Actor Michael Vartan, best known for his role as Michael Vaughn in Jennifer Garner’s “Alias”, married his girlfriend, Lauren Skaar, in a private ceremony at The Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Beach, California on Saturday (April 2).

“My family was thrilled,” Michael tells PEOPLE. “They love Lauren and could not be happier. Now all my mother talks about is grandchildren.”

Adds Lauren: “Our families both took an immediate liking to our partners and knew probably before we did that this was serious and going somewhere.”

Lauren and Michael met during a grocery shopping trip at a Whole Foods in Los Angeles. They didn’t immediately started dating. The 42 year-old actor finally decided to propose in New York back in March of 2010.

“We met at a grocery store in L.A.,” she says. “Michael approached me after some well calculated “stalking,” as I like to call it. We didn’t date right away. I wouldn’t give him my number but did take his e-mail address, and we didn’t see each other until a few months after our first meeting. That was almost two years ago.”

The bride wore a Vera Wang dress she had customized by her bridal shop and accessorized it with a precious Oscar de la Renta belt with mother of pearl and Swarovski crystals. The groom donned a Giorgio Armani tuxedo with classic white pique tuxedo shirt and black bow tie.

Unfortunately, the lovebirds did not have the opportunity to enjoy a romantic honeymoon because Michael had to return to the set of the medical drama, “Hawthorne” also starring Jada Pinkett Smith.

“Just bad luck with the timing,” Michael says, “but at least we have three months to plan something very romantic.”

Looking ahead, he says, “Our plans for the future are to live a happy, simple life, have kids, lots of dogs and go with the flow. I married my best friend; [it] shouldn’t be too hard!”

Congratulations to the newlyweds!

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