After her time on The Bachelor, Melissa Rycroft reconnected with Tye Strickland — and the couple have been going strong ever since.

Rycroft and Strickland met at a mutual friend’s party in 2006. The twosome dated on and off before Rycroft starred on season 13 of the ABC dating show. During the finale — which aired in March 2009 — Rycroft got engaged to Bachelor Jason Mesnick. However, during the After the Final Rose special, Mesnick ultimately broke up with Rycroft to pursue runner-up Molly Malaney, whom he later married in 2010.

After ending her engagement to Mesnick in January 2009, Rycroft started talking to Strickland again, and the twosome announced their engagement that June. The couple tied the knot in December 2009 and went on to welcome daughter Ava Grace in 2011, followed by so

See Full Page