We met in 2012 during a tailgate before seeing our mutual favorite band, 311. Over the next 5 years, we would randomly meet up at various 311 events around the country, but we never thought much of it. Then, in 2017, we hung out in Atlanta while Ally was home visiting family for Christmas and it was an instant connection. Our love of music brought us together and we've been inseparable ever since.

Naturally, it started with plans to attend a music festival in Atlanta. There was also a backpacking trip planned for August in Grand Teton National Park. As a guise to test their camping gear before their Tetons trip, Charles planned his proposal at Cow Rock Mountain in north Georgia before they headed to the Shaky Knees music festival. He insisted on lugging a mini acoustic guitar up the mountain, which drove Ally crazy, but it was so he could serenade her with "Green Eyes" by Coldplay and propose, while overlooking the mountain range. Ally never saw it coming.