The Kristen Clonan and Matthew Ruiz Engagement  Meet newly
engaged couple Kristen Clonan and Matthew Ruiz  New beginnings
can happen in the most unusual places. Such was the case with
Kristen and Matthew when they met at a mutual family friend’s
wake.  They kept in touch through friends and, after a few
months, Kristen boldly (and wisely) decided to ask Matthew out
on a date.  “We went to Half Moon in Dobbs Ferry for our first
date, and the rest was history,” Kristen says.  Their four-year
anniversary was approaching, and while they recently had had
many conversations about the future, Kristen had just received
her Masters and Matthew was starting a new job, so they were
both just enjoying the new developments in their life.  They had
been trying to plan a vacation for a long time, but because of
their work schedules were unable to do so, so they settled on
trying to at least get a weekend away.  “Matthew planned a last
minute trip to Newport, Rhode Island with the help of my
cousin," Kristen says. "They whol