Kyle went to Alhambra.  Paula went to Mark Keppel.  Despite being at different schools, they developed a friendship and attended the Sweethearts Dance together (For those of you who were in the Tri-Hi-Y Clubs in the San Gabriel Valley, you know that dance across schools at Quiet Cannon…memories!).  It remained a friendship and they eventually went off to college.  He went to Cal Poly Pomona.  She went to Riverside.  And then three years ago, they both reconnected with each other.  The friendship was still there, but there was just more…and the timing was right.

Kyle proposed to Paula in the Rose Garden at Cal Poly Pomona last December.  For them, the campus holds a special place and to revisit the gazebo and garden – with the roses in bloom this time – brought back the memory of Kyle asking Paula to be his wife.  It is easy to see why the two of them fit together – each brings out the smile in the other – and since Paula described the two of them as easy-going, they both have a relaxed ease and attitude about them…except during the Lakers-Celtics finals when both were rooting for the Lakers! Paula and Kyle are both avid basketball fans (We even talked about LeBron’s decision to go to Miami.) and as a kid growing up, Kyle played for the Mustangs.

Kyle and Paula are a lovely couple and it felt like such a small world once I got to know the two of them more!  We actually happen to know the same people, just showing that there is such a small degree of separation even when you think you might be strangers.  Thanks for allowing me to get to know the two of you more, Kyle and Paula; it was a fun-filled evening exploring Cal Poly’s campus together!