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Our Wedding

"When the lanterns go up, that's when I'll go down on one knee."&nbsp; 





 













Our proposal&nbsp;story begins a few weeks prior to the big day. I show up unannounced to my future in-laws house to ask for their blessing for their daughters hand in marriage. I was fairly nervous because I had nothing prepared on what to say. But&nbsp;I think it went pretty well since their responses were, "You've already had my blessing!" and "Oh of course! When will you have babies?"













I begin to tell them the plan on how I intend to propose to Aleks. In a few days from this point of the story, Aleks and I, along with her family and family friends would set sail on an cruise ship that would take us to several countries across Asia. The final stop for&nbsp;this cruise line in particular, would be in Taiwan, where we would celebrate the Pingxi Lantern Fesitval as the grand finale of the trip&nbsp;&mdash; this will be the&nbsp;day I would propose.&nbsp;













Since Taiwan was towards the end of the trip, I had to somehow act normal for the three weeks until the big day and pretend&nbsp;as if I didn't have a huge life changing surprise up my sleeve.

Our Proposal Story

Now for the past three weeks, we visited four different countries, ate some of the best food, took in some of the best sights, and have experienced so much during this trip... that I HAD FORGOTTEN THAT TODAY IS THE DAY I AM GOING TO PROPOSE... If it weren't for Mom Esther secretly mouthing the words to me, "Don't worry, I have the ring" I wouldn't have remembered that today was the big day. Needless to say, from that moment on, I was a nervous wreck. Don't ask me what we did in Taiwan prior to the lantern festival, I wouldn't know. I was so focused on not passing out that I didn't pay attention to what we were doing. I think we saw a tall tower and a few temples... or something like that. 

We finally arrive at Pingxi, the site where they were holding the lantern festival. A beautiful town in the mountains with 100,000+ people in attendance. During this time, I go over the plans with a select few on how I will be proposing. When the lanterns go up, that's when I'll go down on one knee, Brie will FaceTime my parents, Dad Roehl&nbsp;will be our photographer along with Vu, Loc, and Jackie who will get other angles. As for the rest of the friends and family that were with us, I figured they'd be close enough to us to realize what was going on, and I wanted them to have the element of surprise. That's it. The plans were set. There was no plan B.













The time has come and they are now leading us into the area where we light our lanterns. Everything was so organized... a little too organized actually. Everything I had planned had started to go wrong. Instead of grouping all of us close together and crowding around one area like I had imagined, they had our group&nbsp;form a line about 50 yards wide. Aleks, her family, and I on one end of the line, and our best friends/other photographers&nbsp;(Jackie, Vu, & Loc) on the very opposite end, as far away as possible. But there was no plan B, so we stick to the plan.













Everything happened so fast. We began writing our wishes and messages on the lanterns. Brie secretly FaceTime's my parents. I get the ring from Mom. Dad is ready with his camera. We light the lanterns. Lanterns start to go up. I go down on one knee. I pull out the ring.













I black out. I look up. Aleks doesn't notice me down on one knee.&nbsp; She’s looking up at the lanterns (because duh, that's what we're there for). I look over to my left, Dad is taking pictures...of the lanterns (because duh, it's an amazing sight to see). I look to my right, our friends are fighting their way through a sea of people rushing&nbsp;to get to us.&nbsp;In retrospect, I probably should have let them enjoy the lanterns first, and then bend the knee... but again,&nbsp;there was no plan B.













I look back up. Aleks still doesn't notice. I start tugging on her shirt like a needy toddler to get her attention. She looks down and finally realizes&nbsp;what is actually happening.&nbsp;













The moment she looked down at me, everything stopped. It was like we were the only two people in this place. The look she gave me I can replay in my head&nbsp;head over and over and never get tired of it.&nbsp;Even with the hundreds of&nbsp;thousands of lanterns that were shining above us, the smile that she gave me with tears running down her face shined even&nbsp;brighter than that. 5 years in the making all leading up to this point. I had asked the love of my life if she would do me the honor in being my wife. She said yes. I think. Well, she nodded yes and lost her ability to speak... So let's chalk it up to a yes.

March 2, 2018 - The Proposal

Our Story

Wedding Party - Extended

Parents

Esther &&nbsp;Roehl Beltran - Parents of the Bride Willermina &&nbsp;Romulo Ocampo - Parents of the Groom

Grandparents

Ricardo Beltran (Grandfather of the Bride) Lydia Gomez (Grandmother of the Groom) &nbsp;- accompanied by Angeline Ocampo (Sister-in-Law) Mauro &&nbsp;Teddy Domingo (Grandparents of the Bride)

Primary Sponsors - Ninangs/Ninongs

Lou Domingo & Ronnie Domingo Editha Lowery & Ricky Beltran Clarissa Zayas & Mariano Romulo Helen Beltran & Lib Ambion Melissa Williams & Jesse Lorenzo Nelia Tiotangco & Jun Obedoza Ampy Vasquez&nbsp; & Lodi Ranada

Secondary Sponsors - Candle, Veil, & Cord

Rodell Beltran & Ashley Beltran Linsie Figueroa&nbsp;& Loc Nguyen Mary Angela Munoz &&nbsp;Mike Phan

Contact Us!

Bride - Alexandra Beltran alexandrarbeltran@gmail.com 206-240-7854

Groom - Joses Ocampo 425-418-2205

Details

Clarisse Zayas

Joshua Banal

Vu Nguyen

Jacquelline Tomas

Vang Tran

Andrew Souksavath

Brieana Beltran

John Ocampo

accompanied by his father, Lloyd Michael Ambion Sr

Lloyd Michael Jr

Amara Ambion

accompanied by his mother, Rachel Soriano

Emory Matthew Soriano

Amel Un

Wedding Party

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Registry

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Travel

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Seattle CityPASS: 5 Must-See Museums & Attractions

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Daytrip from Seattle to Victoria on Victoria Clipper

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Museum of Pop Culture Tickets

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Pacific Science Center Tickets

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Meet your guide at Rachel's Ginger Beer located at the end of Post Alley which runs parallel to Pike Place Market. After a warm greeting and overview of your stops for the night, set off down cobblestone streets to visit some of the best bars and restaurants in town.
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Your tour includes 5 stops total with over 13 tastings, 5 of which are cocktails. Sample an array of food including tacos and spring rolls and hear a story about how a local became rated America's best bartender.

Alexandra & Joses

Alexandra & Joses

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