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How To Write A Reaction Paper About Valentine's Day

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At the last City Council meeting, council members approved a donation of labor and materials from 21-year-old Esteban Valdez and 20-year-old Andrea Covel, as they met with staff previously and asked for Council’s permission to paint the gazebo at Todd Park.
With the gazebo not having a fresh coat of paint in the past three years, Council very well accepted the gift the night before Valentine’s Day; seeing the couple’s donation as a way of enhancing the park and helping the Public Works Department in the necessary maintenance of structure.
After being notified of Council’s decision to accept their donation of painting the gazebo with a white water based acrylic paint, the next day, Valdez and Covel obtained the necessary park permit happily …show more content…

We were trying to pick a day, and then we were like, “Okay, I guess we should choose Valentines Day and from there we just hurried and got it together.”
Sending out E-vites and Facebook messages to their long list of friends up until the very hour of their wedding, the couple was inviting any and everyone to join them for their once in a lifetime celebration. With his father Eleazar Valdez officiating the wedding, Valdez shared how Valentine’s Day couldn’t be any more perfect to celebrate and spoil his bride.
“We decided to have the wedding on Valentine’s Day… My last name Valdez means “of Valentine,” and I don’t necessarily celebrate most holidays, but with it being Valentine’s Day and most people celebrating that day, I thought it would be a great way to transition, celebrate and spoil her on that day.”
Wherein Andrea shared, “And plus we were sweethearts, so that’s why Valentine’s Day was so perfect.”
With the gazebo at Todd Park decorated in white, purple, red and pink colors, the couple recited their vows together, before family and friends, as their love for one another illuminated across their

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