Spencer and Savannah’s love story started in true LaBuda fashion with a coffee date in the summer of 2018. While the couple wouldn’t call it love at first sight, they grew close quickly, spending much of the summer together. From 2018-2021 Spencer and Savannah attended Michigan State where they enjoyed tailgating, attending house parties….and going to class (of course). Summers between the school year often saw the couple doing what Savannah would term short-long-distance, as Spencer moved closer to Detroit for internships while Savannah stayed at MSU to continue doing research. The start of COVID-19 pandemic brought a unique set of experiences to the couple, including quarantining multiple times with friends, as the couple lived just a few doors down from each other. Meanwhile the year 2021 brought many changes as Spencer stayed at MSU to finish his engineering degree, and Savannah moved to UNC to pursue her PhD. This is a time period that Savannah would deem actual long-distance and consisted of many, many FaceTime date nights. Despite the long distance, the couple enjoyed the short weekends they had together, and getting to grown while living on their own. In the fall of 2022, Spencer surprised Savannah by getting down on one knee at Beaumont Tower on MSU’s campus. This was a heist pulled off in conjunction with some of Savannah’s UNC friends, and the carefully plotted information that Colin was supposed to be in Pennsylvania. Since then, Spencer has moved to North Carolina to join Savannah and started is master’s in mechanical engineering at NC State. Since getting engaged the couple has enjoyed exploring their new home together while planning their upcoming big day!