Postponed to 2021

First of all, we hope everyone is safe and healthy. Large amounts of people gathering during the Covid-19 pandemic is NOT the ideal celebration that we want. Yes, we want everyone with us to celebrate but not if it means that someone gets sick. We hope that everyone understands the situation and supports our decision... WE HAVE DECIDED TO POSTPONE OUR WEDDING. No not our wedding to one another, but our large ceremony and celebration with everyone. We want everyone that we love to be with us in 2021, so we can celebrate with y'all safely and hopefully Covid-19 free. That being said, we still want to be married to each other and we can't wait to say "I do". So...we have made a decision to get married this year, at Camp Lucy, with just our immediate families and the bridal party. We hope everyone will understand and support us. - We will have our ceremony and reception in 2021 to renew our vows and celebrate with everyone. Hopefully, Covid-19 free.

It’s simple. We locked eyes. We kissed. We fell in love. We go way back. Our families have been intertwined since first meeting in Venezuela back in 1993. Our parents had an instant chemistry, aside from being two families from Texas with kids around similar ages. Our families have remained close friends over the years and have crossed paths on many random and planned occasions. But it wasn't until April of 2018 that Olivia and I both started to look at each another in a different light. We started hanging out just us two and quickly realized that we had been missing something really special. The makings of an amazing relationship had been in front of us the whole time. Like the friendship our families made, our relationship was an easy fit. Years and years of friendship as a foundation, there was no stopping our rapidly growing love for one another. Everyday we spend together, it becomes more and more evident how perfect we are for each other and how much we care for one another. We love each other more than anything and can’t wait to spend our special day with you all.

It all started with the idea behind the love lock bridge in Paris. This bridge is now home to countless love locks that couples have locked on, symbolizing their "locked" love for one another. This idea was incredibly romantic, so we TOOK IT! In our minds, each lock marks a milestone of our loving commitment to one another. We have placed all of our love locks on an old bridge over Inks Lake in the beautiful Texas hill country. This old Inks Lake bridge was en route to a summertime lake house where our paths crossed again & again during our childhood. Today, this bridge is a scenic pedestrian bridge that overlooks Inks Lake. It has sentimental value to us both from past memories and now is the resting place of our love locks. As our relationship has clearly taken its time to grow, the proposal was all about timing. I had to somehow get Olivia onto our bridge with both of our families in town to celebrate our milestone. As many of you know, our families are all over the map, so secretly getting everyone to the same place at the same time was no easy task. It wasn’t without a little help that we were able to get most of our family members and closest friends to meet us for the big day.

That’s right, the big day was finally set as June 29th, 2019. I had a plan. We started the day off with a little brunch date at a quaint little cafe where we had gone on one of our first dates. A perfect excuse to dress up a little bit and start the day off with full bellies. (I didn’t eat a lot because of all the nervous jitters…and no, coffee is not always your friend in the mornings. On days like these, it adds to the nervous shakes.) Next was nervously signing the brunch check and getting her safely to our bridge. I had managed to avoid putting one of our locks on the bridge for nearly 2 months in order to stop at our bridge today to put it on. We walked hand in hand to our spot on the bridge and as we did, my nervous jitters settled. I was comfortably happy. We stopped at our spot and I passed her the lock. As soon as the lock clicked closed, I grabbed her and held her in my arms. I whispered in her ear about how I fell in love with her and how I keep falling in love with her everyday. I stepped back, reached in my pocket, and handed her a second lock. I told Olivia “you have one more lock to put on the bridge today." Engraved on the second lock was the question “Will you marry me?” As she was questioning the second lock and reading the engraving, I got down on one knee. She quickly realized what was happening and before my knee could hit the ground she said "YES!" I love you Olivia and I am so happy that I get to spend the rest of my life with you. ... To those of you that helped plan this amazing, yet secret, day... Thank you! Y'all know who you are. Thank you for your help in making this day so successful and special to the both of us.