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We're getting married!

Raya Rose Aksland

&

Kyle Hunter Gray

Stockton

CA

July 25

2026

The Promise

It all began in the Bowie Baseball dugout. Kyle had walked in a hundred times before, but this time sitting there was a girl with braces, baggy jeans, and flip flops & her name was Rose. Curious, Kyle asked a friend about her, and before long, he had her phone number. After practicing how to pronounce her last name (with plenty of help from Chris Logan), he finally got it right. Just one week later, Rose and Kyle were officially dating. And just like that, their story began. As teenagers, their favorite thing in the world was simply being in the car together; driving around Austin with the windows down, music playing, and endless conversations about everything and nothing at all. Years later, Rose and Kyle still find magic in the simplicity of being side by side in the car. Whether it’s a road trip through the mountains of Colorado, or an early morning ride to work together. The journey has always been the best part because they’re on it together. One night, standing in the doorway of Rose’s apartment when she was just 15, Kyle made a pinky promise that he would marry her someday. Neither of them could have known exactly how, but somehow, they both knew one day that promise would come true. Though College brought time apart, the love between them never disappeared. Almost eleven years to the day of their very first date, Kyle brought everything full circle. On the very same baseball field where their paths first crossed, he got down on one knee and asked Rose to marry him. On July 25, 2026, that pinky promise finally comes true, and we can’t wait to celebrate it with you!

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