EXCLUSIVE: Modern Family star Eric Stonestreet is spotted heading to set with his new fiancée who flashes her ring ahead of his 50th birthday in the couple's first public outing since she said yes

• DailyMail.com photos show Modern Family star Eric Stonestreet out with his new fiancée Lindsay Schweitzer Wednesday -  the day before his 50th birthday 
• The couple were on their first public outing as an engaged pair as they headed to the set of Eric's latest project
• They were seen being picked up by a limo then chauffeured to a location where Eric filmed scenes for an unidentified project with actress Molly Shannon
• Shannon was also spotted having a very animated phone conversation
• Lindsay, a pediatric nurse who herself turned 42 on Tuesday, flashed her huge rock and wore ripped jeans, shiny sandals and a colorful blouse 
• The pair dated for five years and announced their engagement in late August

Modern Family star Eric Stonestreet was spotted ahead of his 50th birthday as he took new fiancée Lindsay Schweitzer to the set of his latest project. 

Exclusive DailyMail.com photos show the pair on their first public outing as an engaged couple on Wednesday as they headed to set. 

They were picked up by a limo then chauffeured to a location where Eric filmed scenes for an unidentified project with actress Molly Shannon, who was seen having a very animated phone conversation during a break from filming.

The sighting came the day before Eric, who kept it casual in a black t-shirt and red baseball cap, turned the big 5-0 Thursday. Eric later changed clothes and was seen in a green button-up and black slacks. 

Lindsay, a pediatric nurse who herself turned 42 on Tuesday, flashed her huge rock and wore ripped jeans, shiny sandals and a colorful blouse. 

Earlier this week Eric saluted Lindsay's birthday by writing on Instagram, 'She has as beautiful innards as she does outards.'

The pair, who have dated for five years and announced their engagement in late August, previously laughed off social media chatter about Eric looking too old to date Lindsay, with the actor sharing digitally enhanced photos of his bride-to-be covered in fake wrinkles. 

To announce the news of their engagement, the actor shared a trio of snaps of his fiancée and joked of the proposal: 'She said, "She'd have her people call my people."' 

Eric and Lindsay first met at a charity event in 2016 and it was confirmed they were dating a year later. This will be his first marriage. 

The announcement snaps exuded his usual sense of humor as he wore a nervous look on his face while holding her left hand to his chest. 

The brunette beauty beamed with happiness as she showed off an oval shaped diamond with a slight halo and two baguettes on the side. 

In a second snap he sweetly smiled at her and placed his hand around her back, and in a third he very animatedly pointed to the diamond with his mouth ajar. 

Naturally, the sitcom star received congratulatory comments from famous friends including former Real Housewife Bethenny Frankel who wrote 'YES' and Chuck star Zachary Levi who wrote 'Congrats duuuuuude!!!!' 

Famed crooner Michael Buble wrote, 'Congrats you beautiful couple you.' 

And makeup mogul Bobbi Brown even teased assisting them on their wedding day as she wrote: 'I'll be there to get the bride ready. And the groom.' 

Eric — who rose to fame as Cam on the hit ABC sitcom over the course of a decade — first met Schweitzer at the Big Slick charity event in his native Kansas City in 2016.

A source had previously told PEOPLE: 'They are very happy to have met each other. They're enjoying spending time together.'  

In a 2017 appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres show he confessed: 'She calms me — she calms my nerves. I'm a very high-strung person.' 

He previously was with longtime girlfriend Katherine Tokarz who he split from in 2012.