If you didn't already read about it on Facebook, Jeanine and I got engaged two weeks ago today.

I popped the big question while on vacation with her family in the Outer Banks. I suggested that we take a morning walk on the beach and while on the first half of the trip I scouted out a good place to stop. I had hoped for it to be less crowded so that the experience could be a little more intimate but everyone had set up early on the beach. However, I was able to find one stretch of houses that the beach in front of was fairly deserted.

We were walking back and I started to talk about how the beach has been a sort of ongoing part of our relationship. Not only did we meet near one (Cedar Point), but we've taken 4 different trips to them as well. Huntington Beach in Cleveland is also one of our places to go visit for spur-of-the-moment fun.

I told her that I had messed up because this could have been the perfect spot to propose. I said, "I should have gotten down on one knee, pulled out a ring, and asked you to marry me" while doing exactly that. I gave her my semi-prepared spiel about why I wanted her to be my wife, but by then the reality of what was happening had set in. Jeanine started to cry and I fumbled to find the right words in finishing my thoughts. Obviously she said "yes."

I was never nervous when we talked about it or even after I had planned how I was going to ask her. I wasn't even nervous during the first part of the walk. I did, however, get a few butterflies in my stomach when the "go" moment came. Overall, I am very happy with how it all went down. It's amazing how all of that thought and planning came down to maybe 30 seconds.

As of now we are talking about June, 2010 for the wedding.