As many of you may know, our relationship didn't take the traditional arc as most. We met through a mutual friend in 2009 in our early 20’s and began dating shortly after. Things started off great, with the normal challenges couples experience. We dated for two and half years before the relationship met a fork in the road that couldn’t be navigated at that stage in our lives. We were unable to resolve our differences, forcing us in different directions. With new agendas on the horizon, I (Marcus) pursued my nursing education in San Diego, while Talia resumed her life here in the Bay Area and was blessed with the birth of her first child Mia on Sept 23rd, 2012. With new priorities and obligations guiding our lives, we were seemingly distant thoughts in each other’s minds. Two years would pass before our paths would reunite. A message from 450 miles away opened the door for a second chance together. We began dating again in fall of 2014. Our relationship has been all but traditional, and in all honesty; backwards by social convention. However, through all the struggles, challenges, and adversity; our experiences together and apart have shaped our perspectives as individuals, partners and ultimately parents. On Sept 4th, 2016 we were blessed with the birth of our child Nyla. Mia and Nyla have been the center of our worlds. Every decision we make is centered on providing our daughters with every opportunity to grow, learn, and mature throughout the course of their lives. Our girls inspire us to maintain an open mind, learn, and grow for the sake of their future and ours. To fulfill our promise of a future together, getting married was not only the right and final step to solidifying our commitment to our relationship and children, but crucial in fulfilling our destiny as a family. This wedding is a celebration with our closest friends and family and a moment in time we want capture, remember, and cherish with our girls for as long we live.