Our story began unfortunately on twitter, where Alyssa messaged Ryan her honest opinion of him… before ever meeting him or knowing he existed. The two shared a few messages back and forth before Ryan decided to throw in a picture of his new puppy, Jethro. With the company of their mutual friend Sydney, they all sat on Ryan’s front porch to meet Jethro and talked for hours.

Soon after that, Ryan and Alyssa went on their first date at Rotary park where Ryan ruined their first kiss by saying and I quote “Well I was going to kiss you but…” Unfortunately Alyssa still allowed him to kiss her after that.

After months of talking everyday and walking to class together, Ryan asked Alyssa to be his girlfriend on October 3rd, 2016. The two of them spent their senior year of high school together where they later decided to go to the same college, Central Michigan.

While at Central, the two of them were inseparable (with the exception of freshman year because Alyssa felt she needed to ignore Ryan to “be her own person”). They spent their time together studying, going on dates, and hanging out with friends. Once they both graduated college, Ryan proposed to Alyssa at Rotary park on October 29th, 2022.

The next chapter of their lives together starts on October 5th, 2024 and they can’t wait to celebrate with you!