We met at CrossFit Tempe when we both lived in Arizona in 2019. We both started going to the 5:30 pm class and I (Sophia) saw him and thought "he's cute and hangs out with THE cool group of people, I want to know him more!" Soon my friends and I were on a mission to find out if he was single. One day, one of my friends was chatting with Ely about workout strategy and said "Imma do heavy singles for this lift lol just like me... so you single too Ely?" Ely had laughed and said yes to which my friend proceeded to shout across the gym to me that he was single. I was mortified thinking Ely knew I was interested but of course, he was oblivious to it all. Standing in front of the gym water cooler, I invited him to go bar hopping with my gym friends in Phoenix. This led to me having to explain at the first bar that I was not 21, and this was my sister's I.D.... fast forward 5 years and we bought our first home together, have 2 fur babies, and we eloped!