chris in Austin, TX

When Claire and Chris met at a party, they soon realized they actually worked just two rows apart at the same enormous computer firm where they were both sales consultants. Though Chris sensed early on that Claire was the one, he waited three years before planning a romantic proposal in Cozumel, where they were vacationing. The Bride Claire Elliott, 30 The Groom Chris Gregory, 32 The Date April 16 Unfortunately, it poured all weekend. “It was the most rain Mexico had seen in something like 15 years,” Claire says. It took a lot of coaxing from Chris for her to agree to a walk on the beach, but she finally assented. While the two were huddled together beneath a borrowed umbrella, Claire found a message in a bottle half-buried in the sand. Inside was a poem Chris had written to her, and at the bottom it said, “This is the part when you look at me.” Claire did, and he said, “Wanna get married?” An elated Claire said yes.