Update: Due to COVID-19, we’ve decided to postpone our wedding. Your health and safety are our top priority, and we hope you’ll save our new date. We wish you and your loved ones all the best, and look forward to celebrating together!
Update: Due to COVID-19, we’ve decided to postpone our wedding. Your health and safety are our top priority, and we hope you’ll save our new date. We wish you and your loved ones all the best, and look forward to celebrating together!
July 24, 2021
Lenox, MA
Photos
Photos of us over the years...starting with the proposal in all its glory, the early years of our relationship, our deep never-ending love for our beloved Chai (to whom this website is dedicated in her memory), our shared love of the mountains and Rainbow island, and friends and family.
**IMPORTANT** CLICK ON THE PHOTOS BELOW FOR CAPTIONS :)
The very very old guest log book on Rainbow island...see photos inside for context of how long this tradition has been in Nelson's family!
First entry of the guest book on Rainbow island - yes, that does say 1936!
One of the last entries in the guest book on Rainbow Island (and my first entry!)
Big spaghetti dinner in the making - the night of the proposal (unbeknownst to me)
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Like I said, all adults are children on this island ;)
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Big spaghetti dinner in the making (yes I contributed, I stirred on occasion)
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Boating around other islands in the Georgian Bay
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An afternoon swim on Rainbow
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Bathtime on Rainbow :)
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Blissed out on the dock
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Huddling for warmth off Rainbow island
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He probably provoked me - im sure im innocent here
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I believe this is when I doubled over in shock
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Yeah, didn't see it coming ;)
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May Iosotaluno - you brilliant brilliant girl for capturing the moment the last person on west rock figured out what was happening (my mom).
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Betsy got it a bit sooner... ;)
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Both moms onboard now ;)
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Nelson's cuz Sam, looking at canoe-scene unfolding ;)
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3 very excited ladies (now that they all know what was unfolding on canoe)
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The Moms applauding
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It's HAPPENING!!!
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Rejoicing moms again :)
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:)
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The 'onlookers'
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Oh yeah, there are onlookers!
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Nelson and Betsy :)
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There was a lot of hugging when we got back to land ;)
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Sarah and Mom :)
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Starting to spread the news....
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Telling my twinny....
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Still telling twinny....
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There was lots to tell twinny....(and yes, Nelson owes you forever for me having to tell you over the phone)
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Like I said, Nelson owes you twinny ;)
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A sparkly item in nature 2 :)
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The rainbow island ‘do’ ;)
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Lazing around in a hammock on rainbow post-engagement (as it turns out, I couldn't find it in me to do my usual amount of reading due to the distracting events!)
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The engagement wasn't the only excitement on Rainbow last year ;) We had a very cute visitor
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A magical place to get engaged
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One of the first photos ever taken of me and Nelson at USC in 2007 - right before we started dating ;)
Yes that is snow on the ground on campus for a ski team event ! In so cal...
The night we first met (according to Nelson)
Sometime in year 1 of dating ;)
Where it all began ♥️
(in my opinion...see how we met story for that debate)
A cat lady met her match 😻
Back in the day at USC coliseum - 2 Red Sox fans in a sea of Dodgers
Early on :)
First international trip - Paris 2010
First international trip together - Spain 2010
Some years ago on Rainbow
Ecstatic and overjoyed at my sis and Alex's wedding :)
Our happiest date - my sister and Alex's wedding
My face says it all. My sister and Alex have my heart forever.
Trading twins for a minute - Nelson looks pretty happy
My favorite people in this universe. We like each other A LOT :)
Sarah and Elizabeth with Helene and Anne Christine - growing up in Cambridge MA
Twinhood 1
Twinhood 2
The fam
Sarah and Elizabeth and Helene and Anne Christine - twins ruling Cambridge MA ;)
Dad and his two goofballs
The best mom in the world deserves double the kisses
Us straus twins always making a statement
Two classic sweaters knit by my Grandma Shirley - she was so good at them and defined our early fashion years
This photo was 100% spontaneous according to my mom - she had the camera ready (as always) and captured what would become her favorite photo of us.
An early twin-argument over who could get ownership of this small puddle.
Miriam and the Twins, then and now - at Grandma Lynn's house
Nelson’s Dad Tony and baby Nelson ♥️
Tony and baby Nelson
Betsy and baby Nelson
Tony and tiny Nelson ♥️
Chai and her daddy
A typical exploration outing with chai on our patio - she loved being outdoors with her daddy
Soon after I brought her home - she changed my life forever.
Our baby in one of her favorite poses (for real - she could stay like this forever)
Chai on the boat ride to Rainbow Island....little did she know she was about to have the time of her life
Chai's first outing on Rainbow Island - her mom was petrified, but she had the time of her life exploring the beds of pine
Chai exploring south rock on Rainbow Island - free and blissed out like the rest of us
Dan and Nelson at happy hour on Twig Island, Rainbow Island's neighbor :)
Us and Sam after diving a shipwreck in the Georgian Bay
Nelson and Mike enjoying cookies by candle light on Rainbow island
A rainbow as seen from Rainbow Island
See if you can find Mike - a true friend, helping a friend straighten a prickly cactus out
For all the days along the way
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