This year was special for us both; the year we became one.

We had the honor of being a part of my best friend and his older sister Natalie's wedding.

This year we grew into a deep love and found out that our relationship was becoming more serious. We ended up finding our first apartment together in Belmont Shore, California.

This year we survived a world-wide pandemic but together found positivity in it. We were able to strengthen our bond, friendship and love with not only us but with our families too.

This year we continued to grow together as one, worked hard and prioritized both of our families and friends.

This year we learned to conquer fears together through traveling. We made memories in the Dominican Republic with some of the most important people in our lives.

This year Eric outdid himself and surprised me with the trip of our dreams to Cancun, Mexico. We celebrated my 34th birthday and what was suppose to be a marriage proposal.

....more on that later.

This is the moment immediately after the highly anticipated proposal LOL. Eric left everyone hanging and in suspense (in Cancun) because God had another plan for us. It was the best day of my life, our lives.

Eric: From the very first moment I met precious I knew she was going to be the one I would spend the rest of my life with. On the flip side, she would remember it differently, ha!

Precious: To provide a little backstory, Eric and I met through my best friend, his older sister Natalie. Her and I went to middle school together and spent most of our time together with our friends and families.

Eric: Before anyone else says it, yes she had always been a tad bit older than me. In knowing that, I was always considered and I quote, “the annoying little brother”. Even knowing this, my crush grew for her and I still stood persistent.

Eric: Fast forward some years, I astonishingly grew up. The year was 2019 when my sister Natalie decided to invite me out with her, her fiancé David at the time and wouldn’t you know Precious. So I tagged along their plans and we all ended up having a great time.

Precious: After all of those years he finally got his chance to show me that he wasn’t the annoying little brother that I once knew him as. One date led to another and before you knew it, we were as they say “going steady”. Over those incredible months, we grew a bond that we both knew deep down would be unbreakable.

Eric: Not much longer after, we decided to move in together at a very knowledgeable time to all, March 2020. As if it wasn’t enough moving in together and figuring that out, we were right in the beginning of a word-wide pandemic. Now with such a serious and scary time in everyone’s lives, we found positivity in that. We had an abundance of time to strengthen our bond, friendship and love that we are forever grateful for.

Precious: Making it through that crazy time proved to us that we can conquer anything life throws at us, together.

Eric: As we fast forward a little further to today, amidst many promotions and goal accomplishments with both of our careers, both of our family’s growing, many trials and tribulations in our lives - I can honestly say we have put our love above all.

Precious: We are beyond excited to have both of our families and close friends be a part of the day we both have been dreaming of. Let’s make more memories together!