The engagement came as an extremely heartfelt (somewhat) surprise. A few months after their one year anniversary, Tyler announced to Jess that he would be visiting her family in Moorpark for a few days. And his parents would "conveniently" be there as well...very suspicious.

It was no surprise that he had been planning this trip to ask her parents for their blessing, and get their input on a potential engagement ring. He was successful on one front, where he got their blessing! On the night of that conversation, Tyler, his parents and Jessica's family all had dinner together at the Gean home enjoying one another's company, while Jess was stuck in Davis...living in suspense.

When Tyler returned to Davis he had concocted a story for Jess, where he got her parents' blessing (shocking) but the ring was in production and would not arrive until after the new year. But that was a rouse to throw Jess off, in fact Tyler had found the perfect ring, and it was in transit as they spoke.

While he was in Moorpark, Tyler was introduced to a family friend, who was a jeweler in town by her Dad. The jeweler and her Dad helped Tyler pick the perfect semi-custom ring that truly fit her personality. Due to the time crunch though, the jeweler had to rush this ring to get it to Davis before winter break. Getting this ring was incredibly stressful though! For one, the ring would be cutting it close to Tyler's planned out proposal date, and Tyler is terrible at keeping surprises from Jess. For the proposal, he planned a trip to to South Lake Tahoe, because that is one of their favorite places and where they went on their first weekend trip together.

Thankfully, everything fell into place beautifully! The ring made the day before the trip (thank goodness) and they had a smooth ride to Tahoe after (smooth for Jess, Tyler was quite nervous), and arrived safely.

The proposal was absolutely perfect, with snow on the ground, no one around, and beautiful Christmas lights all around.

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