Brooke was serving at a restaurant when she first met Gericke. He was a regular and would come in with his coworkers after they clocked off a long shift at work. Brooke immediately had a crush on him the first time she saw him. She said they would chat when he would come in about little things here and there but she wasn’t shy to admit she would chase him a bit. He played a bit shy, pretending he wasn’t interested at first. A few months passed and one day, Brooke asked to be cut early on a Sunday. She begged her boss to let her leave so she could to try and make it to a pool party. He reluctantly agreed but on the way out the door she saw that Gericke was there. She decided to skip the fun in the sun and sat at the bar with Gericke instead of going to the party. To say the least, her boss was unamused. It started to rain so Gericke invited her to go watch a movie at his house, from there they spent every day together.. especially since her boss fired her the very next day. But, hey.. it was worth it! After just 2 weeks of hanging out, they booked a trip together and then have never stopped exploring since. Brooke said “We both knew we had something special from the start!”
On their 5 year anniversary weekend, Brooke woke up on a Friday morning and started to get ready for work. She heard a sound of someone coming into the house.. which was odd because Gericke leaves for work before she wakes up.. a bit startled she lit up when she saw her sweet man enter the room with coffee. He said he had requested the day off for their anniversary and that they were heading up to Sedona for a weekend getaway! What a dream!
The next morning they went for a hike and then headed to the spa for a massage. She mentioned that she thought it was weird that they weren’t getting massages in the same room but it turned out, Gericke just needed time to set up an UNREAL proposal! He set up a beautiful picnic in the stream with lanterns, a violinist, and roses. He went above and beyond and even had it filmed! What a dreamy engagement story. They decided to take a few days before their wedding to have engagement photos made with the famous Llanos del Cortes waterfall in Bagaces. We are so glad they did, these are easily some of our favorite engagement photos to date!
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