Ryan & Jennifer
We’re Getting Married!
RyanPerieff
&Jennifer Cook
May242025
Murphys, CA
Our Story
How We Met
Many people know that we met at work. We were both working night shifts at Banner, I was the med surg charge nurse and Ryan was hospital security. He noticed me on the cameras because the charge desk was right underneath the M/S camera, and he asked his friend about me (I didn't know this until much later). That same friend had asked me if I knew anybody about my age that would be interested in dating Ryan. Although, he didn't mention Ryan by name but instead said, "someone single that would maybe be interested in getting to know this friend of his that hasn't put himself out there in a while." I remember, at the time, wondering if he was talking about Ryan but didn't ask. A couple months after that I noticed that Ryan started to do rounds more often and we started talking every night that I worked. I dropped so many hints to ask me out, but he picked up on absolutely ZERO. It was about three months before he finally asked for my number and the rest is history.
The Proposal
Ryan took me to Big Rock in Arnold, not realizing how high up it was. While the climb was only about 10 feet, the top of the rock was above the treetops with a sharp drop on the other side. He had been up to the top when he was younger and remembered it much differently... had he remembered correctly he probably wouldn't have taken me because I am absolutely terrified of heights. We both made the climb, however, and despite both of us being incredibly anxious, he proposed to me at the (almost) top of the rock, surrounded by family. Lucian, his now middle child, climbed around us, making us even more anxious because he had NO fear of heights, and we kept having to wrangle him in. It was a beautiful view and I'm incredibly happy that I made the bare-footed climb up the rock!