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Winter has come and gone and the beautiful scents and sights of the Spring and Summer have embraced us. The Valley Wedding Pages LLC is very excited to share all of the wonderful announcements we have in our magazine with you! I will begin on a personal note, with something that is very special to me. My only daughter, Krystha Barrera was recently engaged and I couldn’t wait to merge two pieces of my heart together; my daughter’s engagement to the love of her life, Nathaniel Dart and this magazine, which has been a part of me for thirteen years! 6D @QD OQNTC SN OQDRDMS SN XNT RDUDQ@K @QSHBKDR SG@S B@M ADMDƼS XNT HM XNTQ DUDMS OK@MMHMF OQNBDRR KHJD VG@S SN JDDO HM LHMC VGDM OK@MMHMF @ ETM @MC TMHPTD DMF@FDLDMS O@QSX KHJD SGD ř#@X NE SGD #D@CŚ SGDLD VD BQD@SDC ENQ *QXRSG@ @MC -@S @KNMF VHSG @M @QSHBKD NM SGD ADRS SHLD SN RDMC NTS XNTQ HMUHS@SHNMR (M SGHR MDV HRRTD FDS @ RMD@J OD@J HMSN SVDMSX SGQDD AD@TSHETK VDCCHMFR HMBKTCHMF 2HKUH@ .KHU@QDR @MC )@UHDQ &NMY@KDYŗR RSTMMHMF VDCCHMF SGD BNTOKD featured on our front cover. Smile while reading the proposals of seven newly engaged couples and read touching KNUD RSNQHDR AX RDUDM AQHCD @MC FQNNLŗR SG@S VDQD )TRS ,@QQHDC )NHM TR HM BNMFQ@STK@SHMF NTQ ř'NV ( &NS $MF@FDCŚ &Q@MC /QHYD VHMMDQR ,@QJ @MC 2TMDLʖ ,@MX NE 3GD 1HN &Q@MCD 5@KKDXŗR LNRS OQDRSHFHNTR UDMCNQR B@M AD ENTMC VGHKD ƌHOOHMF SGQNTFG SGD O@FDR NE SGHR HRRTD @MC VD @QD UDQX OQNTC SN RGNVB@RD D@BG NMD NE SGDL +D@QM VG@S JDDOR SGD #DTSRBG E@LHKX EQNL #DTSRBG #DTSRBG RN LNSHU@SDC @ESDQ DHFGSX XD@QR HM ATRHMDRR @MC EDDK SGD ATSSDQƌHDR VD CHC VGHKD QDKHUHMF "GDE ,@QBDKŗR HMSHL@SD KNUD RSNQX VHSG GHR AD@TSHETK VHED 2XKUH@ NMD NE SGD 1HN &Q@MCD 5@KKDXŗR 3NO "GDER 6D VHRG E@QDVDKK SN 5@K@QHD 5@MBD from Centerplate on her new journey to sunny California and our hearts ache incredibly with the loss of Ellen LeRoy 2BGKNRRDQŗR GTRA@MC @ESDQ NMKX ƼUD RGNQS ATS TMENQFDSS@AKD LNMSGR NE L@QQH@FD 6D GNOD SG@S XNT VHKK K@TFG @MC BQX VHSG TR SGQNTFG SGD VNQCR ENTMC NM NTQ O@FDR @MC VD SG@MJ XNT ENQ SGD RTOONQS you have endowed us with over the past thirteen years. Without you, our readers, this would all only be a dream, but you have made it a reality.
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Our story will always be a magical one shared between a “gentle-man� and his loving wife. Our wedding day was picture perfect and everything we could have ever dreamed of. Myron was such a generous and giving person and although perhaps we did not get the happy ending that we both had always looked forward to, we did share an amazing fairytale romance that will forever be embedded in my heart. - Ellen LeRoy Schlosser
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We at The Valley Wedding Pages want to welcome Karla Puente into her new position and congratulate her family on the birth of their beautiful baby girl Kamilla!
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Photos by: Carmen Isabel Sanchez
We at The Valley Wedding Pages want to wish Valarie Vance an abundance of success in her new endeavor and thank her for the many years she has dedicated herself to the wedding and event planning industry.
