Meet the bride & groom

ChristinaTevy Nhep

Christina has one of the biggest hearts in the world. She always thinks of others before herself. When it comes to family, she will drop everything and do whatever she can for them. One thing I admire about Christina is how strong of a woman she is and takes shit from no one.

Christina has a very keen eye for design and has the ability to make anything look beautiful. Whenever someone walks into our house, they are wowed by the decor. She even helps me coordinate my style. This natural talent has now led her to her current career - Lead Visual Designer at U.S. Bank, where she works on the mobile banking app.

Christina is the biggest Taylor Swift fan! Since we have been dating, we have yet to miss a TSwift concert together. She is a pop culture enthusiast and is up to date on the newest trends. She is an amazing chef, and anyone whose been lucky enough to eat a dish prepared by Christina would agree. With all of her traits combined, she makes one of the best party hosts around!

Vu Luan Dang

Vu is one of the kindest souls in this world. Anywhere Vu goes he can make friends and socialize with anyone. This is exactly why I fell for him. Vu is also very family oriented - something I admire so much about him because I am too.

Vu was born in Malaysia but immigrated to Minnesota when he was 3 years old. He's lived in Minnesota for the majority of his life, but moved to Austin, TX after college in search for a job in the tech field. Vu's currently a software engineer, specializing in iOS development.

Vu, also known as Neo, is a big gamer and the biggest sports fan I know. He loves the Vikings, Timberwolves, and Josh Allen from the Bills. You'll always find people at our house every Sunday because Vu is the biggest HYPE man I know. What I love most about him is his ability to be the life of the party.

Our Story

Our Love
Story

Although we have known each other since middle school, our journey began on a rainy day at a college house party. We talked and wandered; before we knew it, the whole night had passed. From this moment, we realized we didn't want to go our separate ways.

Vu and I met at the young age of 13 years old at Shakopee Junior High. Although we were never friends, I stopped him in the hall to tell him he was wearing a baby gap hoodie. Apparently that night he went home to tell his mom, that a girl from school made fun of him for wearing a baby gap hoodie and to never buy him clothes from there again.

Although Vu and Christina were never friends in grade school, they reconnected at Christina's brother's college party in Riverfalls, Wisconsin. Vu was Christina's older brothers best friend growing up in Shakopee. That night Christina and Vu were the designated drivers in a sea of drunk people. They ended up talking all night about life. The next day Vu asked Christina on a date!

Vu and Christina started dating in 2010, and since then they have been inseparable. Because their universities were right next to each other, they would alternate spending time at each other's places. Being together since college, they got to grow together through the many phases of their life. They experienced the college lifestyle together. They experienced traveling while broke together. They experienced eating free Shake Shack by creating multiple emails because they couldn’t afford food together. They experienced long distance relationship together. They experienced starting their career jobs on the same day together. And finally, they experienced being home owners together. Throughout the ever changing challenges that Vu and Christina faced, one thing always remained constant. They tackled it together.

The proposal

Surprising Christina is one of the hardest tasks in the world, as she has a way of finding out everything. That's why Vu planned to do it out of the country.

Christina had scheduled a photo shoot in Paris during the Europe trip, but she had no idea that Vu was secretly messaging the photographer. He had asked them to set up a picnic somewhere secluded near the Eiffel Tower. Christina specifically told Vu to NEVER propose in front of a crowd, so when they first got to the Eiffel Tower, Christina was unsuspecting of a proposal because of how crowded it was.

Leading the way to meet up with the photographer, Vu guided Christina along the river where their picnic had already been set up. This was the moment that Christina knew what was about to happen...