Laura and Ryan met in eighth grade French class. Ryan will claim that he tried to talk to Laura on the first day of school and that she ignored him. Laura will explain that she was the shy new kid and has no memory of the day they met. Whichever the case, they eventually became friends and built a close knit circle of friends at Little Miami, many of whom remain a huge part of their lives. They even walked together on homecoming court their junior year of high school! Fast forward past a few years of college, when both found themselves commuting to the University of Cincinnati for a semester, so they carpooled! A year later after an infamous spring break trip, they started dating. TEN YEARS later, Ryan proposed on a beach in Georgia with Laura's family grinning in the background. Those ten years were filled with teaching, traveling, volunteering, apartment life, dogs, injuries, career changes, and most importantly, friends and family. Laura and Ryan would not be who they are as individuals or as a couple without the amazing positive influences of their loved ones. For this reason, they could not have a marriage celebration without you.