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August 3, 2019
Bangor, Michigan

Michael & Caitlin

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Caitlin

Jernigan

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Michael

VanderMolen

August 3, 2019

Bangor, Michigan

Our Story

M: I was working as a server at Donkey Taqueria on April 1st, 2016. It was a cold and rainy night when a group of girls sat at the rail in the back to order some Prickly Pear Margaritas while waiting for a table. C: I was meeting up with all my work friends from Priority Health. We chose to meet up at my favorite restaurant just minutes away from my Apartment at Oakwood Manor Apartments: Donkey Taqueria. My friend Erica Knight and I were the first ones to arrive and so naturally we put our names in for a table. Seeing as there was an hour wait, we snuck back by the rail to order some Prickly Pear Margaritas. M: While running from the kitchen to my tables, I heard the most beguiled laugh and was instantaneously intrigued. I came over to take drink orders. C: In mid relish conversation, this handsome friendly blue eyed waiter playfully introduced himself and asked to take our drink orders. At this time more of our friends had arrived. After he left to put in our order, I pointed out that he had never mentioned his name and so it turned into a guessing game as to what his name could possibly be. I had guessed Peter (since I knew a Peter in elementary school who had red hair and freckles and had the same birthday as me), others guessed Brad (which is so completely ironic if you know about his identical twin brother, Brad) but we all concluded that his name couldn’t possibly be none other than... Alejandro. And so that’s what we called him (: The night ended with his Snapchat username on a donkey coaster for me to take home to decide if we’d ever meet again. Our first formal date was at Maru Sushi a week later. The rest is history ♥️

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