Emma and Grayson met online in the summer of 2021 while Grayson was deployed in Japan. He came home to surprise her and take her on their first date hiking Lookout Mountain at sunrise. A couple months later, after many facetime calls and visits, Grayson asked Emma to be his girlfriend in the same place - Lookout Mountain. Grayson popped the question at sunset on Lookout Mountain in the Fall of 2023.