We travelled to Chincoteague Island, Virginia for the first time for a summer vacation. On the first morning of our trip, we woke up at 5am on July 6th 2023 with our minds set on watching the sunrise at Robert Reed Memorial Park. ( I am not a morning person AT ALL but for some reason this day I jumped out of bed ready to start the day).

The drive over the bridge was misty but by the time we got to the park it looked like it was going to be a perfect day. Excited to walk by the water and take pictures by the big "Virgina is for Lovers" chairs, we headed towards the water.

We took pictures of each other (some in front of the chairs, some sticking our heads through cutouts of crabs lol) but then I noticed a bookbag was in the way of our photos so I asked Rob to move it for a better photo op.

He walked over to his bag and pulled out another bag which is when I confusingly asked "Rob what are you doing?"

Then I saw him take out a ring box to which i responded "ROB WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?"

He calmly walked to the center of the chairs, got down on one knee and asked me to marry him as the sun rose-- just the two of us :,)

A&R