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Aimee and John first crossed paths when they met while taking drivers ed. Little did they know this small interaction would lead into an ever lasting love. Not much time later did the pair meet again, this time at Chuck e Cheese when John joined the team where Aimee was already working. Aimee recognized John immediately, but this time in a different light. This is where their love story took off. As shifts and conversations continued, mini laughters were shared, and a connection and bond began to grow between the two their love bloomed among the pizza slices, arcade games, and a mouse within the kid crazy chaos of Chuck E. Cheese. Over the next few months, Aimee found herself intrigued by John. Enjoying every moment they got to work together where ultimately it developed into a crush. Amongst the conversations best friends have…Aimee shared how she truly felt with her soon to be bridesmaid Rebecca, who then took it upon herself to text John, setting things into motion. It turned out that John held feeling for her as well! Now knowing his feelings were reciprocated, John planned on asking Aimee to be his girlfriend on January 22nd, he wanted to ask the big question on Aimee’s birthday. It turned out John couldn’t wait that long. During a closing shift on January 7th 2020, John asked Aimee to be his girlfriend while the pair were cleaning the women’s restroom at work. Although it wasn’t the most romantic place to ask, Aimee said yes. Their first date was a double date to the movies where the pair watched Frozen 2. From there, the pair’s love for one another grew the more time they spent together both at work and outside of it. Not even the pandemic could keep them apart! As the world shut down in March 2020 and continued later into the year, Aimee and John were separated. The pair did everything they could do maintain their relationship mostly including texting, phone calls, and FaceTime. Aimee even changed her work schedule so she would be able to stay home for two weeks at a time and quarantine just so she would be able to see John for the weekend. That is love and dedication! As the pandemic started to clear up and people were going back to work, the pair were able to see each other more often, but not to the extent as they used to yet. Aimee often spent time at her aunts house with her family during “camping trips in the backyard”, which was located right down the road from John’s house so they would often walk and meet up with one another and take a stroll down the street. By Spring, John asked Aimee to be his date to prom, and since Aimee had missed out on her prom because of covid, she eagerly said yes! John’s mom took the both of them to go pick out Aimee’s dress, and when he saw her in the dress she picked out on their prom night, he started to cry. Seeing his reaction to her in a prom dress, Aimee couldn’t help but wonder what his reaction would be to her in a wedding dress. Later in life, John and Aimee reached the step in their relationship that they were ready to move in together. As the pair scoured for apartments in the local area, John’s parents offered for them to renovate the basement into a makeshift home. Realizing this would be a good way to live together but still save on money, the pair agreed and got to work. Not long after the construction in the basement had started, John confided in his family that he was ready to ask Aimee to marry him. He and his mom went to a jewelry store not too far away and purchased a ring he was sure Aimee was going to love. Unfortunately for him, Aimee was quickly onto him when she saw his location was at a jewelry store. John played it off as best he could, telling her he was in a nearby store, which Aimee reluctantly accepted but remained suspicious. Over the next two months, the news spread through the family of John’s upcoming proposal that he planned to execute at the 4th of July party. Aimee remained suspicious the entire time, believing she knew it was happening soon but wasn’t exactly sure when. Thankfully everyone was able to throw her off enough to not ruin the surprise. John proposed to Aimee at the 4th of July party as planned. With fireworks exploding above, Aimee’s favorite song from Twilight played as John emerged from the smoke and dropped down on one knee, asking her to marry him. Aimee stood in shock, but said yes! Almost immediately after that night, wedding planning began, each day leading closer and closer to their happily ever after.

Our Story

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Andrea is the beautiful mother of the groom! We love her so much! She has been helping us plan the wedding and has been there for us every step of the way! We couldn’t have pulled the wedding off without her. She is a big part of this wedding! She is truly an amazing soul. She is a second mother to the bride and opened her home to her. We are forever grateful for all she does.

Andrea Piques

John is the amazing father of the groom! We love him with all our heart. He also has been there for us every step of the way and we appreciate everything he does for us! 

John Piques

Stanley is the father of the bride and we love and care for him so much!

Stanley Kryla

Doreen is the mother of the bride! We love and appreciate her! 

Doreen Kryla

Aria is the brides niece! She loves her Auntie Aimee and her Uncle John! We can’t picture our wedding without her in it. We love her with all our heart! The prettiest babygirl!!

Aria Cabeceiras

Brayden is the brides nephew and he is the bride and grooms Godson. Brayden is a big part of our life and we love him so much! We could not get married without our Godson here with us!

Brayden Cabeceiras

Paige is the brides oldest sister and one of our Maid of Honors. We love her so much and we couldn’t say “I Do” without her by our side on our big day!

Paige Kryla

Cameron is my future sister in law! She is the grooms brothers girlfriend! She has been here every step of the way with wedding planning. I couldn’t have asked for anyone better to be in my wedding. We love her so much!

Cameron Oliveira 

William is the grooms twin brother! We love him so much and are grateful to have him in our lives. We couldn’t tie the knot without him!

William Piques

Julianna Piques

Ava is the brides niece. She loves her Uncle John and her Auntie Aimee! We could not tie the knot without her there with us! We love her so much!

Ava Correia

Rebecca is the brides best friend and was actually the matchmaker! We have been friends since freshman year of high school, so about 10 years now! Rebecca brought our two hearts together and we appreciate her so much and we wouldn’t be where we are at today without her! We love this girl!!! She is truly a kind soul and we probably wouldn’t even be together if it wasn’t for her!

Rebecca Smith

Ella is the grooms beautiful cousin! We love her so much and couldn’t picture our wedding without her in it!

Ella Carreiro

Laura is the brides friend! We have been friends for many years and we couldn’t picture our wedding without her here with us. We love her so much!

Laura Borden

Stephanie is the brides sister! She is a big part of our lives and we couldn’t get married without her there for us! We love her so much!

Stephanie Correia

Brianna is the brides friend! We love her so much and couldnt get married without her here for us!

Brianna White

Olivia is the grooms cousin! She was one of the first people to call when she heard we were engaged! She’s been here for us through our whole relationship and we love her so much!

Olivia McConnell

Tom is John’s uncle and we love him so much! There’s no one else we would rather have marry us. He is truly a special person in both of our lives and we couldn’t imagine getting married without him there for us. We wanted to include him and this was perfect! We want to thank him for going to officiant classes just to marry us!

Thomas Carreiro

Maddux is the grooms cousin! He’s a very big part of our lives and we love him so much! We couldn’t get married without him there for us.

Maddux Carreiro

Mason is the grooms cousin! We love and care about him so much, we couldn’t get married without him there for us!

Mason Piques

Craig is the grooms cousin and we couldn’t get married without him there for us!

Craig Huyler

Andrew is the grooms cousin and we couldn’t get married without him there for us.

Registry

Registry

Thank you so much for looking at our registry! We appreciate everything and are hoping to get some stuff to set us up for our future home! We love you all!