You have to hear the details of the super sweet Patterson Park engagement at the pagoda that Ryan planned…
“The proposal took place in the Pagoda in Patterson Park, just a few blocks from our house. We had always talked about checking out the inside of the Pagoda, and walked by it a zillion times, but we never timed it right during visitor hours. Ryan had planned a post-engagement brunch with both his and Kathleen's parents under the guise of Ryan's mom "just wanting to get everyone together because it had been awhile." Kathleen's parents threw her off by feigning to decline the invite, so suspicions were low.
On the morning of the brunch, we agreed to walk to brunch through the park. On the way, Ryan noted that there was someone attending the pagoda and suggested that we finally go inside to check it out (Ryan had arranged ahead of time for a special opening). On the way down from exploring the pagoda, Ryan escorted Kathleen to what he had determined would be the best spot for a photo op, as our friend Taylor (who introduced us, see above) was hiding in the bushes to capture the whole thing! Ryan dropped down on one knee, Kathleen gushed, and then we celebrated all day long, first with our parents at Mama's on the Half Shell, then with our friends at Fell's Fun Fest (Kathleen inadvertently planned her own engagement party by generating FFF hype).”