Gallery

We met summer of 2019 at Johnson Space Center in Houston as a part of the NASA High School Aerospace Scholars program- see if you can spot us!

A sneaky photo from our first date

A photo taken shortly after David asked Ella to be his girlfriend while hiking at Pedernales Falls State Park (where the proposal later happened)

Our first cross-country trip to Chicago with Ella's friend Leafe to see Aili (Ella's sister), Skyler (brother in law), and (most importantly) Hans Zimmer in concert!

ACL Music Festival with friends! David says he already knew, but this day is when Ella was certain she loved David.

Not long after, the dinner date before David told Ella "I love you" (and she said it back!)

Attending the Texas A&M vs Texas rivalry game together in our last semesters of college (the first after its 13 year hiatus!)

Our second big trip & David's first time skiing, visiting Aidan in California! Ella's bridesmaid Lizzy joined on the slopes, too

Les Mis traveling Broadway show - one of David's Christmas gifts to Ella :)

Meeting Survivor season 48 legend, Joe. Survivor was David and Ella's first topic of conversation when David first messaged Ella!

Summer trip to Chicago with Ella's siblings

Celebrating one year together!

Chicago Cubs game for David's birthday!

Hiking trip in Colorado with friends & David's groomsman, Jack

At the wedding of Aili (Ella's sister) and Skyler

ACL Festival 2025!

Red River Rivalry game with David's best man Zane & Zane's fiancee, Madi

Longhorn Aggie rivalry game part 2! (the night before the proposal - Ella needed some cheering up after the devastating loss)

David proposed to Ella at Pedernales Falls, asking her to be his wife in the same place he asked her to be his girlfriend (special thank you to Ella's bridesmaid, Hannah, for capturing this moment!)

Our family!

And, of course, MVP and groomsman Jared Yost. David's childhood friend and Ella's engineering capstone teammate who brought us back together!