Our Love Story

Happy Thursday, Friends!

This is a page on my blog but I also wanted to share it as a post :)

A goofy picture of us early in our relationship

On Sunday morning, December 3rd, 2006, 4 months after my 18th birthday, Daniel Reyes walked into the church that I have attended since I was only 10 years old.  He also decided to recommit his life to the Lord that day.  I never met him that morning, or even saw him even though we later discovered that we were sitting in the same section!  Our love story really began the following Thursday night, December 7th.

Sunday mornings at church are always packed out with hundreds of people but on Thursdays there is only about a tenth of the congregation present so it was very easy for me to notice as I walked in that there was a new guy in a polo shirt and jeans standing alone. He looked about my age (he's only 5 months older!) and very attractive from the back since that's all I could see of him so far!  As I walked past him I tried to be as subtle as I could to get a look of his face (but if you know me I can't be subtle no matter how hard I try) and I really liked what I saw so far.  So I attempted to look at him again as I set down my stuff on the seat of the pew and again a few minutes later (oh no, that wasn't noticeable at all).  Oh.My.Goodness! He was hottt! I  knew I had to talk to him but had no idea how that was going to happen without me making myself look ridiculous, desperate or both.

At the Aquarium on my 21st birthday

After what seemed like the longest service ever, we finally closed with a word of prayer and my outgoing mom ran up to him and struck up a conversation.  Then all of a sudden she calls me over, says she will be back and that she wants to show him where Fiji is (where my mom is from) on the map in the church lobby.  I knew this was my opportunity to talk to him, how perfect! I offered to show him the map and he looks uncertain at first and asks if my mom will mind. I replied, maybe a little too fast, that she probably already forgot about it so he went with me and we enjoyed some nervous laughs together and then parted ways.  At this point I was certain he must think I'm the most ridiculously desperate person he's ever met!  As my mom and I pulled out of the parking lot she told me.........he told her that he thought I was beautiful! He told my MOM this! Is he crazy? Or could it be that he really thought I was pretty?

Going running together

Over the next couple weeks we flirted spoke only at church until I couldn't handle it and decided to make a move by asking him if he had Myspace. When he said that he did, I told him I would give him my phone number so he could call me around 10 that night and I could give him my screen name. So slick, huh? I could have just given him the screen name but it was never really about Myspace....I wanted him to CALL me ;)  And it worked!  At 10 p.m. on the dot that night I received a call from Daniel and from there it's history!

love always,

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6 months Stronger!

The last 6 months of my life have been filled with lots of learning, growing, challenges and Changes but more than anything they have been filled with so much JOY!

I still can't believe sometimes that I am really Daniel's wife and my dreams are finally reality.  But it's true!
I want to dedicate this post to the love of my life, who has been with me through the good, bad and ugly. Here's to us, baby!

We met at 18 years old, right before Christmas. It's amazing how much we have matured in the last 4 1/2 years! Here are some pics of us through the years...

My 19th Birthday!

I will never forget the time he first told me he loved me, only 3 weeks after we started dating! We went on one of our first dates to the beach and he was so giddy and nervous...it was adorable! 

Our first Valentine's Day

On our 3rd Valentine's Day together he gave me the biggest surprise. That Sunday morning he proposed to me in front our our entire church! He did this because it was the place where we first met, where we worked in ministry together, and where we have grown in the Lord together.

He had a slideshow of our pictures playing on the screen as read me a poem that he wrote.

He also gave me a bouquet of roses before he popped the question

He even brought yellow roses for both of our mothers

 Together we have overcome the odds, both big and small :)  We encouraged each other to face our fears (heights!) and he's the one that really taught me how to ride a bike, and bought me one for my birthday, since I pretty much blocked it out of my mind after falling off of one when I was 8 years old.

Me at the top of an overpass (conquering both fears!) and Danny was the camera man :)

 The best moment of our relationship was on December 11, 2010 when we tied the knot.  I will be creating a page for our wedding but here is just a tiny glimpse of our Big Day.

Everyday that goes by I am even more certain that Daniel is the love of my life and I can't wait til we celebrate our first year of marriage together...and then our 50th year! 
Happy Weekend, friends!
love always,

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