There will not be a single dry eye in the house when social studies teacher Phil Lyons marries his college sweetheart, Bibi Marti, July 14 after proposing in the summer of 2005 in New York City.

Lyons met Marti in 1989 through a friend with whom she had been dating, and they began going out for a short period of time in 1993. In September 2004, the two got back together only to get engaged 11 months later.

“My first impression was that he was really, really cute,” Marti said. “I also liked his sense of style. He used to dress up in those days.” Her favorite memories include dancing in Hollywood with Lyons, having family dinners together and hiking Mount Tam near San Francisco.

Lyons proposed to her in their New York hotel as they were preparing to leave for dinner. “I asked her for some chapstick in my bag, but there really was no chapstick, just a ring, and that’s what she found,” Lyons said. “She seemed pretty ecstatic.”

Lyons’ friend social studies teacher Robert Kelly only has positive outlooks for the wedding. “He seems to look forward to it,” Kelly said. “He may be nervous, but for the most part, he seems to look forward to it. He and Bibi are a good couple, and they have fun together and look forward to having fun together.”

The two currently have their honeymoon, as well as parts of their wedding, planned out. “My father, who is a Roman Catholic priest, will be marrying us in a church ceremony,” Marti said. “I’m so excited about my wedding ring, which I plan to wear around the house before we’re actually married. [Phil] said I could.”

Lyons and Marti will embark on a Baltic cruise as their honeymoon. “We’re going to Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, and a place I’m so very excited to visit, Russia,” Marti said.