November 17, 2022 → Aly & Ellis sit next to each other at Calvary Young Adults (CYA) and don't talk to each other

August 27, 2023 → Aly & Ellis's first conversation

September 24, 2023 → Aly slid into Ellis's DMs to apologize for yelling at him at volleyball

September 29, 2023 → CYA baseball game. Aly had been plotting for a month with one of the leaders, so she could sit next to Ellis. Ellis said the only reason he went to the game was because he saw that Aly was going.

October 7, 2023 → Aly & Ellis "hangout" (but it was really a date)

October 8, 2023 → Ellis met Aly's parents

November 4, 2023 → Officially dating after dinner & surf at SanO :)

December 1, 2023 → Ellis & Steve hung out 1-on-1 for the first time and picked up Ambrose Pizza

March 1-3, 2024 →First trip together (visited Aly's college friends in SLO. Shoutout Elizabeth for letting us stay with her. Ellis had strep the whole time & somehow no one else got sick)

May 25-26, 2024 → First vacation with Aly's family to Lake Arrowhead

November 4, 2024 → 1 year of dating!!

November 16-18, 2024 → First vacation with Ellis's family to Big Bear

March 7, 2025 → ENGAGED

July 26, 2025 → Finally married !