beckyboo

How We Met In July of 2004, Becky decided to join her church and go to Greenlake, WI for their annual church camp. It was her first time going, even though she had always been very involved in the church and went almost every Sunday. Matt on the other hand had gone to the same church's camp for several years with a friend of his. He wasn't involved in the church at all and never went there aside from Christmas Eve. Becky knew a boy named Jake who happened to be one of Matt's friends. We met on July 5, 2004. Becky started hanging out with Jake and his friends and started to get to know Matt on this week long trip. When the week was coming to a close, we decided to exchange numbers. We then realized we both lived in Oswego! How crazy right? Well, we both went home and immediately started chatting online. Our friendship blossomed over the weeks into something really special. we hung out every day and became best friends. We both helped each other out with our boyfriend/girlfriend problems, completely ignoring the fact that we really liked each other. We finally came to our senses almost 5 months after meeting each other and decided to stop kidding our selves and start dating each other, not each other's friends. We started dating on November 29, 2004. We have grown very in love and are very excited to see what the future holds! The Engagement story It was our 4 year dating anniversary. Matt took Becky to Fogo De Chao. (Yummy!) Dinner was absolutely wonderful! He then decided to take her on a walk down by the lake front. We went over by the Shedd Aquarium. From over there you can see the Chicago skyline perfectly and it's absolutely beautiful! We sat there for a while (resting poor Becky's throbbing feet from the stupid high heels!) and talked and enjoyed the view. Matt looked over at Becky and started talking about how he felt bad about not having the ring and that he had been looking and found one...Becky meanwhile is wide eyed and thinking "oh my god is he really going to!?!" Then Matt asked, "Will you marry me?" Becky's response? Throw her head on his shoulder and say "Excuse me while I cry!" haha! She did end up saying YES!!! and he continued to describe the ring he's picked out but wanted her to come see it and put her input in. We sat for a while talking about the ring and what we wanted to do. We ended up going to the jeweler a week or so later and picked out what we wanted. In the mean time we worked up a "ring" for Becky to wear, A blue thread wrapped around her finger to symbolize the engagement. :) On Christmas eve, Matt asked Becky if she wanted her gift now or later. She didn't care but kinda wanted it now (who wouldn't!). Matt came back with a little box with a bow. She was kind of confused because she knew it couldn't be the ring, we didn't have money for it yet...what is in this little box? So she opened it and there was a smaller jewelry box. No, it can't be the ring...can it? opening that up there it was! The beautiful ring they had both picked out to be made! Again, Becky cried and Matt slipped it on her finger! Where We are Now It's been over five years since we've met and almost a year since we became engaged. We have decided on our wedding party! Bridesmaids Sammie Porter (MOH)-Matt's Sister Amber Butts- Matt's Cousin's Girlfriend...aka Our Friend Kristina Karras- Becky's Friend Groomsmen Chris Cannon (BM)- Matt's Cousin Rick Corado- Matt's Friend Oreo Cabrera- Matt's Friend Sandy Paras- Matt's Friend Aaron Porter- Matt's Brother Ring Bearer/Jr. Groomsman- Joey Porter- Matt's brother Flower Girls Bella Porter- Matt's sister Layla Levinson Becky has moved into Matt's Chicago apartment, and we are enjoying spending a lot of time together! We are very excited for the next 7 months to go by! :)