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Liliana Pina & Marco Antonio Gonzalez Vanessa Landin and Mike Aleman ,@X MC /GNSNFQ@OGX ,O@K /GNSNFQ@OGX .M )TKX CTQHMF SGD ADRS RTLLDQ of my life, our courtship became magical when I got proposed to after a wonderful VDDJDMC @S 2NTSG /@CQD (RK@MC )NXETK emotions overwhelmed me when, surrounded by family and with my parents AKDRRHMF ,@QBN FNS CNVM NM NMD JMDD @MC @RJDC LD SN AD GHR VHED 6HSG OKDMSX of giggling, tears of joy in my eyes and so LTBG KNUD HM LX GD@QS ( R@HC řXDRʖŚ Marco and I are both from the small town NE 'HC@KFN 37 @MC G@UD JMNVM D@BG NSGDQ our entire lives, but our love story began VHSG @ RHLOKD GDKKN VGDM ,@QJ QDSTQMDC EQNL G@UHMF @SSDMCDC BNKKDFD HM *@MR@R @MC RS@QSDC VNQJHMF @S SGD R@LD place as me. We have grown together and have become the strong couple that we are today through faith, hope and love and I am grateful that our O@SGR BQNRRDC ( B@MMNS V@HS SN RODMC SGD QDRS NE LX KHED VHSG GHL ř+NUD HR O@SHDMS +NUD HR JHMC +NUD MDUDQ E@HKR Ś Ŕ "NQHMSGH@MR .M ,@X MC ( L@QQHDC SGD KNUD NE LX KHED @MC SGHR C@X V@R SGD ƼQRS NE our new lives together.
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Just Married Erica Ortega & Albert Burgendahl ,@X /GNSNFQ@OGX )DRRD &@QBH@ /GNSNFQ@OGX $QHB@ 3'$ !1(#$ When I was about ten years NKC ( LDS KADQS ADB@TRD NTQ best friends at that time were AQNSGDQ @MC RHRSDQ R JHCR whenever I would go over to her house, guess who would @KV@XR AD SGDQD 3N GHL ( V@R an annoying little girl and to me he was this gross, smelly boy who ran around with her older brother. .M )@MT@QX SG ( FNS @KK CNKKDC TO SN FN NTS VHSG SGD FHQKR @MC VGHKD at the club, my friend reintroduced me to him after many years and we DWBG@MFDC MTLADQR .MD VDDJ K@SDQ VD VDQD NM @ QN@C SQHO SNFDSGDQ SN FN RJHHMF HM -DV ,DWHBN @MC @KLNRS ƼUD XD@QR CNVM SGD QN@C VD @QD MNV HMRDO@Q@AKD SNFDSGDQ @KK C@X DUDQX C@X @MC RN HM KNUDʖ KADQS 3'$ &1.., ( JMDV $QHB@ V@R SGD NMD @MC @ESDQ ƼUD XD@QR SNFDSGDQ ( @RJDC GDQ LNSGDQ and brother for her hand in marriage. My Master plan was to propose with both our families present on Christmas day. I invited them to come over @MC RODMC "GQHRSL@R @KK SNFDSGDQ @MC SGD KNNJ NM $QHB@ŗR OTYYKDC E@BD V@R priceless. She was worried there wasn’t going to be enough food; little did RGD JMNV DUDQXNMD JMDV ( V@R FNHMF SN OQNONRD ( OK@MMDC SN ONO SGD PTDRSHNM @ESDQ D@SHMF ATS ( FNS @MWHNTR @MC CHC HS VGHKD VD VDQD NODMHMF FHESR ( G@C SGHR VGNKD RODDBG OK@MMDC NTS ATS @R ( JMDDKDC CNVM RGD RS@QSDC SN BQX @MC ( ENQFNS VG@S ( G@C QDGD@QRDC 3GD VNQCR ř$1(" , 1($ .13$& 6(++ 8.4 , 118 ,$ Ś VDQD SGD NMKX VNQCR SG@S RDDLDC BKD@Q @S SG@S LNLDMS @MC NE BNTQRD RGD R@HC ř8DRʖʖŚ
