Why are we the “perfect” couple? I have been sitting here thinking about this a lot and decided to take a look at what perfect actually means…and the first definition I came across is “complete and lacking nothing essential.” Well, I know that I have my faults and flaws, and so does Jon and we will always have them. We will always have our difference in opinion, or our argument because I wanted it this way and he did it that way or I left that glass there and now its spilled everywhere, the girls left their toy out and Jon stepped on it. I forgot to turn off the alarm clock when I left in the morning and Jon had to get up a little earlier than normal, Jon forgot to turn on the alarm clock for me and I was late for work…I forgot to get the laundry out of the dryer and everything is wrinkled, Jon accidentally dried everything on high and now the girls can wear all my clothes..or whatever the “flaw” or “fault” is they will always be there no doubt, without fail…but what make us “perfect” is the love we share together…there is nothing lacking, it is complete. Being with Jon in this family and a part of his life and having him part of mine, we are whole and complete..lacking absolutely nothing essential. The essentials to us are being able to love and be loved, not only by each other but by the girls as their parents and friend…by our families who have welcomed each of us in as a son or daughter, brother or sister, aunt or uncle and not just as "the in-laws"...by our parents and grandparents..here or not…by our siblings..being able to have that shoulder to cry on when we’ve lost our job or didn’t get the answer we were looking for…able to share our happy moments, our tears of sadness or joy.. Just simply sharing our lives together forever…our life together before and after, today and yesterday, tomorrow and forever is pure perfection. I couldn’t think of anything more perfect than spending my life exactly how it is with Jon, our girls, and our families! I love you baby..my perfect mate!
Groom's Name
Jon Yniguez
Bride's Name
Lauren Dennis
Groom's Date of Birth
09-16-1981
Bride's Date of Birth
09-11-1981
Date of Engagement
12-02-2001
Your PERFECT Date
I would have to say our very first date was absolutely PERFECT. Jon took me out to Universal City Walk for the night. We walked around looking at all the different shops just spending time in each others arms. We played in the water fountain on the ground trying not to get soaking wet, just laughing and playing. Jon bought me my very first ring that night..my absolute favorite ring! After walking around for a bit we grabbed a bite to eat and decided to take in a show. As we were walking over to the movie theater I thought I had lost Jon, but he came up and surprised me with a long stem rose (I think I still have the rose too). We saw How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Jon fell asleep during the movie, It was so cute. The whole night was wonderful!
Your PERFECT Engagement
We got engaged the night of our one year anniversary. Jon had been out with his mom and sister all day long and I was home taking care of our only daughter at the time, Destiny. Every time I would talk to Jon he wouldn’t tell me where he was or what he was doing, just that he was with his mom and sister. He finally came home in the late afternoon early evening and told me we were going out. I had no idea where we were going, or what we were doing…but I knew something was up because Jon was going to drive and I was usually the one to drive. So we started driving and Jon told me I had to keep my eyes closed because he had a surprise for me. I was so excited, and kept trying to peek but he was watching me. So we drove for a while and we finally parked, and I heard Jon say “No way” and I opened my eyes to see that he had taken me to this one part of town where you can go up a residential street, park and literally see the whole city and it is so absolutely beautiful and romantic at night time. The only thing was, they had chained off the whole area and people were no longer allowed to go up there and sit…so quick thinking Jon said get in the car. We took off down the street, and I knew Jon was upset because he wanted to go there…but everything turned out alright. He stopped at a lake about 5-10 minutes from the first place, and he parked. He came around opened my door, and walked me out to the grass next to the lake. He took out a blanket, laid it down and pulled out a little heart shaped pillow my mom gave him to use (I recognized the pillow from her house). He got down on one knee and asked me to spend the rest of my life letting him love me, and be together as a family. It was so incredible! I told him yes; of course I will marry you. It was so romantic! We stayed at the lake for a while just holding each other and enjoying our company. The best part of the engagement was the ring…Jon had been out all day at the LA jewelry market with his mom and sister not only picking out the ring band, but he chose the diamond that went in the band himself. He said he spent hours finding the PERFECT diamond for me…one that was as simple and pure as I was but sparkled as much as my eyes and I did. So sweet!
