My niece Leslie Patricia Alvillar just turned 25! And she got engaged to Jordan Lopez a week prior to her birthday. I've not met him, but he sounds like a good guy. She dated him throughout college, and I think he was ready to get married right after she graduated.
But she wasn't ready to settle down yet, so they took a break and dated other people. Until last summer when she realized how much she missed him and they began dating again. Leslie went to college at Claremont McKenna in LaLa Land - Los Angeles. A big step after growing up in much smaller, lots more rural Grand Junction, Colorado. She's the daughter of the "matriarch" of the Bullock girls - Susan, aka Susi or Suso.
I remember when Leslie was born. She was the first grandchild for my parents and boy were they excited! Paul and I were newlyweds living in Osage. I was traveling for Gamble Robinson and was staying in a motel somewhere in Wisconsin - Fon Du Lac, I believe, when Dad called with the news. It's nice to have a niece with my same name, but I realize they named her that more because they liked the name and it is a family name - my Mom's Dad was named Herbert Leslie and I have a cousin Leslie as well. So I can't take full credit.
She was the cutest little thing and was the first tiny baby I was ever really around. She was 1 month old when Cindy got married August 18, 1984. Paul and I went out to Grand Junction for a couple days after the wedding and got to see what it was like to have a tiny one to take care of. Scary!
Leslie has always been smart and funny. She and sis Jordan make funny sayings up and remind me of my sister Cindy and myself. We like to hear ourselves talk. We like to laugh.
Jordan Lopez asked Susi and Jim for their permission to marry Little Leslie (as we in the fam call her) on a recent trip to Grand Junction. Then he took Les to Aspen and proposed on the gondola. They had champagne and a beautiful evening. Leslie has scads of photos with the engagement ring featured in many. Jordan event sent flowers to Susi and Jim that day. He thought of everything!
So we have a big event to go to next summer - Leslie's Big Wedding in LA. Can't wait.
But she wasn't ready to settle down yet, so they took a break and dated other people. Until last summer when she realized how much she missed him and they began dating again. Leslie went to college at Claremont McKenna in LaLa Land - Los Angeles. A big step after growing up in much smaller, lots more rural Grand Junction, Colorado. She's the daughter of the "matriarch" of the Bullock girls - Susan, aka Susi or Suso.
I remember when Leslie was born. She was the first grandchild for my parents and boy were they excited! Paul and I were newlyweds living in Osage. I was traveling for Gamble Robinson and was staying in a motel somewhere in Wisconsin - Fon Du Lac, I believe, when Dad called with the news. It's nice to have a niece with my same name, but I realize they named her that more because they liked the name and it is a family name - my Mom's Dad was named Herbert Leslie and I have a cousin Leslie as well. So I can't take full credit.
She was the cutest little thing and was the first tiny baby I was ever really around. She was 1 month old when Cindy got married August 18, 1984. Paul and I went out to Grand Junction for a couple days after the wedding and got to see what it was like to have a tiny one to take care of. Scary!
Leslie has always been smart and funny. She and sis Jordan make funny sayings up and remind me of my sister Cindy and myself. We like to hear ourselves talk. We like to laugh.
Jordan Lopez asked Susi and Jim for their permission to marry Little Leslie (as we in the fam call her) on a recent trip to Grand Junction. Then he took Les to Aspen and proposed on the gondola. They had champagne and a beautiful evening. Leslie has scads of photos with the engagement ring featured in many. Jordan event sent flowers to Susi and Jim that day. He thought of everything!
So we have a big event to go to next summer - Leslie's Big Wedding in LA. Can't wait.
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