After attending the same school since 1st grade and always attending the same CCD class it took until our sophomore year of high school for our love story to begin. Both of us were always to shy to talk to each other, but days before sophomore homecoming Trystan thought he was so "BAD ASS" that he could swoop Brooke away from her already established homecoming date. Brooke denied Trystan but soon after that they fell in love. We started off hanging out in group settings with mutual friends and Trystan (being the manly man he is) would not take Brooke on their first official date until he got his license and could drive her. Soon after that Trystan was wearing Brooke's basketball number on his face and Brooke was repping Trystan's last name at wrestling meets. Countless memories were made, dances, sporting events, sitting next to each other in every class, and graduating together (even though there was no graduation). Now it was time for the real true love test, college. We both attended the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point to obtain our undergraduate degrees but had completely different schedules. Trystan wrestled, worked hard in his studies, and worked, while Brooke played club volleyball, jammed 4 years of college into 3, and worked. We grew as individuals but also learned to be each others rock. Any chance he could, Trystan took Brooke fishing, hunting, scouting and on many other adventures in the outdoors to escape the demands of school. Brooke graduated in May of 23 and soon after started graduate school to obtain her Masters. Trystan still had one more year left of school. So began our long distance journey (even though it was only 3 hours away). Late night phone calls, short visits, and lots of tears (all from Brooke) lead us to cherish all of the little moments we have together. Now we are both working and figuring out the real world. Trystan is a Fisheries Technician and Waterfowl Guide at Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation and Brooke is a pediatric Speech Language Pathologist at HLC! We have conquered a lot in our journey thus far. High school sweethearts, college, long distance, and now working in the real world. We are so excited to start this next chapter, and we can't wait to see what the future holds for us, together forever <3