15 August 2013: Anastacio is offically a Denver-an, Denver-ite(???)!!!

15 August 2013

 

Anastacio is officially a Denver-an, Denver-ite(???)!!! :)

 

Well it has been a week since Anastacio moved to Denver. He drove with his dad and arrived on Saturday. He is moved into his house with his new roommates and getting settled into his new job as well as getting ready to start his masters degree in a few weeks. It has been really hard to be apart but things are getting a little better with time.

 

We have decided to write letters to each other at least once a day which I personally have enjoyed. Who doesn't like to get letters in the mail?! So much fun and such a great way to keep in touch. I look forward to years down the road cracking up laughing at all the goofy things we write about to each other. jaja. :)

 

I am so excited to go visit soon! Denver seems to be the perfect place for us to start our married life together! Here is a brief summary of what I have gathered about Denver from the phone calls so far.

 

-Bunnies everywhere

-Extremely friendly people everywhere (apparently even friendlier than Texas...shocking right?! We need to step up our game Texas...)

-Augustine Institute is amazing and has a wonderful community

-Parish is beautiful and very active in 40 Days for Life (Oh man, I am going to fit right in there. jaja)

-No bad area of Denver...except Auroa.

-Weather is quote, "AWESOME" (We'll seeeeee.... I freeze with anything below 80)

-Basements, basements, basements

-Traffic and public transportation is much better (They have a light rail system to help get you all over the place)

-Views to die for

-Hiking (Yay!)

-White Water Rafting (um yes please... about time to mark that off my bucket list!)

-Better school system

 

It has been so wonderful hearing all about his days up there when we chit chat. He has started to catch on to my asking for pictures and now sends me random pictures of things he thinks I would enjoy seeing. He's so sweet to me. :D

 

Here is a picture of the Denver Cathedral.... Beautiful! :)

 

 

 

 

Well until next time! :)
Have a wonderful solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary!!! :)

4 August 2013: What a wonderful weekend it has been!

4 August 2013

What a wonderful weekend it has been! :)

In preparation of marriage I have decided to do a 5 month consecration to our Blessed Mother. This Saturday was the first day and there was a total of seven girls that decided to join in the consecration! I was so excited! We all woke up early and attended the Saturday Tridentine Mass followed by confession with the AMAZING priest that Anastacio and I have been going to for marriage prep. Everyone LOVED Father. He is such a wonderful priest to go to for confession and I was pleasantly surprised that he was the priest that both celebrated the mass as well as heard confessions. After mass and confession we spent 15 minutes in adoration in contemplation of Mary. Lastly we did our prayer of consecration followed with a rosary. It was so wonderful to see such a beautiful group of women all coming together to spend their Saturday morning in such strong devotion to Our Lady. :)

Later that day Anastacio and I had the privilege of visiting our friends who just had their first born baby. He was so adorable and it was so great to catch up with great friends.  :)

Afterward, Anastacio surprised me with flowers and took me to a very nice dinner for our one year anniversary. The food was delicious and it was great to have some one on one time during dinner and while we went on a walk for about an hour while waiting for our movie. I am marrying one of the most chivalrous and sweetest men there is. It still blows me away at all the little things he does that shows he cares. It was surreal to think that he will be leaving this week and that may be one of our last dinners out together. While it can be a little sad we couldn't help but smile the whole evening, we are so incredibly blessed that God brought us together. :)

Today, we went to our usual Sunday mass and had a group of our friends come and say goodbye to Anastacio. The mass was beautiful as always and we all went to lunch afterwards to catch up. I just gotta throw this out there.... Our friends are pretty awesome. It is always so great to be able to carry on conversations in regards to the faith that isn't watered down or superficial. Today we had the pleasure of having a seminarian from FSSP come join us for lunch. He is has recently become a lector and was explaining what all that entails, such as that he is able to officially say the blessing over bread. Fortunately, our friend Katherine had a small vile of holy water and it was just enough for him to use to bless the bread for our meal. I had never seen that done before! It was awesome! :) 

Later, the Hinojosa family threw a family dinner for Anastacio. My family, Anastacios aunties, uncles, grandparents, and godfamily all attended and we had a blast! Anastacio and I officially asked his godsisters and my neice/goddaughter to be our flower girls. We bought little wooden boxes with a flower pressed behind glass on the top. When they opened it there was a bracelet and a note asking "Will you be our flower girl?" inside. They were so excited as were we. It was so great to be around so much family and it was a wonderful way to spend Anastacio's last Sunday at home. :)

Well it is way past my bedtime and I am running off a few hours of sleep (Probably a lot of typos/errors...sorrryyyy. jaja :P )

Nighty Night! :)

31 July 2013: Hello all! :)

31 July 2013

Hello all! :)

We have been busy busy busy here. Anastacio is getting ready to move to Denver in nine short days. It is going to be difficult to be away from each other for so long but we are both excited for this new chapter in our lives. 

This past week has been a roller coaster of meetings and organizing his move. Part of us kind of wishes we had set the wedding for this summer but we know that God is calling us to grow in patience and we have both been thoroughly enjoying our engagement/betrothal time. We have learned and grown so much as a couple and I am so thankful for the time to embrace our preparation for marriage. 

So far the wedding preparations are going great. We currently meet with Fr. Schorpe for marriage prep and love it. He is such a funny and wise man. Every time we meet with him we learn more and feel more prepared for the practical everyday logistics of marriage as well as the spiritual. He is a very humble man, and I know that we will miss him once we both move to Denver. 

We have meet with caterers, photographers, bakers, florist, and have completed our wedding registry (Side note: Bed Bath and Beyond is a great place to register. We were very impressed.). Things are coming together! So exciting! Hopefully sometime next week we will be sending out our Save the Dates and finalizing our formal wedding invitations. We decided to design them ourselves so hopefully they look okay. jaja. :)

As mentioned before, Anastacio will be moving to Denver in a few days. He will be entering into the Augustine Institutes Masters in Theology Graduate program. We are both extremely excited for this opportunity for him to study under some of the great scholars of our modern day church such as Ted Sri, Scott Haun, and so many more. I can't wait to hear about all the interesting things that he will be studying. Anastacio has such a passion for the Church and it amazes me how much he puts into learning more each day. It seems like every 3 days he has started and finished at least one or two books. It makes me literally laugh out loud when I get random text messages such as, "Greek is awesome! I just memorized 40% of the words used in the new testament in greek!".   Yep, I am marrying a catholic nerd and I LOVE IT! jajaja :) 

As well as getting his masters in theology Anastacio got hired by Harvard to work in the Denver Public Schools to teach under privileged children (8th graders) math. He is very excited and I know that this is going to be a great fit for him. He does such a wonderful job with the youth and has been given such a gift in teaching. 


Please keep us in your prayers as we do you! :)

Love always,
Megan Bray (&Anastacio Hinojosa)

Welcome to our blog :)

Welcome to the blog of Anastacio Hinojosa and Megan Bray (Soon to be Megan Hinojosa! Eee!).

We have decided to simplify various different things in our life. We want to take away many of the distractions that we feel take us away from focusing on things that are more important. In doing so we want to still stay in contact with some of our friends and family especially since we will be moving to Colorado this year and thought that this may be a happy medium to do so as well as a way to remember various different moments in our lives. 

Right now we are still in testing phase, so we will see how it goes. 
Any who, in the mean time we will be posting updates, articles, ramblings, and fun pictures.

If you would like to contact us feel free to write, phone, or contact us through this blog. :)

Hope you have a wonderful day! :)

Love Always, 

Anastacio Hinojosa and Megan Bray