babbling brooke: an ode of sorts

I have such exciting news. And seeing as how this girl doesn't have a blog of her own (BOO), I am taking it upon myself to make the following announcement to the blogosphere....

MY BEST FRIEND NICOLE ELISE MARQUEZ IS ENGAGED!!!!!!!!!!!

I still can't get over it.

I have done this before, buuuuut....

here's a little history, just so you can understand what a huge deal this is:

- Nicole and I have known each other since we were babes, a mere 10 years old to be exact.
- We were in the same 6th grade class (shout out to Mr. Davidson, aka the bestest teacher EVER)
- We endured the painful experience that was middle school together

proof

- Participated in the ridiculous "Murder's in the Heir" dinner theatre together
- Spent countless hours reading Harry Potter, going to swim team, making cool pioneer movies and watching Lizzie McGuire

- Survived my move across the country, through which we still visited one another and kept in touch

- Were reunited for our senior year of high school, through which we listened to the hairspray soundtrack WAY too many times, visited Golden Spoon on a weekly basis, partied hard Christmas break of 2007, went to many a concert ("hey would you guys like a ride?", "AWESOME"), loved Best Buddies (cooooOOOOoool), swing danced our hearts out, watched Felicity, graduated, Lake Powell-a-palooza, and then prepared for our trek up to BYU.

- Queue freshman year, in which we roomed together, went on ridiculous bike rides, ate way too much cheese cake in the Cannon Center, suffered through Parker's Book of Mormon class, attacked our unsuspecting friend Kaylie Anne on a daily basis, were the best grandmas you ever did see, yelled at innocent bystanders from our dorm window (marshbeef forever), played tons of catch phrase (WORLD CHAMPS), loved Morgan Freeman, and stayed up really really late every Thursday night for some reason.

- Said goodbye again as I journeyed north for a semester at BYU-Idaho, during which we visited naturally (Wendys on a SUNDAY?!), and prepared for yet another reunion as I decided to return to Provo.

- Said goodbye AGAIN as she trekked across the globe for an incredible trip to Africa, and anxiously awaited the time we could party in Provo together once more

- Finally make it back to our little college town and begin fall semester, through which we may or may not have gone to J-Dawgs ten times during the semester, loved our boy Dave at our final Mae concert, stalked wedding websites (oh the irony), watched LOST, survived multiple heartbreaks, spent hours driving around Provo and up by the temple listening to "I Just Needed You to Know", pretended like we were going to take a Family Finance class together, went to basketball games, and finally ending the semester by saying goodbye one more time as she prepared to go home for the summer to be with her boo (and now finance!),

Mr. Stewart Adair.

And now here we are.
Looking back on all of that, I can honestly say that I have never been so grateful for a friend.
She is my soul sister.
My partner in crime.
My bffaeaeaeaeae for realz.
And on top of all that, she is gorgeous, incredibly intelligent, motivated, hard working, athletic, a great sister, outofthisworld hilarious, has impeccable fashion sense, is a great listener, and basically one of the coolest and most amazing people you will ever meet.

And after all the years we have spent talking about getting married, it's finally here!