Gabe and Ella were connected by a mutual friend in the Fall of 2022 while Gabe attended basic training for the US Army in Georgia, and Ella was working as a nurse in Oregon. Once Gabe received his phone back in Airborne school, the two began talking and never stopped. Gabe's first holiday leave since enlisting was spent flying across the country to meet Ella for the first time. The next two years consisted of countless facetime dates, short phone calls between Ella's night shifts and Gabe's intensive training, and a flight across the country every 4-6 weeks. On a weekend trip to the Isle of Palms last June, Gabe popped the question! Here we are almost a year later back in the same place we got engaged, and we can't wait to celebrate with you :)