Mario was my neighbor when I was a little girl. My sister Blanca always jokes about how Mario would kiss me through the fence. I have a vague memory of these events but soon after Mario and his family moved away from me. I had not seen Mario since he lived in a different side of town he had to go to a different school than I did. Once we got to middle school we reunited and in eigth grade we started dating very briefly. We were just kids and I broke up with Mario and he never lets me forget this haha. Mario and I became very good friends in highschool, we would talk every now and then. Once we graduated high school I started working at the local KFC and Mario asked me if they were hiring, I told him they were so he came to apply. Soon after we became coworkers. Mario would always ask for me for help when filling out things for college and eventually we just started hanging out. Mario & I started dating on March 17th, 2016 we were just 19 years old. Ever since then Mario has bought me roses every month on the 17th which is why it is special to get married on the 17th of september. Mario & I were originally going to get married in 2020 but due to the COVID pandemic we had to postpone our wedding twice. Because of my schooling, we moved to the state of Nevada where we eloped on July 17, 2021. We are so excited to be able to have you all here on our special Catholic wedding celebration. We've been waiting for this moment for two years. Mario era mi vecino cuando yo era niña. Mi hermana Blanca siempre bromea sobre cómo Mario me besaba a través de la cerca. No tengo tantos recuerdos de esto, pero poco después Mario y su familia se mudaron lejos de mí. No había visto a Mario desde que vivía en un lado diferente de Fallbrook y tenía que ir a una escuela diferente a la mía. Una vez que llegamos a la secundaria nos reunimos y en octavo grado empezamos a salir muy brevemente. Solo éramos niños y rompí con Mario y él nunca me deja olvidar esto jaja. Mario y yo nos hicimos muy buenos amigos en la escuela secundaria, hablábamos de vez en cuando. Cuando nos graduamos de la escuela secundaria, comencé a trabajar en el KFC local y Mario me preguntó si estaban contratando, le dije que sí, así que vino a aplicar. Poco después nos hicimos compañeros de trabajo. Mario siempre me pedía ayuda cuando llenaba los formularios para la universidad y eventualmente comenzamos a salir. Mario y yo comenzamos a salir el 17 de Marzo de 2016, solo teníamos 19 años. Desde entonces Mario me compra rosas todos los meses en el 17 por eso es especial casarnos el 17 de Septiembre. Originalmente, Mario y yo íbamos a casarnos en 2020, pero debido a la pandemia de COVID, tuvimos que posponer nuestra boda dos veces. Debido a mis estudios, nos mudamos al estado de Nevada, donde nos casamos solos sin familia el 17 de Julio de 2021. Estamos muy emocionados de poder tenerlos a todos aquí en nuestra celebración especial de boda católica. Llevamos dos años esperando este momento. Gracias!