Jennifer & Jacob: A Traditional Wedding in Roseville, MN

Jennifer and Jacob met on a school bus their first day of the ninth grade. They enjoyed each other’s company so much that they became fast friends, and by junior year their relationship had evolved into a romance. The high school sweethearts spent all of their extra time with each other. The Bride Jennifer Rutkowski, 22, business operations assistant The Groom Jacob Brown, 23, financial paraplanner The Date July 12 Two-and-a-half years into their relationship, Jacob surprised Jennifer with a limo ride (he blindfolded her to avoid ruining his surprise). When she took the blindfold off and stepped out of the limo, all she could see was snow everywhere. She realized that they were standing in the parking lot at their old high school—the first place they’d said, “I love you.” Then, Jacob, kneeling in the snow, proposed. They spent the next two-and-a-half years planning a vintage-inspired wedding.