So the story begins in the summer of 2013 at California State University, Northridge. Ani was just beginning her journey in the Radiologic Sciences Program and Kris was finishing his last semester. As an assistant to the Program Director and President of the Graduating Class, Kris gave a welcome speech to the new students during the New Student Orientation. This is where they saw each other for the first time. He thought she was very cute, but thought that she probably already had a boyfriend or that she wouldn't be interested. And she thought he was cute, but that it could never happen because he wasn’t Armenian. So they went their separate ways… Kris and Ani would see each other here and there during school events; He even proctored a Physics exam for her. Ani was excited to be alone with Kris for the first time, until she realized he would be grading her exam and would see how horrible she really was in Physics. Ani didn’t stay to chat after the test and, yet again, they went their separate ways. Fast forward to Ani’s last year of the program. As luck would have it, Ani was assigned a rotation through Cedars Sinai Medical Center, where Kris was already working as an Interventional Radiologic Technologist. They learned quite a few things about each other that sparked some interest from both sides; the biggest similarity being their love for sushi and the restaurant Chiba in North Hollywood. At this point, Kris just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to ask her out, in which she gladly accepted. The first date was full of awkwardness, laughs, bottles of sake and melt in your mouth sushi. From there, they continued hanging out and built a foundation of friendship. After a trip to the Pacific Northwest filled with eating, eating and more eating, they knew they had found in each other something very, very special. They grew together and continued to learn from each other, experiencing their different cultures and making new friends and family along the way.

In April of 2018, Kris finally gathered enough courage to meet with Ani’s dad and brother to finally ask for their blessing for her hand in marriage and, also, to ask if they could help create the engagement ring. After running proposal ideas through his head for weeks and weeks, Kris finally decided how he wanted to pop the question. All he needed was his 4Runner and a camera... On June 15, 2018, Kris and Ani took a trip to Big Sur, CA. After checking out the beautiful sites and having lunch in the fading fog, Kris drove through the tall Ventana trees and surprised Ani with a glamorous campsite in the middle of the forest. With the camera rolling, Kris got down on one knee, forgot everything he wanted to say, started tearing, and finally said, “Will you marry me?” In joining with her counterpart, the tears of joy ran down Ani’s face and she happily replied, “Yes, of course!” Kris had one more goal throughout this process and that was to be able to share this moment with family and friends. So without further ado... Please enjoy our very special moment! Copy and paste into your browser: https://vimeo.com/277194260 Password: K&Aalltheway2018