11/11/11

It's about an hour until the 2 year anniversary of Jorgie's and I's engagement. We don't really do anything to celebrate it, but we do acknowledge it and make an effort to spend quality time with each other that day. I think that's important to any relationship. Reminiscing memories of special days you've shared with each other and letting one other know that you still remember. Since its almost the anniversary of my engagement, I might as well share the story....
It was 11/11/11 and we both had the day off of work, my plan was to lay in bed all day but Jorgie insisted that we get up and drive to Downtown Disney for dinner and to just hang out. He was so enthusiastic about going that I forced myself to get up and get dressed. On the way there, we kept pulling over so Jorge could "use the bathroom",  I felt bad and thought he was sick. I was completely unaware that he kept stopping so he could check the ring. I guess he was afraid of losing it. On the GPS it said that our destination was Downtown Disney, but we ended up pulling up to the parking gate of Magic Kingdom. Jorgie proceeded to ask for directions, then all the sudden he pulled out his wallet and paid for parking. I was so excited!! I love Disney and it is basically my favorite place on Earth. That night Disney was holding the Very Merry Christmas party, so the castle was all lit up with Christmas lights, it was so beautiful.  On the tram to the park, Jorgie was singing love songs to me and being so romantic. I was oblivious from excitement to what he was about to do. Finally we got into the park and Jorgie asked me if I wanted a picture in front of Cinderella's castle. Of course I wanted one, so I went to pull out my cell phone but Jorge quickly stopped me and asked one of the photographers to do it. I was surprised since I know how expensive those pictures are. As we posed for the picture, Jorgie dropped down to one knee, pulled out the ring, and began to explain to me how much I meant to him until he finally asked me to marry him. I was so shocked and happy I could barely get the word, "Yes!" out of my mouth. It was one of the happiest moments of my life. It is one of those moments that alter your life forever. I was only 17, two weeks away from being 18 but I knew I wanted to marry him more than anything in the world. He was and still is my world. The rest of the night was so beautiful and romantic. We might have missed our dinner reservation...but I didn't care. It was the most wonderful night of my life up until then.
2 years later we are married and parents of our beautiful daughter. We have a beautiful marriage. Yes, we have our ups and downs but we work through it. When something is broke we fix it. We make sure we communicate and always make time for each other. But most importantly we work towards putting God at the center of our marriage. Without Him our marriage wouldn't be nearly as strong. Sometimes we mess up, but by Gods grace and through His strength we are able to work and get through anything. Having Jesus at the center of our marriage will be the foundation of how our love will continue to grow for the next 50 years.