If you know Emma, you know that she loves the beach. So Samuel told her that during one of his trips to California they would go to the beach since they didn’t have the opportunity to go during his previous visit . He planned that he would propose but she had no idea. So once Emma and Samuel planned to spend Thanksgiving together, Samuel figured that would be a great time to pop the question with an intimate beach proposal. He reached to the California crew and they started planning, trying to figure out which beach, and the day-of timeline. On the day of, Samuel’s flight was delayed by five hours, so everyone needed to pivot . Instead of an afternoon proposal and time to explore San Diego together after, there were hours of waiting and anticipation for Samuel at the airport and friends going from one beach to another. Thankfully it all ended up perfectly and they made it to the beach in time for the sunset where he asked if she’d spend the rest of her life with him. Emma said yes! And they ended the night with pictures, a surprise dinner with friends and then Emma rushing to finish a midterm exam before 11:59pm.