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John Anthony & Alexa Leigh

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Alexa Leigh Carreras

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John Anthony Carreras

August 15, 2024

Seville, Spain

Our Story ~ The Beginning

Our love story started in January 2022 in the desert of Arizona - Lex had just moved to Phoenix 6 months before for neurology residency and JA was moving there for work from Chattanooga as a corporate healthcare attorney. They met on Bumble while he was in town house-hunting and were instantly drawn to each other. They broke a dating “rule” by going on two back-to-back dates that weekend during which they stayed up into the wee hours each night just talking. Lex also accidentally saw on JA’s phone that he had sent pictures of her to his mom after their first date and, though this could have been made some girls run for the hills, she found it kind of cute. Despite Lex’s crazy residency schedule and terrible text responsiveness, they managed to speak to each other every day until he moved to Phoenix with his two dogs on February 28, 2022. After driving a Penske truck across the country, his first stop in Phoenix was Lex’s apartment. Lex invited him to Maddie’s wedding in April where JA won the best friend stamp of approval and their Iove solidified.

Our Story ~ A Life of Love & Travel

Shortly after that wedding, Lex invited JA to Israel for another close friend's (Elite's) wedding where they also spent an entire week in Mykonos and Santorini (not romantic at all...). Thanks to Lex's knack for squeezing as much vacation out of residency as she can, they were able to go on 17 trips the rest of that year, including to Tampa and NJ to meet family, Nicaragua, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and a handful of roadtrips within Arizona with the dogs. Finally, in December 2022 they moved into JA's apartment together. In February 2023 they moved into a house with a backyard in downtown Phoenix where they currently reside with Howdy and Hooty.

Our Story ~ The Proposal

After dropping not-so-subtle hints for quite awhile, JA miraculously (and with the help of family and friends) managed to surprise Lex when he proposed to her on Bow Bridge in Central Park one day before her 30th birthday, September 17, 2023. They had just seen Back to Future on Broadway with her family to celebrate her birthday, after which JA and her family had to convince Lex that everyone had to leave, and she and JA were going to walk through Central Park to grab some food (it took a lot of convincing). After preparing the perfect words to say, JA predictably forgot everything and "double dared" her to marry him (thankfully she said yes). They are both incredibly thankful to be able to celebrate their marriage in a country they have great memories in together, and hope to make more in with their friends and family!

For all the days along the way
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