Brooke and Zach met in fifth grade thanks to her best friend and Matron of Honor, Sky, who also happens to be Zach's step sister. It was as much of an instant connection as 10 year olds can have even though Brooke was a whole head taller at the time. It has been a love story in the making ever since 2009.

Zach had off of work and told Brooke they were going to go explore downtown KC for the day. It was absolutely freezing outside in the middle of December but he took her to the top of the Liberty Memorial anyway, because it was a place she had been dying to see. As they were overlooking the Kansas City skyline Zach looked over and said "Well I'm not going to drag this out any longer" and got down on one knee! Brooke was COMPLETELY shocked and obviously said "yes!" and they were engaged. We're so excited to celebrate this next chapter of our lives with you!