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Our Wedding

Mike and I met when he started working at the same bank I worked. I knew from the beginning he was going to be trouble. We started talking when we discovered we had mutual friends and hung out a few times. Whenever anyone asks who did the first move, he will always say it was Me. But the truth is:&nbsp;it was&nbsp;him. We started dating June 21, 2012.

Our Story

On March 30th, 2014, Mike had plan for us to go flying. He was working as a police officer but training to be a pilot and had access to&nbsp;a Cessna 172. He told me we were going to fly over Miami Beach for the beautiful scenery. It was a sunny afternoon and when we were high in the sky something seemed to go wrong. The plane started to dip down again and again. Mike told me something wasn’t right and that worst case senerio he would try and land the plane on the beach. He handed me a red laminated paper with instructions. Told me to read them to him. As we went through the checklist, at&nbsp;the very&nbsp;bottom of the page it&nbsp;read: “Begin engagement rights procedures. You have the right to remain single;&nbsp;anything you say can be used against you in a church of god;&nbsp;if you don’t have a husband, one will be provided for you. If you understand these rights, answer the following question: Will you&nbsp;marry me?” Mike took out the ring and asked me the question. Extremely excited I said YES!

The Proposal

When we decided on the date we wanted it to be memorable. 8/18/18&nbsp;We wanted a destination wedding and looked at different places. I suggested Lake Como.I came across Lake Como from watching Star Wars episode II as a teenager.&nbsp;This epic Wedding scene at the end of the movie featuring&nbsp;the beautiful lake with the sun setting made it very difficult to want to get married anywhere else&nbsp;and when planning the wedding decided to look into it. Little did I know that we&nbsp;would be making it a dream come true and be getting married there.&nbsp;

Yaneli + Maikel

Yaneli + Maikel

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