Engagement Allyssa Juarez & Hideyuki Yamaguchi ,@X /GNSNFQ@OGX )NRG *KDHM /GNSNFQ@OGX .TQR HR @ RHLOKD RSNQX NE FHQK LDDSR ANX HM CQHUDQĹ—R $C UDQX TMTRT@K OK@BD SN LDDS the love of your life but we were unusual people. That’s when the usually shy girl LXRDKE R@V @ ANX VGN CHCMĹ—S G@UD @MXNMD SN S@KJ SN 'HCDXTJH ( @L MNS RTQD VG@S spurred me on but I turned to him and said Ĺ™'(Ę–Ĺš %@RS ENQV@QC RDUDM XD@QR @MC VD G@UD been inseparable. Both of us have survived many high school and college adventures SNFDSGDQ @MC 'HCDXTJH EDKS HS V@R @ANTS SG@S SHLD ENQ @MNSGDQ .M )TKX GD VGHRJDC LD @V@X SN -DV 8NQJ "HSX VGDQD VD BKHLADC @ UDQX K@QFD RNKHS@QX QNBJ HM "DMSQ@K /@QJ SG@S NUDQKNNJDC @ ONMC @MC VGHKD SGD RJXKHMD NE -DV 8NQJ RTQQNTMCDC us he began telling me how much he loved me and all of our adventures SNFDSGDQ 'D OTKKDC NTS @ QHMF @MC @RJDC Ĺ™6HKK XNT L@QQX LD Ĺš 'D G@C @KV@XR @RJDC LD SG@S DUDQ RHMBD ( V@R DHFGSDDM @MC ( VNTKC @KV@XR K@TFG @MC @MRVDQ Ĺ™MNĹš ATS SGHR SHLD HS V@R ĆĽM@KKX QD@KĘ– S ĆĽQRS ( V@R RGNBJDC ATS SG@S V@R ENKKNVDC VHSG @ KNTC Ĺ™8D@GĹ&#x; 'Ę– .E "NTQRDĘ– 8DRĘ–Ĺš
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(S V@R ITRS @MNSGDQ ,NMC@X VGDM ( @RJDC Kathryn to join me on a spontaneous trip to the beautiful South Padre Island. I had been OK@MMHMF SGHR ENQ PTHSD RNLD SHLD ATS RGD had no idea what was in store. .M SGD CQHUD SN SGD AD@BG ( L@CD @ OK@XKHRS of all of the songs we loved to set a romantic tone. We arrived to SPI just in time to eat at our favorite restaurant and catch the sunset, HS V@R ODQEDBS ESDQ VD ƼMHRGDC TO CHMMDQ at Palm St. Pier, we went for a stroll on the AD@BG 6D V@KJDC @MC S@KJDC G@MC HM G@MC until we found a nice spot to sit down. We BNMSHMTDC S@KJHMF @MC V@SBGHMF SGD V@UDR QNKK HM TMSHK ( ƼM@KKX RSNNC TO @MC AQTRGDC SGD R@MC NƤ LXRDKE @MC GDKODC GDQ SN GDQ EDDS ( JHRRDC GDQ AD@TSHETK RLHKHMF E@BD @MC FNS CNVM NM NMD JMDD 6D VDQD ANSG RN DWBHSDC VD BNTKC G@QCKX BNMS@HM HS 6D VDMS A@BJ SN B@KK NTQ E@LHKHDR @MC KDS SGDL JMNV SGD wonderful news. Then we celebrated by watching the rest of the sun set on the bay side, just the two of us.
M@ªR -HM NMBD R@HC ř8NT CNMŗS ƼMC KNUD HS ƼMCR you. It’s got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what’s written in the RS@QR Ś .TQ LDDSHMF V@R MN coincidence and we refuse to accept anything else. I was a recent graduate of the Red McCombs School NE !TRHMDRR @S SGD 4MHUDQRHSX NE 3DW@R @MC HM @M @SSDLOS SN DRS@AKHRG ƼM@MBH@K HMCDODMCDMBD ( G@C @BBDOSDC LX ƼQRS INA NƤDQ CTQHMF SGD S@HK DMC NE SGD QDBDRRHNM R LX ENQLDQ BK@RRL@SDR VDMS NM SN ADFHM RS@QSTO BNLO@MHDR NQ VNQJ ENQ SGD ř!HF %NTQŚ ( EDKS CHR@OONHMSDC VHSG LX CDBHRHNM ( PTDRSHNMDC LX BGNHBD @MC CDRODQ@SDKX VNMCDQDC VGX &NC had brought me to this company. .MD C@X @ESDQ QDBDMSKX QDKNB@SHMF SN TRSHM 2G@MD V@KJDC SGQNTFG SGD door. It’s truly an odd feeling, when the universe introduces you to the KNUD NE XNTQ KHED (ŗL MNS RTQD HE ( R@V ƼQDVNQJR NQ SGDQD V@R @ K@BJ NE NWXFDM HM LX AQ@HM ATS NMD SGHMF V@R BKD@Q ( G@C ENTMC LX CDRSHMX LX fate and my stars.
