We met at a mutual friend’s birthday at a bar and there was an instant attraction. We chatted until everyone from the party left and then kept chatting until the bar closed and then wandered the streets of DC until the early hours of the morning still talking. (There also might have been a little kissing.) We both knew we’d met someone special.

John recreated our first trip to Maryland's Eastern Shore and proposed on a moonlit beach in Chincoteague. He further surprised Emily by having a small surprise engagement party when they got home.