We don’t have a romantic story… more like a bad client experience gone right. :) We met through Alondra’s father, Juan, who was in a tax crisis and needed help. Alondra reached out to Ivan to help out. Ivan took on the case but little did he know that Juan would show up unexpectedly at his house and call at odd hours (Dad, we love you lol). While Ivan was on vacation, Alondra’s dad could not reach Ivan. Alondra thinking Ivan was ignoring her dad’s calls, reached out to Ivan to scold him for ignoring her dad. With fear in his voice, Ivan clarified that he had no signal during his travel and it wasn’t intentional. Don’t worry, Alondra apologized (profusely). This misunderstanding was the start of a beautiful friendship that would later become the foundation of their love story.

Ivan and Alondra waited seven months before making it official. During that time, they decided to strengthen their friendship and wait on God. Coming from challenging pasts, they both learned how to let go and let God mold them into who they needed to be for each other. On March 20, 2020, Ivan asked Alondra to be his girlfriend. At that time, they had no idea how COVID-19 would impact the world and their relationship. But, they persevered and overcame the challenges of dating in a pandemic. If anything, this unprecedented time revealed their desire to get married.

Not everything goes according to plan but through perseverance and patience, Ivan had done the impossible to surprise Alondra with the perfect proposal. To begin, Ivan is a horrible liar. He is so downright honest. He literally cannot keep a secret. This was truly unbearable for him, however, he was able to plan everything in secret after months of delay. Ivan had set to propose much earlier in 2021. However, difficult times came when both the bride and groom’s grandfathers had passed away within a month apart, and then shortly after, Ivan contracted COVID-19. It was a large overcoming for both the couple but God’s will always came through. With His blessing, Ivan was able to finally plan with the help of many vendors to make Alondra’s dream proposal come true. It started with selecting the location, which is now our wedding venue. We had dreamt of getting married at BellaCosa. Ivan scheduled a meeting to tour the place, as we had been looking at venues for a while. To Alondra’s surprise, she was met with a beautiful set up under the oak tree with a boho style picnic, custom charcuterie board, champagne with floral ice cubes, and a wooden backdrop of all of our photos under the phrase, "I love you 3,000." To say the least, Ivan had taken her breath away and now will take Alondra as his beloved wife on April 2nd, 2022. Copy and paste this link to view our proposal: https://www.facebook.com/alondra.montelongo.73/posts/4259892254068011