| the happy couple | ||||||||||||||||||||
| about jordan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| about erlirose | ||||||||||||||||||||
| how we met | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jose and Elizabeth Martinez welcomed their first born child, Erlirose into the world on May 5, 1981. Erlirose has a younger sister named Erica Jane as well as a younger brother, Joseph Ryan. Although Erlirose has lived in San Diego all her life, she has seen many places, such as the Philippines, Hong Kong, Georgia and many other states. Erlirose loves to travel and hopes to travel to Europe some day. She is currently a student at San Diego State University, where she will graduate this year with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Applied Arts and Sciences in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences with a minor in Biology. Erlirose plans to pursue a Masters of Sciences degree in Public Health to further her education. Her goal is to become an Epidimeologist with the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. Currently she works part time as a Wedding Consultant and is in the process of becoming a Certified Wedding Planner. In her spare time she enjoys reading, making arts and crafts, watching movies and spending time with her family and friends. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alexander and Alicia Ordonio welcomed their second child, Jordan into the world on January 11, 1981 while living in Portsmouth, Virginia. Jordan has one older brother named John Alexander. They later moved to San Diego, where Jordan was raised most of his life. At one point in his life, he also lived in Hawaii. Jordan attended San Diego State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Sciences Degree in Applied Arts and Sciences in Criminal Justice Administration with a minor in Military Sciences. While attending SDSU he was also concurrently involved in the Reserve Officers Training Corps Program, where he was commissioned as a 2LT in the United States Army in May of 2003. While he was in the program, he was able to attend and graduate from Airborne School at Ft. Benning, GAn July 2001. Jordan went onto Signal Corps Officer Basic Course and graduated on November 21, 2003. He is currently serving as a Signal Corps Officer in the Middle East and will return home sometime in early 2005. Jordan plans to pursue a Law Degree sometime in the future. In his spare time, he loves to play video games, watch movies, and spend time with his family and friends | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jordan and Erlirose met when they were only 16 years old and still in high school. A mutual friend introduced them while chatting on the internet. They finally met each other in perosn at a Junior ROTC function in November 1997. Jordan and Erlirose went to two different schools that were 20 miles away from each other. They got to know each other by talking on the phone and internet everyday. Before they knew it, they were falling in love. In order to see each other, they both took turns to visit each other every week. Because of all the sacrifices they made for each other, they made things work. Jordan and Erlirose became inseparable and went on to be high school and college sweethearts. | ||||||||||||||||||||