Hector & Ofelia's Yolo Fliers Club California Wedding

February 05, 2025 • 1 Comment

"Woodland Ca wedding", "PNW wedding photographer", "Yolo Fliers Club wedding", Ca winter wedding" Hector & Ofelia celebrated a gorgeous sunny California wedding in mid January. We were overjoyed to be invited to serve them on this special occasion. In some ways it felt like going home; I was born and raised (until I was 12) in the little town of Woodland California and have kept many of my childhood friends over the years. Bryan and I love going for a visit any time we get the chance, there's always wine tasting, sightseeing and great company! - Including Ofelia and Hector! In a way we have watched their friendship develop through the years and we are so happy for them! This is their story:

"OUR JOURNEY TOGETHER BEGAN OVER A DECADE AGO WHEN WE MET THROUGH MUTUAL FRIENDS. LIFE TOOK US IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, AND WE LOST TOUCH FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS WE LIVED ACROSS THREE DIFFERENT TIME ZONES.

FIVE YEARS AGO, OUR THEOCRATIC MINISTRY BROUGHT US BACK TO THE SAME AREA. WE QUICKLY REKINDLED OUR FRIENDSHIP, BONDING OVER OUR SHARED LOVE FOR GOOD FRIENDS, DELICIOUS FOOD, FINE WINE, AND THE MUTUAL GOAL OF STAYING SANE DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THROUGHOUT OUR FRIENDSHIP, WE HAVE BOTH SERVED AS REGULAR PIONEERS IN OUR RESPECTIVE CONGREGATIONS. OUR TIME IN MINISTRY, ALONG WITH COUNTLESS EARLY MORNING COFFEE RUNS DURING PUBLIC WITNESSING, SLOWLY NOURISHED OUR LIVES AND TURNED OUR FRIENDSHIP INTO SOMETHING TRULY SPECIAL.

IN THE PAST YEAR, OUR FRIENDSHIP BLOSSOMED INTO LOVE. WE DISCOVERED THAT OUR SHARED SENSE OF HUMOR, DEEP APPRECIATION FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND OUR DEVOTION TO JEHOVAH GOD HAVE MADE OUR BOND EVEN STRONGER. THESE ELEMENTS HAVE ENRICHED OUR LIVES AND STRENGTHENED OUR CONNECTION IN WAYS WE NEVER IMAGINED.

AND YES, IT TOOK HECTOR FOREVER TO ASK OFELIA OUT, BUT IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT! WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE LOVE AND SUPPORT OF OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS."

Hector also told us how he proposed to Ofelia: "I proposed at the place we had our first date, Morgan Mill coffee shop. Since the beginning it has been the place that we could meet in “private” and had our most meaningful conversations. We still meet every Tuesdays there for a coffee date! It is the place I fell in love with her. I always knew the proposal would be something small and very private. I sited her for coffee on a Friday because I wanted to do it before the weekend. We started writing letters for service and I wrote her a card in which I told her how much she ment for me and proposed. She thought I was writing a service card and did not want to read it when I gave it to her. She finally read it and I placed the ring box in front of her. It was simple, beautiful and very meaningful for both of us."

Yolo Fliers Club is a golf course located in the Sacramento Valley founded over a century ago by a group of aviation enthusiasts, the club was intended to be a haven for aerial enthusiasts and their families which would explain the attached private air field. We arrived in the afternoon and began with Hector and Ofelia's first look by the pool. It was private and sweet. They both cried. They said: "Our proposal was private; our first look also was. It was just us, now and forever." -and now I'm gonna cry too!
After that emotional introduction to the day, their wedding party and immediate family joined them for formal portraits at the edge of the golf course where we had a view of the beautiful specimen Valley Oaks. The Ceremony was held at the Yolo Kingdom Hall. Hector's brother officiated the ceremony and gave a wonderful Bible based marriage talk. The festivities continued at the Fliers Club classic ballroom where guests were welcomed to cocktail hour with a view of the golf course and pond, a Mariachi band, and a wine list hand picked by Hector and Ofelia themselves.

It was a laidback and fun celebration of Hector and Ofelia's union, their cultures, families, and friends all coming together. It was Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Californian, all jumbled together in a fun way! Priceless.

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