A little background for those of you who may not know of the Thirsty Bear! It's an independently owned bar and grill. It's an atmosphere where everyone knows everyone, EXCEPT apparently for years Bryan and Nichole didn't know one another! Bryan knew of her father and Nichole new Bryan's best friend, Anthony but neither Bryan or Nichole knew each other. That was soon to change when Anthony began informing Bryan of this this "girl Nichole" that he just has to meet! However Bryan being a responsible bar patron was always leaving before 8pm while Nichole always working late at her job wouldn't arrive until after midnight...it seemed like they would never meet in person! So, how would we finally meet? On Nichole's Birthday, May 14th, 2014, when Anthony finally convinced Bryan to stay later so he could meet Nichole when she showed up. Faithful Bryan did stay that night and finally met Nichole they had instant chemistry and connection with one another. They visited for a while and exchanged numbers. Bryan followed up the next day with a sweet text message and we continued getting to know each other with phone conversations. Nichole says it was due to Bryan's persistantance they went on their first date. That night after the date Nichole called her mom and said, "this is the man I'm going to marry!" So, after almost five years we've been together, loving each other and living life to the fullest. We've learned to have patience with one another when we did a full home renovation and when we got stuck in Florida for two weeks during a Hurricane. Then we thought we wanted to move to Florida ( I know we were crazy for thinking that) so we ended up listing the house for sale so we could move to Florida and then after second thoughts decided to take the house of the market and stay in Colorado, and enjoy our families, friends, our two dogs, a chameleon, and a cat! We are finally saying, " I DO"