Jerry & Flora

Jerry and Flora had their beautiful ceremony on 10/23/11. The day was absolutely perfect!

Written by Jerry: Around the time of my birthday (April 20) in 2010 I came to the conclusion that life without Flora would be empty. I knew i wanted to propose but didn't see the room for it since we were looking to move out of our apartment to a house. I wanted to give her something she has deserved for a long time. Having to renew our lease, and not getting into a house at the time, seemed saddening. Soon after that i realized it was in Gods plan to not have us focus on that, but focus on the process we're in now. After planning our vacation for the beginning of October 2010 I went down, without any guidance from Flora, and "winged" the whole engagement ring process. I purchased the ring a couple weeks prior to the vacation and kept it at my parents house. Our vacation was a week trip to Vegas with a day trip to the Grand Canyon in the middle. The thought of a Grand Canyon proposal seemed to be the perfect idea but as it got closer, I started picturing all the people there and the attention it would bring. Then the thought of a box stuffed into my sock for 5 hours made me even more nervous so I felt the way I wanted to do it was just me and her by the window over looking Vegas. Come the night before the Grand Canyon, I told her I bought her something "earlier that day" and wanted to give it to her. In our pajamas and all, I dragged her to the window and got down on one knee. She burst into tears not expecting it. Me myself, I only felt the weight off my shoulders, because emotionally I've been looking at my wife for the previous 6 months. After that I texted my brother that i ended up doing it, and within minutes he was in our room snapping pictures and that is where the picture above comes from. With us bed ready and not picture ready, and eyes all glossy from crying, it is easily my favorite picture of us. Its the beginning of the rest of our lives together.