Quite a few of our own beloved staff here at the Islands, recently decided to make the deeper commitment with their significant others.

Mr. Blumenthal, science department and multimedia teacher, exchanged rings with the love of his life Angela Zapata on November 1, 2013, which was celebrated in a totally unique way. But of course, it all had to begin with the first day he met his wife.

Blumenthal met Zapata in the year of 2009 via the Internet. She is indeed full Columbian. A year ago, he knew it was time to step up and make things happen. Blumenthal knew he had to make this proposal one that Zapata would remember for the rest of her life.

“I took her to her favorite restaurant that served Shabu- Shabu which we actually both loved, located right next to the Kodak Theater in Hollywood,” said Blumenthal. “She always wanted to sit in this specific table that had two plaques, and we did.”

Marriage isn’t just about getting on one knee and saying “I do”, but it’s about knowing the value of it for both the man and women. Blumenthal and Zapata both had a previous marriage, which made her second guess herself. Blumenthal kept telling her to leave the past in the past. Later, she agreed and they both got married.

The couple’s wedding was celebrated in a zombie theme, “The Wedding Dead”. Yes, zombies were present. “We both love zombies and Halloween is my favorite holiday,” said Blumenthal. It wasn’t anything huge, just a 60 person wedding at the Wedgewood Wedding and Banquet, in Ventura, CA.

Although this zombie couple didn’t have a honeymoon right after their wedding, they both knew there would always be time in the future. Meanwhile, you might be thinking, “When’s the baby coming along?” Well great news, Blumenthal will be a dad in the upcoming year! His lovely wife is 15 weeks pregnant.

Our sweet counselor Ms. Carri Jimenez, just not that long ago also got married. Jimenez met her prince charming in July 2009 through mutual friends. From there, it all began.

Every girl always dreams about the day her true love will propose to her and so did Jimenez. “It was simply wonderful, totally out of the blue,” said Jimenez. “We went wine tasting which lead us to take a walk at the beautiful Butterfly Beach in Montecito.” He then took out a jewelry box shaped like a rose and proposed. “I jumped up and down, it was just the sweetest thing.” said Jimenez.

They were both officially engaged as of April 2013 and got married on September 14, 2013 during the mid morning at The Cross in Ventura. It was an intimate wedding, about 45 people in attendance.”We didn’t have that much time to plan a huge wedding, all that mattered was that we made commitment to ourselves,” said Jimenez.

In the future, the lovely couple plans to make their own family and travel a lot more. Some of their previous traveling includes Costa Rica, Hawaii, New York, Yellowstone, and many others. As of now, their marriage has been excellent. “No complaints, he has made my life much easier,” said Jimenez. “He’s an amazing man; my rock.”

Other recently married staffs from the islands include Ms. Debra Covarrubias, Physical Education department, who married a CI staff member, Mr. Trevor River on July 13, 2013.

Also, Ms. Alfaro, computer lab staff, got married to her husband Tetsuya Yamada on October 12, 2013.

We wish all of our staff the ultimate best and let more wedding bells come in for all of our other staff.