The happy couple met through a mutual friend Michael who is also Rob's best friend. Michael has also assumed the role as one of the best men for the wedding. Maritza and Rob had met once before but they were dating other people at the time. It was a hot summer night in 2003. Maritza was out with Michael and his girlfriend at the time. They didn't know what to do, so Maritza suggested, "Why don't we see what Rob is doing?" Michael called Rob and in true Rob fashion he didn't pick up, so they stopped by his house and Mike climbed through his window as he always did to see if Rob was home. He was home, and Mike let Rob know someone wanted to see him. He had no idea what Mike was up to, but became curious. When he came to the car and opened the door, he was surprised to see it was Maritza. We all decided lets go to the Paterson falls and get to know each other. Michael and his girlfriend went their way, and we went our way. We got to talking and lost track of time before we knew it the sun was rising. The sunrise looked so beautiful over the Paterson Falls. It was then when Rob leaned over and kissed Maritza. Their first official kiss. Till this day they both never forgot that day. That was the start of forever for them. Thank you to Michael for bringing us together.

Maritza had been bugging Rob for a while about taking family portraits. So Rob took it as the perfect opportunity to propose. He set it all up for Mother's Day as her ideal gift, and a Mother's Day she would always remember. The day came they were in the backyard with the family taking pictures with the beautiful photographer Valerie Burgos. After taking a few photos with the kids and her mother. The couples son Ethan came out and brought out Maritza's first gift. A pair of beautiful morganite earrings with diamonds surrounding them. The family continued to take pictures. Ethan then came out again with an Edible Arrangments box Maritza's favorite. Ethan helped her open the box. When the box was opened, there were cupcakes in them that said, "Will you marry me?" Ethan asked, "Mommy will you marry my daddy?" Maritza could not stop crying and screaming OMG for a good five mins while Rob was on bended knee waiting for her answer. She finally said "YES!". After the proposal, they went to the place where they had their first kiss and took engagement pictures. After so many years they are both excited to make things official and spend the rest of their lives together and share their special day with family and friends!