Let's do this thang!

Ryan surprised Emma (really, she had NO CLUE) on a secluded beach on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe by getting down on one knee and asking her to be his wife. She immediately burst into tears, which is shocking for anyone who knows Emma at all, and managed to get out a "YES!" before repeating "oh my God" for 20 minutes.

He swiped right, she swiped right and then almost immediately regretted it and tried to let him down easy. She had just gotten out of a relationship with someone who had children and she had decided that she wasn't ready for the complications that come with dating with children and, eventually, step-parenting. HA! Ryan was patient and persistent and insisted that he carried his own baggage and she wasn't expected to pick any of his up. So she agreed to a first date. He showed up wearing a Han Solo hockey shirt and it was pretty much over right then and there, cause who could resist?! Meeting Lily a couple weeks later led Emma to realize that there was no letting go of this Parker pair and she asked Ryan if she could start calling him her boyfriend. He agreed and promised to ask the next big question. ;)