Spencer had been sitting on the fence for a couple of years about getting engaged. He knew that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Danielle but didn’t truly know if he was ready to get married. The occurrence of Danielle being admitted into law school escalated his thought process and forced him into action.

Spencer organized lunches with some of Danielle's closest friends to solicit opinions on what type of ring would be ideal for her. He also spoke to Ernest her dad and asked for his blessing for going forward with the proposal. Spencer thought long and hard about a location/setting that would mean something to them both and solidify the moment of the occasion.

Spencer settled on proposing in Santa Barbara on atop the Chumash Mountain range. Santa Barbara was home to his mom’s side of the family, and he had various childhood memories there with both of his parents. It made sense to him to share it with Danielle.

During this time, COVID-19 was in full effect and made logistics extremely difficult. However, on the weekend of May 24th, 2020. Spencer and Danielle traveled together that weekend to Santa Barbara to take couples photos and were joined by good friend Kevin Zamora. Danielle remembers the trip up being hilarious but noted that Spencer was ecstatic the whole time and erratically driving through the streets and mountains of Santa Barbara. Danielle thought it was odd that Spencer insisted on wearing a Juventus jersey for their professional couples’ photo shoot.

Around 4:00 PM, they reached the top of the Chumash Mountains. Spencer’s initial planned spot was the Hertz Castle, which unfortunately started a renovation process. Kevin had the idea of going to another nearby peak. When they finally arrived at the peak, there were some moments of hesitation. However, as soon as Danielle wasn’t looking Spencer and Kevin’s way, Kevin immediately signaled to Spencer to start his proposal and got on one knee.