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QNL SGD ADFHMMHMF )TKH@M @MC *@SGDQXM EDKS it was important to incorporate all aspects of their lives consisting of love, family, friends, football and faith. They immersed themselves in Southern tradition, burying a bourbon bottle every month before the VDCCHMF @R @ R@BQHƥBD SN &NC HM GNODR NE good weather for their outdoor reception at 5HKK@ CD /@KL@R @ AD@TSHETK L@MRHNM ƥKKDC VHSG 2NTSGDQM BG@QL KSGNTFG SGD NQHFHM NE SGHR SQ@CHSHNM HR TMJMNVM HS VNQJDC @MC SGD BNTOKD V@R AKDRRDC VHSG BKD@Q RJHDRʖ .M SGD LNQMHMF NE SGDHQ VDCCHMF C@X Katheryn descended the elegant staircase towards her father and he saw his radiant C@TFGSDQ ENQ SGD ƥQRS SHLD HM GDQ AD@TSHETK wedding gown. It was a magical moment for
them as they rode to the church together in a BK@RRHB S@M !THBJ 2DC@M 2S )NGM SGD !@OSHRS /@QHRG HM 2@M )T@M 3DW@R V@R @ AD@TSHETK RHFGS VHSG ƦHBJDQHMF B@MCKDR @MC SGD ƥMDRS RSQHMF CTDS OK@XHMF RNES LDKNCHDR 3GHR V@R SGD BGTQBG VGDQD )TKH@MŗR parents wed and his grandparents met. Led AX SGD &QNNL CQDRRDC HM @ G@MCRNLD FQDX suit and navy tie, and his parents, the bridal party made their way down the aisle in M@UX AKTD LDQL@HC RSXKD FNVMR @MC RKDDJ grey suits. The Bride gracefully followed accompanied by her mother and father. 6HSG %@SGDQ "D@R@QŗR AKDRRHMF )TKH@MŗR TMBKD #D@BNM 1DUDQDMC &Q@BH@MN 1NCQHFTDY F@UD @ heartfelt mass and married them.
3GD &QNNL @MC GHR FQNNLRLDM ADF@M SGD QDBDOSHNM by digging up the bourbon bottle and sharing a CQHMJ VGHKD @ KHUD @BNTRSHB LTRHB OK@XDC BNKNQ palette of navy blue, grey and white was chosen to pay homage to their families’ passion for the Dallas "NVANXR VGHBG B@QQHDC NUDQ HMSN SGD FQNNLŗR B@JD @ # BNMEDBSHNM NE @ ENNSA@KK QDRSHMF NM @ #@KK@R Cowboy star. The Bride’s confection was four tiers NE QDC UDKUDS @MC @KLNMC B@JD BNUDQDC VHSG ATSSDQ BQD@L HBHMF /DQBGDC NM SNO NE SGD !QHCDŗR B@JD R@S two white turtle doves, in Spanish referred to as Palomas, symbolizing the bond and commitment shared by these eternal mates. The Paloma theme B@QQHDC NM @R @ RHFM@STQD CQHMJ RDQUDC @S SGD reception throughout the evening and into the late night. 3GD AQHCD QDKD@RDC @ K@QFD ANTPTDS HMSN SGD @HQ VGHBG CHRODQRDC HMSN ENTQ RL@KK ANTPTDSR 3GHR V@R done to symbolize the fact that everyone truly has a chance at love and marriage. The night came to an end with the sounds of Mariachi Continental and music played on into the night creating the perfect ending to their spectacular wedding day.
Engagement Manuela Lira & Dr. Elias R. George )TKX /GNSNFQ@OGX #@UHC /DYY@S /GNSNFQ@OGDQR Elias and I grew up in the R@LD SNVM NE '@QKHMFDM and even attended the R@LD BNKKDFD @S 43/ XDS VD MDUDQ JMDV NQ bumped into each other. 8DS CDRSHMX G@C NSGDQ plans... %@RS ENQV@QC HMSN NTQ B@QDDQR ( @L MNV VNQJHMF @S @ GNROHS@K @MC HS RN G@OODMDC SG@S $KH@R RS@QSDC VNQJHMF SGDQD @R VDKK 6D LDS AX BG@MBD NM @ VDDJDMC @S VNQJ ( MNSHBDC GHR JDX BG@HM SN SGD R@LD FXL ( @SSDMCDC @MC SGHR RO@QJDC @ conversation that was the start of our friendship. It wasn’t until a romantic CHMMDQ VGDQD VD FNS SN JMNV D@BG VGHBG STQMDC HMSN LNQD C@SDR @MC KDC SN KNUD 2HMBD ( TRT@KKX ƥMHRG LX CHMMDQ VHSG RNLDSGHMF RVDDS NM NMD KNUDKX DUDMHMF GD JHMCKX NƤDQDC LD @ BNNJHD EQNL SGD BNNJHD LNMRSDQ I@Q R ( QD@BGDC HMSN HS HMRSD@C ( ENTMC @ ANW BNMS@HMHMF @ AD@TSHETK RO@QJHMF CH@LNMC QHMF 6GDM ( V@R NUDQ SGD RGNBJ ( ENTMC GHL NM NMD JMDD @RJHMF LD HE ( VNTKC L@QQX GHL @MC NE BNTQRD ( R@HC 8$2ʖʖ 3G@S V@R SGD RVDDSDRS ending ever. Love is sweet!
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