Our families have known each other since before we were born. We even had the same pediatrician and went to the same church! I (Nadia) remember meeting for the first time at Masuda Middle School, but Raymond remembers playing together as little kids. We began dating in high school and the rest is history! ❤️
Every year, all the August & September birthdays in my family celebrate together, because we have so many. At our most recent birthday pari, Raymond decided to give me my own small cake and bring it out when we were singing happy birthday to everyone. When I saw the top, I thought he misspelled my name and then I realized that it said, "Marry Me?" and the candle was in the shape of a question mark. I am so grateful, now, that my whole family was there to celebrate, but I did not expect that since I kept dropping hints that I wanted to get proposed to in a hot air balloon. Well, after he slid that ring up on my finger, he showed me the reservations he made for a hot air balloon ride on his birthday. It was the cherry on top!