(photo from Prom 2018)

August 8th, 2016 was the first day of school at Colorado Early Colleges. Hannah and Kristoff would see each other for the first time in Ms. Venkitanarayanan's biology class. Together, we helped our side of the class with Punnett squares, and we talked about the youth groups that we were a part of. Kristoff was excited to introduce himself to such a beautiful, smart, Christian girl. Hannah would travel across the lunch room to ask Kristoff for "help" with homework and to "borrow" his biology textbook.

The second semester of freshman year rolled around, and it was the first day of second semester biology in Dr. Deus's class. Kristoff arrived to class early and sat at an empty table. As people flooded in a few minutes later, Kristoff heard a sweet voice call his name from a table behind him. He looked around and noticed Hannah sitting alone at a table. They made eye contact, and she asked, "Would you want to sit with me?" Kristoff was very caught off guard but he was happy to go sit with such a sweet, pretty girl.

After Summer break, they were happy to run into each other at the back-to-school barbecue. Kristoff approached Hannah who was in line for the food truck, and they figured out that they had more classes together such as physics. Hannah, already having a crush on Kristoff, immediately noticed the changes in Kristoff's voice, stature, and height. So she knew she had to get his phone number later in the semester. She asked for his number as well as a couple other guys to make sure it wasn't obvious she liked him. They spent all of their off hours at school together in the lunch room getting to know each other. Hannah would even come back to school after dentist appointments to see him. They would also spend long nights texting, flirting, and coming up with goofy inside jokes.

Hannah's 16th birthday was the first time they hungout together outside of school. Hannah invited Kristoff (along with other mutual guy friends to make sure he would be there). Kristoff was the life of the party, and Hannah was happy that he was willing to let loose by dancing and doing helium karaoke.

Kristoff wrote a create-your-own type story that ended in a poem asking "IndiHannah Jones" to Prom. She circled yes! And wrote " :) yay!" This was their first date. They ate at Sienna in Castle Rock, and danced to "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran. Kristoff thought she was perfect as he looked into her eyes and she blushed and shyly looked away. Kristoff was dancing very stiff and he was very nervous. He was so nervous that he forgot to tell her how beautiful she looked in that moment. So, after prom ended, he wrote a 6 page note about how amazing his night was with the most beautiful girl. He hid the note in Hannah's leftover spaghetti as a surprise and gave it to her on Monday at school. He put a sticky note that said "open before microwaving" on the leftover box. One thing that Kristoff learned about Hannah by doing this was that she actually hates leftovers. That same day, she threw away the box of spaghetti and never knew there was a note inside. Kristoff was left waiting for a response to the note but did not learn that she threw it away until a month after they started dating. So, it still worked out in the end.

In the following month, Kristoff called Hannah to ask her on a couple movie dates. They held hands through I Can Only Imagine, as well as A Quiet Place. After their movie, they went out for brunch at the B&B Café and walked around downtown Castle Rock where Kristoff asked Hannah to be his girlfriend. Hannah was very enthusiastic and happy, but Kristoff wasn't sure he ever heard her explicitly say "yes." He was reassured by a text she sent later that night that said "I am so happy that I am your girlfriend :) !" This was April 21st, 2018.

5 years later, on April 22nd, 2023, Hannah was so happy when Kristoff finally asked her to marry him!

H&K