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Meet baby Ivan and baby Val, this was our first picture. We met right before the COVID pandemic. It was sort of like a love at first sight, after one message of "Are you missing a sock?" (Ivan to Val because if you know the bride, she will be the one to leave stuff all around the place). Everything changed on February 15th, 2020. Our lives would be completely different and God would have made everything work perfectly just like Him. We had a very quick beginning where we ended up living together for almost 2 years from April 2021 until January 2023, and even tho we loved each other very much. Things came to an end (or what we thought was the end). We had almost six months apart in which we grew A LOT, we found Jesus again and we started a life we didn't know was soon to be reunited. We got back together in May 2023 to our surprise we were able to find out that through God and our beloved pastor, we were walking again by the hand, this time, healed, forgiven, redeemed, and LOVED by Jesus. Our love story has many ups and many downs but we were able to pull it all together and create a beautiful family from it. We have an amazing doggy, aka Cooper as everyone already knows, our families merged beautifully but most importantly, God was in the middle and nothing could separate us. This brings us to this day, November 26th, 2023 when Ivan proposed. WHAT A DAY. (I kinda knew) and now we get to celebrate this love that God has allowed us to live and we get to celebrate with YOU! We love you, and thank you for wanting to learn more about us and for being able to love us through this beautiful story! I can't wait to see you on NOVEMBER 16!!!

The story of us

Our Story

Bridal Crew

Fun facts: I can play the flageolet, I am an introvert and I used to be very scared of airplanes.

Paola

Fun facts: 
I am disgusted by tree trunks with too many cracks.
Every time I get the hiccups I have to do a backend bridge so it goes away. 
I am a clean freak.

Angelica

Fun facts: I didn't try fast food until I was 17 years old, I like to sign in the shower and I can’t pronounce the word “foot” without sounding foreign.

Julia

Fun Facts: Target is my second home, I’m obsessed with coffee and I love quality time with my family.

Amanda

Fun Facts:

I have a 15-year-old son who I love with all my heart,
I could eat pizza and tofu every day (I'm Vegetarian) and 
I am currently dating a very handsome Asian man 


Mini

Fun facts: I don’t like chocolate and almost any sweets, I’m a workaholic. I currently have 3 jobs, two of them are full time and ⁠I’m allergic to dogs, but I have two beautiful dogs that are my whole life.

Laura

Fun facts: I don’t trust people who are too lazy to return their grocery carts, I’m retired united started Air Force and I like animals more than people 

Mikey

Fun Facts: I've known the bride for 13 years, I'm a coffee addict and I'm a graphic designer.

Ana Veronica

Grooms Crew

Fun Facts: I like to play pool, I lived in England and I rode a camel in the Middle East.

Erik

Fun Facts: I wrecked my car less than a year after getting it, I let my hair grow for 3 years and I get random people telling me their problems even tho I don't care.

Alex

Fun Facts: I can speak a language after 3 weeks of learning it, I can draw anything from memory or by looking at it once and I love teaching.

Fun Facts: I say I am Puerto Rican but I am not, I can make a joke out of anything and I have two daughters.

Decorian

Fun facts: I love boxing, all my money goes to Milwaukee tools and Grilling BBQ is my hobby.

Ivan

Fun Facts: I like to collect Rolex watches, I am always on a short leash and I'm afraid of bugs.

Nick

Fun Facts: Home Depot is my toysRus for adults, I clean up good” is my favorite saying when I am dressing up and I love beer and campfire nights.

Ivan & Valeria

Ivan & Valeria

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