We are getting married!

Ryan and Val met while studying exercise physiology at Cal State Monterey Bay. Their relationship began as a friendship where they would chat about squat technique, and what was going to be on the next anatomy exam while working out at the gym. The friendship evolved into a romantic relationship after Val asked Ryan out to dinner “as friends” and they have been together ever since.

Ryan was planning to propose to Val on a bike trip in Tuscany, but he got a new job and with the uncertainty in traveling these days, they decided to cancel the trip. Ryan still wanted to keep the bike theme alive, so they spent a weekend in Sausalito riding their bikes around the Bay. On the way back from the Golden Gate Bridge, Ryan faked a flat tire so he could go down on one knee. Val never saw it coming. She was shocked and excited, making the bike proposal a huge success.