Please join us in welcoming Hannah, our newest bride guest blogger who is planning her wedding in Cancun, Mexico. 

It wasn't an easy journey getting to where we are now. My name is Hannah and I am from St. Louis, MO and my fiance is Carlos and he is from Mendoza, Argentina. So that tells you right there that finding a destination anywhere is a really hard decision.

We spent some time in Argentina a little over a year ago for about 2 and a half months. It was a blast, that is actually where he proposed to me. I was sick with some sort of virus and we where nearly unseperable the entire trip. That must have been when he bought the ring, because he bought it there.   So I got better and we were having a dinner at his sister's house. He puts on a collared shirt and jeans with nice shoes. I have on my dad's old tatterd sweater, so I said,"Your making me look like crap." I changed into something nicer with boots and jeans. We had dinner, BBQ Chicken, potatoe salad, Chivas whiskey and cola, etc.

At the end of dinner everyone starts toasting, to family, to health, to love then "para Hannah". For me? For what, I thought. Then Carlos gets down and begins to tell me his family all loves me, he loves me and he wants it to forever and he asks me. It was so funny because he was so nervous he nearly put the whole box on my finger. I , of course, say yes and then a tradition in Argentina is to make a wish for the engaged couple and a toast. His brother in law begins with "Direccion" which is direction, his other brother in law "locura" which means craziness (makes sense coming from him), his sister says "Amor" which means love, his other sister "hijas porque hijos son locos" which means daughters because sons are crazy (she has three sons) and his mother say "paz" which means peace (she lived with us for 2 months). I was totally caught off guard, I knew we had planned to get married but I never guessed he would ask me at that moment.   Needless to say, it was a very happy and special moment in our lives. And I am greatful that I have such great future in laws.