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She's PERFECT because
Before Lauren and I met, I was hanging out with the wrong group of people and getting into trouble with the law. I wasn’t happy with where I was at in my life, or where I was going but didn’t really know how to get out. I used to pray to God every night asking him to show me the way to a better life and to be more responsible. I feel that God brought Lauren and Destiny into my life to be a better person. I wanted to be a better person for me, for Lauren and for Destiny..they are truly my angels sent to me from God above! I really don’t know where my life would be without them. Lauren has shown me the strength I always wished I had and she loves me unconditionally. She is always there to listen when I am scared or don’t know what to do. She is a wonderful mother to our two girls and I couldn’t imagine spending my life with anyone else. Whatever I lack, Lauren carries. She is my rock, when I don’t know what to do or where to go all I have to do is call and talk to Lauren. She talks me through all of my struggles! She can make me laugh anytime day or night, even when I am so angry. She is my twin, we are so similar in so many ways, and our differences compliment each other so much! I love her with all my heart and she makes me feel so good! I have never been so happy in my life, only when I am with my girls!
He's PERFECT because
Jon is perfect to me because he completes my sentences, knows what I am thinking, and sometimes he will even answer a question I haven’t even asked yet! I love being able to look into his eyes and know that everything will be alright as long as I have him and our girls! I love the wonderful father he is to our girls Destiny and Faith. He loves us with all his heart and I don’t know where we would be without him. He came into Destiny and my life as our guardian angel to protect and guide us. I love coming home to him everyday and sharing our lives together. I love being a part of his family and having him a part of mine. Jon can make me laugh, and he laughs at all my jokes! He is such a sweetheart to me and he takes the time out to make sure I am Ok. I love how thoughtful he is to us and how much he worries for us. Jon is more than just my soul mate, he is my twin flame. We have and continue to have similar life experiences and it was truly love at first sight for me! The first moment we met it was as if I had known him forever. I love the way that I feel when I am with him, and I love the fact that he can make anything better. He knows how to listen to me and we know how to compromise together. He truly is my perfect match!
Your dream for the PERFECT life together
Our dream for the perfect life together has already started and is a continuous journey. We can't wait to get a house and of course get married. At some point we would like to have more kids but I want to wait until we are married (maybe even until we have a house, but not if Jon has anything to say about it) and just really spend the rest of our lives with each other, our kids, and our families!
Our perfect wedding colors will be
We have decided to go with red, white, and black. The bride will be in all white and the bridesmaids will be in red, the maid of honors dress will be a different style but still red. The grooms men will all have white roses and the best man will have two red roses..
The perfect wedding flowers will be
I am carrying an all red rose bouquet with white stephanotis, and the bridesmaids will have all white roses with white stephanotis. The maid of honor is going to have an all white bouquet with white stephanotis and two red roses in the middle. I want the flower girl to throw down red and white rose petals. For the ceremony we are having red and white roses and for the reception we want gerber daises and a mixture of other flowers.
The perfect wedding music will be
We like all kinds of music and want all types of a variety of everything! All our family will be there and they all like something different! Of course the classics..YMCA, We are Family, etc..
Why are we the “perfect” couple? I have been sitting here thinking about this a lot and decided to take a look at what perfect actually means…and the first definition I came across is “complete and lacking nothing essential.” Well, I know that I have my faults and flaws, and so does Jon and we will always have them. We will always have our difference in opinion, or our argument because I wanted it this way and he did it that way or I left that glass there and now its spilled everywhere, the girls left their toy out and Jon stepped on it. I forgot to turn off the alarm clock when I left in the morning and Jon had to get up a little earlier than normal, Jon forgot to turn on the alarm clock for me and I was late for work…I forgot to get the laundry out of the dryer and everything is wrinkled, Jon accidentally dried everything on high and now the girls can wear all my clothes..or whatever the “flaw” or “fault” is they will always be there no doubt, without fail…but what make us “perfect” is the love we share together…there is nothing lacking, it is complete. Being with Jon in this family and a part of his life and having him part of mine, we are whole and complete..lacking absolutely nothing essential. The essentials to us are being able to love and be loved, not only by each other but by the girls as their parents and friend…by our families who have welcomed each of us in as a son or daughter, brother or sister, aunt or uncle and not just as "the in-laws"...by our parents and grandparents..here or not…by our siblings..being able to have that shoulder to cry on when we’ve lost our job or didn’t get the answer we were looking for…able to share our happy moments, our tears of sadness or joy.. Just simply sharing our lives together forever…our life together before and after, today and yesterday, tomorrow and forever is pure perfection. I couldn’t think of anything more perfect than spending my life exactly how it is with Jon, our girls, and our families! I love you baby..my perfect mate!
