After graduating from D'Evelyn, attending college, and a couple of tumultuous years teaching in Loveland, Noah returned to his Alma Mater in 2021…

Brooke had been at D'Evelyn for a couple of years, after leaving Cherry Creek for a fresh start...

At their first staff meeting, when Noah expressed his affinity for Taylor Swift, friend and fellow D'Evelyn teacher Jennifer immediately noted the potential. Little did he know he would soon fall for his own singing blondie down the hall.

Over the next couple of years we enjoyed conversations at teacher happy hours about Taylor Swift, journaling, and preferred pen types. Noah always enjoyed being around Brooke but recognized the difficulties of dating a coworker and enjoyed the budding friendship for what it was.

As Taylor Swift announced her Era's Tour and Noah and Brooke sought a way acquire tickets, they joined forces with a plan to acquire tickets for her date in Denver. Brooke, with a stroke of divine luck, secured incredible tickets despite the ticket release fiasco that many endured. In the months leading up to the concert there was occasional Taylor related discourse and connection. The day of the concert lead with a pre-concert get together (complete with Taylor-themed snacks) at Brooke's new condo where Noah first met Jodes and Jess. A plan to take the light rail into town was quickly foiled when we underestimated the sheer force and volume of Taylor Swift fans traveling in for the concert. Instead we made new friends as we took the bus into town. At the concert, Brooke did not seat herself next to Noah...a crushing blow...but it was still a magical night to remember. Leaving the concert was even more chaotic than arriving. Trying to take the light rail again was even worse than on the way in and we eventually decided to try to get an Uber. After multiple cancelled rides, Noah decided to rent a city bike and ride to his car so he could drive back into town to pick up the rest of the crew.

Following the concert Brooke, an avid fan of Taylor Swift lore, began to send Noah more and more Taylor Swift content on Instagram as her tour gained momentum. Noah interpreted this as interest from Brooke. In addition they began to spend time together at staff Happy Hours and Brooke reached out to Noah to invite him to a Broncos' game.

Noah began to reach out to Brooke to invite her to events to hang out as he began to reconsider the friendship that continued to develop (including one run-in with a raccoon on an outdoor patio restaurant). However, when Noah called to ask her out on the afternoon of the homecoming dance Brooke was completely taken off guard. But Brooke, who always said yes to a first date of course said yes (after clarifying that night would not work, due to the aforementioned dance).

The first few dates included pizza, running into coworkers, cootie-catchers, star-gazing, apple orchards, meeting Brooke's friends, playing cards, and spilling wine. Brooke also came to Noah's baptism in October and brought a friendship bracelet to commemorate the occasion.

In November, it was decided that Noah would fly to Michigan to meet the rest of Brooke's family (Mark and Blake) for Christmas, followed by a romantic train ride back home. By New Years Eve, both parties were sure that they had found their forever person and discussed a wedding in the summer of 2025.

As 2024 progressed we planned our first spring break trip to San Diego and continued to spend more and more time together. On a weekend in March up in to mountains with friends, a decision was made to move the wedding up to Thanksgiving 2024. As we began to look into details, pieces began to fall into place and a conclusion was made to book a castle in Italy for a November 27 wedding date.

Finally, after spending a couple of months planning a wedding in secret, on May 17th Noah proposed to Brooke on Mt. Falcon. Kari Jo flew in to surprise Brooke at the proposal with the help of Andrew and Julia.

Following a joyful, tear-filled acceptance, we descended the mountain to celebrate with close friends and family at Noah's house; It was an evening both of us will remember forever!

The concept of 'time' has always been something that we have discussed throughout our relationship. We enjoy talking about what we understand about time, yet also marvel at the mystery of it. We love thinking about God as the Master and Creator of time...and it's so clear that His fingerprints are all over our story, weaving our lives together with an invisible string to overlap at just the perfect time. We look forward to spending the rest of our time together!

xoxo,

Brooke & Noah

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