Lookout Mountain Engagement: Congratulations Calista and Jonathan!

I met Calista and Jonathan at the top of Lookout Mountain for some beautiful views of the front range.

Calista shares, “We chose lookout mountain because it’s one of Jonathan’s favorite spots for the views of the front range. We’ve also taken most guests that have visited to Lookout so when telling people where we got our photos taken guests they will recognize this beautiful location. 

Colorado is a special place. I have some family here and Jonathan has some family friends here that he’s known his entire life. Also, he loves to ski! After a couple years together, I was able to make it down the blues (intermediate-level slopes) with him too. It’s where our relationship changed from “long-distance, let’s just see where this takes us” to a more serious relationship!” 

 

Calista shares, “Jonathan and I met in 2020 through a mutual friend group. Many hangouts that summer spent playing disc golf together, followed by sonic after, resulted in an easy friendship with no expectations or goals of pursuing a relationship. 

We connected over our open minds, endless conversations, and how effortlessly we could joke and laugh about everything. Being around each other felt natural, like we could truly be ourselves without ever feeling judged.

After that summer, life took us on our own separate journeys. Jonathan moved to Madison, Wisconsin to start his career, while I stayed in Houston to finish school to become a teacher. In the summer of 2021, we met up as friends at Summerfest music festival in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and then visited Madison again later that year. It was during that visit in November 2021 that we started dating.

I moved to Denver in January of 2022 and we dated long distance for 8 months before Jonathan moved to Denver. Long distance gave us more time to explore our relationship with less pressure, while also looking forward to FaceTime calls and visiting when we could. In June of 2023 we got a place together and we’ve been living life together since! “

 

Calista and Jonathan’s proposal happened during a spa day in Downtown Denver celebrating the end of the school year and start of summer. Calista continues, “What was going to be just a time to relax together ended in an engagement! It was something we had talked about for a few months and turned into more of a “let’s do the damn thing” versus a more traditional formal proposal. Having lived together for nearly two years and having talked about it already, nothing felt too different other than the excitement of planning a wedding and sharing with family.”
 

Jonathan loves Calista’s caring heart and Calista loves Jonathan’s open mind and listening ear. They are both plant lovers and have many plants. Calista shares, “We have plants that we share and plants of our own that we’ve had before living together. Our plants have names and we enjoy joking about them together and whose plants are doing better ha!”

Congratulations to the couple!

Calista shares, “The big day is September 6, 2026. We are going for a modern and rustic look in the outdoors with wood tables, lavender, green, white and a touch of peach for the flowers. I have loved purple my entire life. Jonathan loves the outdoors, the venue captures the outdoors with the outdoor venue surrounded by trees creating an intimate setting for the ceremony

We are most excited to see all of our family come together and have a big celebration with all of our people!  I will also have some touches to honor my dad who is heaven.”