Victoria in the Park

WEDDING DAY

Ceremony

Reception

we do

we drink

we eat

we party

Summer

Our Wedding

summer of 2012-first picture taken together “You’re Myah Martinez?” Of course I had heard about Myah being one of the most beautiful girls in the freshmen class, I had just never seen her - and there I was, lucky enough to have her walk into global studies class on the first day. Fortunately for me, Myah wasn’t the best at global studies, so she was always in my Facebook messenger asking for help… let me tell you I couldn’t say yes fast enough. Fast forward to the end of the school year and what started off as a casual friendship turned into the one where you stay up all night glued to a cell phone constantly texting back and forth, or the kind where you feel no phone call is to long, to where you can even fall asleep on the line together. The kind of relationship where walking from town to town felt like no big issue, even it was to only hangout for a couple of hours. We spent our first 4th of July together that year, where I thought I was so cool and wanted to ask Myah to be my girlfriend under the fireworks… gosh I was smooth. We’ve experienced so much together - traveling, graduating, living together and buying our first home together, and all the ups and downs of life. A ton of things have changed since that first Independence Day spent together in 2012 - we both have grown and accomplished so much, I no longer have to ride my bike every Tuesday and Thursday to see each other - it was like clockwork. On any Tuesday or Thursday, Thaya and Marc could expect to have “Myahs Friend” over, and to not expect any leftovers after dinner. But even with all these changes, the one thing that has remained the same all this time is that I wouldn’t have wanted to do it with anyone else. Proposing to Myah might have been one of the more stressful times for me, only because I wanted to make it perfect. After going through countless plans, I decided to keep it simple. What’s important to Myah? Easy answer - Family. I had decided that I was going to propose at a family party, where I know the house would be packed with people Myah loves the most. The day quickly approached and the butterflies in my stomach grew - the scene was just how I had imagined it. House full of family, cousins in from out of town, beautiful evening. I make my way and literally have the ring box in my hand as I stand behind Myah about to take a knee, and out of the corner of my eye I see someone waiving me off… couple people were inside who we wanted to be there. So I quickly shove the box back in my pocket, playing it as cool as possible. Couple minutes later and it was time for Take 2 which turned out just as beautiful as I had planned. We will only be able to spend one more forth of July with each other, before I can call someone who has become my best friend, my wife.

Highschool Sweethearts

Our Story

Photos

Bridesmaids

Jolee Martinez

Lauren Marino

Megan Martinez

Amber Martinez

Rachel Martinez

Kristin Concepcion

Breanna Carlson

Karolina Pysklo

Leslie McMillan

Nikolina Jurisic

Christina Leon

Carli Lauria

Michelle Hinich

Madison Cunningham

Delaney Halloran

Groomsmen

Royce Rose

Garret Lyle

Justin Concepcion

Nathan Carlson

Brad Pamintuan

John Robles

Owen Henriques

Alec Fidan

Domenic Aiello

Aj Figueroa

Alex Lemon

Tommy Szopinski

Marcos Herrera

Geo Romero

Care Rivera 

Wedding Party

Q + A

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DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago - Arlington Heights

Hotel

Things to Do

Registry

Myah & Alex

Myah & Alex

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