When I got here in the US in October/2004 me and Brian were already friends...
Took a little while until we found out that we were truly in love...
We really started dating in the beginning of January and not so long after Brian asked me to marry him...
My parents over in Brazil were shocked with my decision...
I was going to turn 20 years old... Dad's little girl were getting married and planning to live in other country for the rest of her life...
And was this what happened...
We got married here in the Town Hall (Rochester/NY) in 3/22/2005 and our wedding was in Brazil 6 months later in 9/09/2005.
I ended up getting pregnant in the beginning of July, right after our civil marriage in March...
Brian & Joice - Civil Marriage - March/22/2005
Our Civil Marriage - March/22/2005
Our Wedding - Rio de Janeiro/Brazil - Sepember/09/2005
Our Wedding - Rio de Janeiro/Brazil - September/09/2005
Our Wedding - Rio de Janeiro/Brazil - September/09/2005
Our Wedding - Rio de Janeiro/Brazil - September/09/2005
Long story short...
I'm Brazilian from Rio de Janeiro...
My Aunt Denise lives in the US for last 20 years, she came when she was 9 years old...
She came to live with her older sister, who was married with an American and had 2 kids together...
Years and years went by...
When I was 15 I wanted to come to visit... But my Dad didn't let me...
More years went by, and when I was 19 (2004) I was decided to come to the US to study English for a couple of months in my College break...
My Aunt Denise in 2004 in one of her visits to Brazil brought her boyfriend Ahmet and his best friend Brian...
Me and Brian became friends, and there was when "everything started and we didn't know"...
They were there for 2 weeks in August, and I came right after in October...
Rio de Janeiro/Brazil - August/2004
Joice & Brian - Rio de Janeiro/Brazil - August/2004