Emma and Drew met in spring 2017, in the upper classroom of Dixon Recreation Center. This was when Emma went in for her group interview for an on campus job with The Department of Recreational sports, at OSU.

Drew was chair of the hiring committee, and Emma was one of five applicants being interviewed. Needless to say, Emma rocked that interview and landed the job.

Fast forward to September of 2017, and they were officially coworkers. After months of Emma making excuses to talk to Drew at work, and Drew sweetly playing along, Emma finally asked Drew out on a date. Naturally, Drew had NO idea it was a date at all.

They went to coffee at Tried & True in Southtown, swapped quotes from The Grinch, and parted ways. Because Emma knew that Drew was oblivious to their first date being, in fact, a date; she asked again.

Drew and Emma went to breakfast at Sam's Station in Corvallis, and that's when Drew finally caught on.

After many more dates, a month long trip to Europe (for Drew), a graduation, and a big move, the two finally made it official.

It happened when they were out to dinner, and Drew casually asked, "when's our anniversary?". Because he hadn't asked Emma to be his girlfriend at that point, Emma replied "I guess it could be today". And so, their anniversary became August 5th, 2018.

And it wasn't until November 7th, 2020 that Drew, in the most grand and sweetest of ways, asked Emma to be his wife. It's important to note, that both parties were completely aware that this was a proposal.