To our friends and family: Can you believe it? We are finally getting married! We're so excited to celebrate our wedding day with you.

We first met in our Spanish class freshman year of high school. Ironically, Reyna was doing poorly and in need of help. Of course, due to my natural academic skills, I was excelling in the class and was willing to help her. However, Reyna was distracted most of the time with my good looks. On a serious note, we both were quite fond of each other but remained only good friends for the next year or two. The following year we split up and unknowingly, attended rival high schools and reconnected after our school's big football game. When I finally was able to see her again I knew this was an opportunity to advance our friendship and become even closer. I began to go over and hang out at her house and her parents and family were always overwhelmingly hospitable. I quickly began to grow a connection with them as well. We grew closer and closer, bonding over our sports and so much more, I knew we had something very special. Until this day I don't believe I ever asked her to officially be my girlfriend. And after eight years of being together, I think going with the flow worked for us perfectly.