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Lyndsay & Sean
Written by Kati Hime
Photography by Virginia Ruth Photography
S
ean and Lyndsay say they met
“slightly typically,” but their
wedding story is full of adven-
tures. Their relationship began over a
dating app, with their first date hap-
pening after some time. “We chatted
for months, both too shy to boldly
suggest we actually meet in person,”
Lyndsay says. “One of our favorite
memories of our first date was know-
ing that was it. After dropping me
off that night, Sean asked if we were
getting married yet. I nervously told
him we were. We both pretended to
be only kidding because that’s absurd,
though we were both totally serious.”
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Lyndsay grew up on a snowboard
at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in
Hancock, Massachusetts, and hav-
ing Sean join her on the slopes was
a must. “Sean learned at such an
obnoxiously impressive rate with the
one goal of proposing at the top of my
home mountain,” Lyndsay says. “To
have the entire mountain involved, in-
cluding our non-skiing parents riding
the lift to be there, was very special to
me.” But the adventures I mentioned
previously began here. “That never
happened,” Lyndsay adds.
The story of Sean’s proposal began
on a very icy, windy Massachusetts
day. “Sean was too persistent that we
go ride – I refused. I called my friend
at the ski shop to ask about the condi-
tions, just to prove my point that it
was too dangerous to go. He said un-
less we brought our ice skates, it wasn’t
worth it,” Lyndsay says, adding, “…
it’s called ‘The Ice Coast’ for a reason!”
Poor Sean was panicking, trying to
figure out how to make it all work.
“[Our parents] were waiting for us to
get on that lift!”
“Without knowing Sean’s struggle,
I suggested we take the dogs for a
walk at the state park and because
he had a ring burning a hole in his