"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other"

We were both young and didn't expect to meet online!! After being virtual friends for sometime, we decided it was finally time to meet in person. Ricky lived in Manteca and I lived in Patterson. One Friday afternoon we decided to meet up and we have been inseparable ever since!! It started with a simple Hello, and now 9 years later it Continues with an I Do!!

The beginning of the year we had decided we were going to start planning our yearly vacation. This year we decided we were going to Hawaii since we have never been before. I got right into the planning and planned out our whole itinerary for Hawaii. Little did I know Ricky had plans of his own. Ricky managed to get a photographer to meet us at the beach where we were going to be at. I had no idea, the only thing I knew was Ricky had asked me not to plan anything for the Friday, he just wanted to go out to dinner and hang out. On the morning of Friday September 13 Ricky told me that he had arranged a photographer to come meet us at the beach before dinner so we could take some pictures. This is when I started wondering what was going on since he hardly does things like that. We went about our day, I got ready and we drove off to the beach. On the way to the beach everything possible was going wrong, we were running late to meet the photographer, and to top it off Ricky got his first speeding ticket. (it was Friday the 13th after all). We finally made it to the beach and our photographer was waiting there for us, she told me that Ricky had hired her to take some sunset pictures. After a few pictures taken she instructed me to look away from her towards the beach to take a picture and as I turned back to look at her, there he was on one knee!!! The crazy day we had that morning was all forgotten!!! One of the most memorable days of our lives!! Now we can't wait to celebrate our love with everyone!!!