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pocket, he very eagerly jumped at that idea,” Lyndsay explains. Their parents adapted to the new plan, hiding in the trees nearby to share in the excite- ment. “Sean proposed in the sub-zero temperature on a frosted beach on one of my favorite lakes,” Lyndsay says. “Proposing in the freezing rain with two large dogs bouncing at the famil- iar shadows lurking in the trees could not have been easy! We still laugh about it to this day.” She adds happily, “It will always be one of our favorite days, ice, chaos and all.” When it came to planning their wedding, they chose a destination that meant a lot to them. “We planned our wedding from across the country,” Lyndsay says. “When anyone heard we were having a destination wedding, they thought, ‘Oh, tropical!’ I would explain that in fact, no, we were going to the cold Teton Mountain range. When asked why, I would simply respond with, ‘It’s the most beautiful place I’ve ever been.’ And that still holds true.” It may surprise some, but the exact location of their ceremony was one of the last things to be settled. “For Sean and I together, our favorite memory in planning came the day before we said ‘I do,’” Lyndsay says. “[W]e did not yet have a location. We tirelessly dragged my family around the park looking for a bridge that I had crossed on a hike years before – a bridge that I couldn’t pick off a map to save my life – and we stumbled upon it. Twenty-four hours later, that bridge would become the iconic aisle that my parents would walk me down.” That memorable bridge set the tone for their entire wedding scene. “Our day was truly something magi- cal,” Lyndsay explains. “The moun- tains were perfectly blanketed in snow that trickled into the greenery in our www.wyoweddings.com 21