To find that person in this world that makes you feel whole and complete and like you actually mean something is few and far between. Jon and I feel that we have found that in each other. We enjoy raising our girls together and being a family, and wouldn't want anything different. Each day gets better and better and of course we have our disagreements or our difference in opinion and we will always have that. These differences are what make us feel whole and complete when we are together, whatever one is lacking the other carries. It is an indescribable bond, that can't be summed up in a few sentences on a blog or a 2 minute video. The connection and bond that we feel is something we felt instantly, it was really love at first sight. Our souls recognized each other at that very moment, a sudden feeling of familiarity and comfort. From that moment on our lives have never and will never be the same! Jon came into my life like a guardian angel watching over my daughter Destiny and I...I don't know what I would do without him. We are bonded together through eternity and will never be alone! We know that even after our life together here is over our souls will still carry on our journey throughout eternity! We love being loved by each other and we bring out the best in the other ever day. The opposites we both have not only attract to the other, they blend. Our love together can create anything we can dream of! We are a mirror image of the other. We think alike, hold similar values, and often have had or continue to have similar life experiences. We are not only soul mates, but twin flames!
A little background -
Jon and I have been together 7 years in December. We met while working a graveyard inbound telemarketing job when we were both 19 years old. When we first met Lauren already had our oldest daughter Destiny. Jon came into our lives as a guardian angel to watch over us. Jon took over the responsibility for Destiny and has been there for her as a father since she was only about 8 months or so. We have and continue to grow in our love for each other. When we first met it was really love at first sight. We started spending more and more time with each other, at first we would just go on breaks together and we would talk on the phone for hours even about absolutely nothing. Next we started hanging out outside of work and spending every moment together, Jon would come over to my house and help me take care of Destiny during the day. We would both be so exhausted from the night of working that we would take turns getting in naps. Shortly after Jon moved into my parents house with Destiny and I and things went serious pretty quickly after that. We knew early on that we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together and were madly in love...and wanted to have a bigger family together. After a year went by Jon asked me to marry him (officially), he had been asking me to marry him almost since the day we met...it just feels so right and comfortable when we are toghether..and feels so wrong and uncomfortable and we feel so lost when we aren't together. We found out we were pregnant with our 2nd daughter shortly after we got engaged and were ecstatic!!! We couldn't wait to have our baby together..and we realized having another baby would put our wedding plans on hold for a while as our babies would come first. We had Faith in 2002, and she is another light of our lives.. Destiny and Faith have such a good relationship and they are the most wonderful girls either of us could ever ask for!!! They bring so much joy to our lives!!! In 2003, Lauren had a seizure while we were still living at her mom's house and we would have to say this was one of the scariest things either of us have ever experienced. Jon was there for me through the whole thing and was the reason I made it through it. A while after Faith was born; Jon and I moved into our very first apartment and began sharing our lives together as a family. We are ready to say I do to each other and share this with our loved ones. We can't afford a wedding on our own right now as we are not financially set for one and neither are either of our parents. Lauren really wants to have all of her family on the East coast (all of her dad's side) come down and enjoy her marriage as well..Jon and I can't wait to finally get married and have more babies!!!
Jon's sister Corinne came home from the hospital late last night! Yeah for Corinne, I bet it feels really nice for her to be home. She has been in the hospital for the last 9 days. The doctors have decided not to put her second shunt back in, now I am not sure if they are going to end up putting it back later or not...but for now she doesn't have it. I haven't been over to see her yet, because she got home so late last night, but I will definatly be going over this weekend! Jon stayed at his mom's to see her though. She is doing good so far. I was talking to Jon's mom about it the other day and she is sort of frustrated with the situation though because they only put Corinne's 2nd shut in a few months ago and now they took it out and what was the point in making her go through the first surgery...I guess they know better, since they are the doctors right?
Hey Jon and Lauren. Just set up my site and am pretty new to this...hopefully I am doing it right. Congratulations on making it to the semi-finals, you two are the Perfect Couple!!! Love ya both.
Love mom!
Thanks girl!
It's hard not to get discouraged..I have my moments.
@ times im feeling a little down, like we are loosing!
Then @ times I tell myself exactly that! They are saving the best for last<3 ;-)
Who knows..All I know is that if we do not win this Perfect Wedding.
I know that some day we will have a wedding and no matter how much or little it is It will be PERFECT to US!!
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Good Luck guys!
Love ya's!
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