Tera Lee Hampton and Mark Craig Blastophere, both of Bettendorf, Iowa, were married September 23, 2009, in Davenport, Iowa. Her parents are Kathy Lee and Mark Antony Hampton of Rock Island, Illinois. His parents are Sam and Katie Blastophere, of Texas, N.Y., formerly of Moline, Ill.

The bride is a graduate of Mary Pop High School. She is currently employed as a State Senator for Iowa.

The groom is a graduate of Jimmy Johns High School, Harvard Medical School, and has a PhD from Harvard Medical School. He is Chief Surgeon at Valley State Community Hosipital in Bettendorf, Iowa.