Our Story
When we met we were both lost. We were both changing our lives and were starting new. I never thought I’d meet the person, my person, in the time of life I was in: flight attendant life.
We met through mutual flight attendant friends and we were all wild and free. We karaoke’d every Tuesday night and raised hell all of the other days of the week all around the world. So many “smh” memories and laughable adventures.
One night we just clicked. We just happened. We aren’t really sure when, what exact date, but we fell for each other. We saw something in each other that both of us wanted and found something within ourselves that we’ve always needed.
I never thought I’d meet someone who could keep up with me without keeping me down, but Raul is just that. He pushes me to conquer my anxieties and fears and supports (and adds to) my crazy ideas & dreams and has crazy ideas & dreams of his own that I can support.
Being a flight attendant is an unconventional way of life. Most people find it really difficult to date people in the aviation field because our crazy and unpredictable schedules, but for us we both understand the lifestyle. We love the lifestyle. It’s been so great for us to be able to take off on adventures together and work trips together. We have had and planned such an amazing life together because of our careers.
So I said yes! I said yes to a lifetime of adventures around the globe. I said yes to binge watching shows with you forever. I said yes to gaining and losing weight with you for the rest of our time. I said yes to a home filled with constant laughter. Most importantly, I said yes to you, just as you are, which is perfect for me. 💕
[Raul] For everyone that knows us you know we love to travel and explore but with everything going on in the world we had to take a step back and think about what we truly want in life.
That’s when it clicked for me, I knew that I wanted to be with Lolo for the rest of our time. And so what best way to make this special moment memorable than to propose when it was snowing in Texas!!
THE SURPRISE PROPOSAL (from Lolo’s perspective)
We were taking photos (as we usually do) with an interval meter clicking away every .5 second for 1 minute. Usually we move and groove and just play and have fun in front of the camera, but this time it was different.
Raul stood there facing me holding my hands giving me a kiss every 1 second for a whole 3 minutes. I was like oooookay..? Let’s move to a different spot! But he refused which was so weird! So we tried it again.. I set the timer and ran in the frame and he did THE SAME THING FOR 3 MINUTES STRAIGHT 😂 I was like what in the world is wrong with him!
So I suggested we move again and he refused said, “No, just one more take!” and so I said, “Okay, but you better do something different than just stand there and kiss me – because we definitely got that shot!” 🙈 Little did I know what he was planning! He got down on one knee and his asked me to spend the rest of my life with him.
I’m still not sure when he planned all of this! The first thing I said (after yes, of course!) was, “Did you talk to my dad??” 🤣 And he did! I missed everything! The ring was even mailed in to us and I had no idea. He did good! I was truly surprised in the best way.
The Engagement Ring
The ring is literally perfect. I have never seen something so beautiful. It is from Brilliant Earth, a jewelry company that I have followed for so long & love because they create ethical lab grown diamonds with recycled precious metals. They are real diamonds, but without conflicts. He picked out a 1.5 carat round diamond with alternating marquise and round diamonds around the band. I have never seen a ring so amazing. I literally stare at it every day and admire it.
Thank you all
We really want to thank everyone for their love and support. It took awhile to share our news with everyone, honestly, because I felt like nobody would really care *insert Alexis Rose telling David, “NOBODY CARES, DAVID!”. 🤣 We were just so happy for ourselves and for the first time in my life I didn’t really feel like I needed social media validation. We were together and that’s what mattered to me. But now that we have posted, we realize we are so happy we have created a community of loving people who DO care. So thank you all so much. It means the world. ❤️