We’re saying "I do"!

Ryan and I have known each other since high school. Ryan played on the high school football team and I was one of the team’s managers. During that time, we hung out with mutual groups of friends but most of our interactions took place on AIM instant messenger (remember that!?). Although we had several interactions while we were younger, we were never interested in each other romatically! We kept in touch briefly during Ryan’s 6 years in the military and through my college years, but we never imagined our paths would cross again! It wasn't until several years later, in late 2016 when Ryan came home from serving in the Army, that our relationship really began. If you've been here for a while, you know EVERYONE knew this was going to happen, except for me. We began spending a lot of time together whether it was in groups or just going to the gym, and basically became best friends. If you ask me, that's all I thought it would ever be. BUT after fighting off feelings for quite some time, we finally got our act together and made it official in 2018. In October of 2020, we found ourselves getting ready to go for a hike on one of our favorite trails as we had done many times before. Ryan seemed a little too eager to go on this hike, and I couldn’t figure out why he was so adamant about being on the trail at exactly 12:00. So naturally, I took forever to get out of the house. I had no idea Ryan had set up an entire proposal at the end of the trail, where two of our friends were waiting to catch the entire thing! Ryan nervously got down on one knee, with our pup Ari by his side, and of course I said yes! A very short version of what brought you here today. We cannot wait to celebrate our love with all of you this summer!