Early on the morning of June 17, 2023, the alarm went off at 5am as Nick had convinced Carline to go for his "annual first day of summer sunrise walk" (which was a clever cover by a clever guy). Once coffee was poured, they both headed down to the boardwalk in Spring Lake. Nick was anxious, so anxious he almost ran over a pedestrian crossing sign. He'll tell you it was on purpose to keep Caroline off the scent of his plan.

They walked down the boardwalk to the gazebo at the corner of Ocean and Washington and Nick saw the photographer was in position, the sun was just starting to creep over the horizon and Caroline had no idea what was about to happen. They sat on the bench under the gazebo and Caroline said " I think we're in that photographers shot". That was Nick's cue.

Nick offered a breakfast Oreo to Caroline, which for them, is not out of the norm. As Caroline read the custom cookie that asked "Will you marry me?", Nick reached into his pocket for the ring. Caroline was completely surprised as Nick make his speech, and she said yes!

The rest, as they say, is history...and it is just the beginning.

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