Hunter and Emma began working together shortly after Emma moved back to Auburn. However since Hunter traveled for his other job and Emma was new, it was actually a few weeks before they met face to face. There was a meeting scheduled for eight in the morning on one Friday to discuss the company's marketing plan. Emma woke up to a message from Hunter letting her know that Chick-Fil-A had "accidentally" added an extra chicken mini to his order and he was waiting for her at the office. Unfortunately for Emma, she was extremely late-- to the tune of one hour or more-- so she scrambled to get to the office as quickly as she could to try and save some professional face. Neither one of them could tell you if the meeting was productive or not, but they both will say they are thankful he stuck around then and continues to do so....no matter how late she is.

Hunter began planning the proposal after the couple went ring shopping one random Saturday that summer. Emma had already called a few of her friends to come to the Georgia game and stay with them at their house, so Hunter began working with them to coordinate the big day. He and the group worked out a perfect plan of attack to get Emma on Samford Lawn for pictures on the way to their normal tailgating spot--which had been transformed into an engagement tailgate with friends and family. On the day of, they parked in their normal parking spot and started the walk to campus. After a quick duck into The Depot for a bathroom/champagne break (which added to Hunter's nerves), the group joined the other group waiting to walk with them. Once on Samford Lawn, the group wanted to take pictures since many of them were from out of town. When it was Hunter and Emma's turn, they assumed their standard picture pose and someone yelled: "try something different, we are tired of the same ole pose." Emma looked at Hunter, unsure of what to do and he said: "how about this?" He suddenly went to one knee and asked Emma to marry him. She began crying and hugged his neck, shaking her head in acceptance.