We met in January of 2019 and started dating that April. Our first date was making guacamole together which is why Spencer was, until recently, known to the Pope family as guacamole, guacamolio, or squakamoli. That date was all it took, we quickly fell in love and it feels like the past two and a half years have been filled with us trying to see each other as much as possible. It's been slightly more complicated because we live 1800 miles away from each other. There have been lots of FaceTime calls, red eye flights, happy hellos and sad goodbyes. We now couldn't be more excited that we finally get to be together and start this next chapter of our life. We are so very grateful for everyone in our life that has helped us get to this moment.

Ella is studying nursing at Ohio University as well as playing for the university's women basketball team. Spencer is working at Enlite and finishing up school. He will graduate from BYU Marriott School of Business with a degree in Strategic Management next spring.