Jennifer Pedranti and Ryan Boyajian experienced an unforgettable trip to the Bahamas! The couple, known from The Real Housewives of Orange County, shared their engagement news exclusively.
“We’re both super stoked and couldn’t be happier,” says Pedranti, 46. “We always say that our love is a gift, and this just feels like the icing on the cake.”
“This is a magical time for us,” she adds. “I really am the luckiest girl in the world.”
Boyajian, aged 46, proposed to Pedranti on Thursday, April 11, during a romantic stroll along the beach.
The property, he notes, is one of their “favorite spots” to go with their blended family.
“We take all the kids there, typically the first week of summer, so it was important for me to do it in a spot that means something to us,” says Boyajian.
“Now we’ll always be able to go right there in the little perch of sand by the staircase and remember this milestone together.”
“It feels so special that this happened while we were in our happy place,” Pedranti says.
Pedranti, who had flown directly from filming RHOC’s upcoming season 18 cast trip to meet Boyajian in the Bahamas, expressed her surprise at the engagement, admitting she didn’t see it coming at all.
“I was shocked,” Pedranti recalls of the moment, explaining that they were on their way to lunch when Boyajian walked her past the restaurant and down to the beach.
“He was like, ‘Come here for a second’ and we walked down on the beach. And he pulled me in, and I said to him, ‘Are you doing something?’ And the second he got down in the sand, I don’t even remember what he said because I was so surprised.”
The location gave guests from one of Baha Mar’s infinity edge pools a perfect view of the proposal.
“There were probably a hundred people lined up in the pool, and out of nowhere we just heard a roar of people cheering and clapping,” says Pedranti. “It was absolutely amazing.”
Pedranti and Boyajian began their relationship in September 2020. As revealed on RHOC, they crossed paths while Pedranti was still married (she and her now estranged husband are currently navigating divorce proceedings).
Together, Pedranti and Boyajian parent seven children from their respective prior marriages: Cole, 20, Harrison, 20, Tyler, 18, Dawson, 17, Greyson, 15, Everleigh, 13, and Dominic, 10.
Before proposing, Boyajian made a heartfelt gesture by seeking blessings from Pedranti’s parents and her two brothers.
“That day holds immense significance for me, as those conversations with them are etched in my memory,” he reflects.
It’s thoughtfulness like that that helped Pedranti fall in love with Boyajian.
“I say this all the time. I am so prioritized,” she tells. “He communicates everything with me. And he is my best friend. I get to do life with my best friend.”
“We do life together,” he says. “She is a combination of not only the strongest woman I’ve ever met, not only the most loving woman I’ve ever met, but an absolutely amazing mom and a lover of not just people in her own circle, but of people in general.
I’ve never met someone who radiates so much love and true, genuine care for everyone.”
As for their wedding, Pedranti says they’ve talked about returning to Baha Mar for the special occasion.
“I don’t think Ryan nor myself are looking for some big celebration,” she shares. “We just got engaged, so obviously we’re just enjoying that and not planning anything concrete, but I can see us doing it on one of these trips where all of our kids are with us on the sand. Something small, just family and friends.”
“If I had my way, it would be same way you saw the proposal picture: it’d be a bikini and board shorts and all of our kids,” says Boyajian, Pedranti teasing, “I don’t know about that…”
The Real Housewives of Orange County can be streamed on Peacock.
