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April 17, 2021
Las Vegas, Nevada

Vanessa & Arnold

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A.J. Gonzalez

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Vanessa Balbona

April 17, 2021

Las Vegas, Nevada

Our story

In April of 2017 both A.J. And Vanessa were big fans of motorcycles and cars. In Colorado every weekend you could find a car meet where everyone would get together and hang out then go on a cruise together. One of those weekends Vanessa and A.J. were introduced. Not to long after Vanessa got her motorcycle. This brought along more oppurtunity for Vanessa and A.J. to get to know each other since every free moment was spent riding with friends or going to different meets. One night Vanessa made the first move of asking to go on a date. Well thanks to him saying yes that night they have been inseparable. It was many many dates before they became “official” but everything worked out exactly as it suppose to. Bonds are made to be tested and this bond has been tested in so many ways, but with those tests their love has grown and brought us to this moment.

Our Proposal

Memorial day weekend a last minute plan was made to head out to South Dakota for a little bit of weekend fun. It was an amazing drive with A.J., Vanessa, Julissa (A.J.’s sister), Mia and Liam (Vanessa’s kids). The first couple days were just enjoying Mount Rushmore and other tourist parks. On the way back down to the hotel a little detour to a National Park with a beautiful lake was made. In the middle of this lake were huge rocks that you could climb, now it was not the easiest climb but they all made it up. Once they got to the top Liam said “I need to pee” now of course right before they climbed up we stopped at a restroom but kids will be kids and always say “I don’t need to go.” Well it was one of those times that you can just tell it’s an emergency. Since they were on the top of the rock A.J. helped Liam climb down and ran him to the bathroom. A good 20 minutes passed by and they weren’t back or even in view. Vanessa and the rest of the group headed down and was waived down by A.J. to go to the car, come to find out Mr. Liam had peed his pants. Now how does this story fit along with the proposal well this was were A.J. was planning on proposing if they would have had one more minute this would have been were our story would have happened. But we all know everything happens for a reason. On to the next day they had decided to rent some side by sides and head up to a peak in the Black Hills. They had about an hourish drive up with lots of detours, they finally made it. At the top of this peak was a beautiful background of all of the Black Hills it was decided to take a family picture. Once the picture was taken they started to walk away and thats when A.J. got on one knee and asked the question we all know Vanessa has been dying for “Will you marry me?” At this point I think we all know what the answer was “YES!” So here they are now planning a wedding in no other place then Vegas!

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