Yesterday, while Elan, our friend Peter, and I were having an amazing ski day in the mountains of Hokkaido, Japan, Elan suggested we take a photo to commemorate the trip. Something he always makes sure to do. But then, things started to get odd. He was taking off his skis… and helmet… and looking at me with a mixture of total love, fear, and vulnerability. I turned to see what was taking Peter so long because I was freezing and refusing to take any gear off… and I see Peter, also with skis off, running into the middle of the slope with his phone out. I turned back to Elan, he reached his hand into his inside jacket pocket, I screamed “NO!” Elan helped me take my helmet and gloves off, he got down on one knee, and I said “YES!” at least a hundred times.
I am still surprised and in awe of the perfection of the moment.
I am in love and we are ENGAGED!
Ily Nathan
Happy Birthday 💘💘
We started dating in 2015. We started living together in 2016, you were traveling all the time, but I always felt like I came first. Thank you for that. 2017 I started to realize you loved me for me, a person I was just discovering. 2018 I feel like we started to mind meld, meaning we felt freer to argue because neither of us were going anywhere. 2019 is the first year we’ve fully lived together, day to day. Taking care of each other, discovering weighted blankets, our friends really becoming OUR friends. Creating a shared family with Piper and Pikachu, building our own world.
I cannot wait for you to wake up, so I can spend the day with you. I can’t wait to spend every day with you.
You’re my best friend, Elan.
Thank you for giving me 4 anniversaries to celebrate and counting!
I love you.
We started dating in 2015. We started living together in 2016, you were traveling all the time, but I always felt like I came first. Thank you for that. 2017 I started to realize you loved me for me, a person I was just discovering. 2018 I feel like we started to mind meld, meaning we felt freer to argue because neither of us were going anywhere. 2019 is the first year we’ve fully lived together, day to day. Taking care of each other, discovering weighted blankets, our friends really becoming OUR friends. Creating a shared family with Piper and Pikachu, building our own world.
I cannot wait for you to wake up, so I can spend the day with you. I can’t wait to spend every day with you.
You’re my best friend, Elan.
Thank you for giving me 4 anniversaries to celebrate and counting!
I love you.
We started dating in 2015. We started living together in 2016, you were traveling all the time, but I always felt like I came first. Thank you for that. 2017 I started to realize you loved me for me, a person I was just discovering. 2018 I feel like we started to mind meld, meaning we felt freer to argue because neither of us were going anywhere. 2019 is the first year we’ve fully lived together, day to day. Taking care of each other, discovering weighted blankets, our friends really becoming OUR friends. Creating a shared family with Piper and Pikachu, building our own world.
I cannot wait for you to wake up, so I can spend the day with you. I can’t wait to spend every day with you.
You’re my best friend, Elan.
Thank you for giving me 4 anniversaries to celebrate and counting!
I love you.
We started dating in 2015. We started living together in 2016, you were traveling all the time, but I always felt like I came first. Thank you for that. 2017 I started to realize you loved me for me, a person I was just discovering. 2018 I feel like we started to mind meld, meaning we felt freer to argue because neither of us were going anywhere. 2019 is the first year we’ve fully lived together, day to day. Taking care of each other, discovering weighted blankets, our friends really becoming OUR friends. Creating a shared family with Piper and Pikachu, building our own world.
I cannot wait for you to wake up, so I can spend the day with you. I can’t wait to spend every day with you.
You’re my best friend, Elan.
Thank you for giving me 4 anniversaries to celebrate and counting!
I love you.
We started dating in 2015. We started living together in 2016, you were traveling all the time, but I always felt like I came first. Thank you for that. 2017 I started to realize you loved me for me, a person I was just discovering. 2018 I feel like we started to mind meld, meaning we felt freer to argue because neither of us were going anywhere. 2019 is the first year we’ve fully lived together, day to day. Taking care of each other, discovering weighted blankets, our friends really becoming OUR friends. Creating a shared family with Piper and Pikachu, building our own world.
I cannot wait for you to wake up, so I can spend the day with you. I can’t wait to spend every day with you.
You’re my best friend, Elan.
Thank you for giving me 4 anniversaries to celebrate and counting!
I love you.
We started dating in 2015. We started living together in 2016, you were traveling all the time, but I always felt like I came first. Thank you for that. 2017 I started to realize you loved me for me, a person I was just discovering. 2018 I feel like we started to mind meld, meaning we felt freer to argue because neither of us were going anywhere. 2019 is the first year we’ve fully lived together, day to day. Taking care of each other, discovering weighted blankets, our friends really becoming OUR friends. Creating a shared family with Piper and Pikachu, building our own world.
I cannot wait for you to wake up, so I can spend the day with you. I can’t wait to spend every day with you.
You’re my best friend, Elan.
Thank you for giving me 4 anniversaries to celebrate and counting!
I love you.
Still feeling this same level of love 💙
Leaving beautiful Hokkaido today for Tokyo to meet up with our friends
What A Happy Day!
Elan and I have lead a very secluded life in the pandemic in order to see and hug his mother and it was the best decision we could have possibly made ❤️
“Was a thousand dollar wedding
Supposed to be held, the other day
And with all the invitations sent
The young bride went away
When the groom saw people passing notes
‘Not unusual,’ he might say
‘But where are the flowers for my baby?
I’d even like to see her mean old mama
And why ain’t there a funeral, if you’re gonna act that way?…”
Lyric from the Gram Parsons song “Thousand Dollar Wedding”
Photographer the one and only @claireleahy
Makeup the magical dream @shelbysmithmakeup
I want him to feel as loved and appreciated as he makes me feel. The wedding is a few years away, but now he can look down and know I’m always with him. 💚💚
Elan, happy birthday!! You’re sleeping next to me as I write this. I can hear you breathing and I’m so grateful you’re getting more sleep than you did last night. You’re a beacon of light to me, you illuminate my spirit, perspective, and life…hold on, he’s stirring…okay he’s still asleep… I care about you honey and am here to try to make your days as wonderful and easy as you make mine. Which is why, I won’t wake you up. Because you have trouble sleeping and even though I want to shake you awake to celebrate with you I’m not gunna do it! You need good sleep and I will always be here to help you get it.
I love you.
He didn’t propose and we had a wonderful weekend ❤️
Happy birthday precious Elan!
What is most important for you to hear is that I love you. The dogs love you. We love you just as much as you love us, which is a lot!
I hope you have a wonderful day, you are unbearably special to us all.
Happy birthday precious Elan!
What is most important for you to hear is that I love you. The dogs love you. We love you just as much as you love us, which is a lot!
I hope you have a wonderful day, you are unbearably special to us all.
Happy birthday precious Elan!
What is most important for you to hear is that I love you. The dogs love you. We love you just as much as you love us, which is a lot!
I hope you have a wonderful day, you are unbearably special to us all.
This guy, man is it cool to be working with him! 😍
Elan is 6 years sober today. I am proud of you and I believe you deserve carrot cakes whenever you want.
The depths of your strength you’ve shown during our quarantine at home the past 3 months, supporting yourself, your family, and me has been nothing short of extraordinary. We would’ve fallen apart without you. I would fall apart without you.
Happy sobriety celebration day babymine 💜
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Thank you @cellercanroca for one incredible unforgettable meal 💛
Thank you @katesiegelofficial for capturing this romantic photo 👯♀️
Thank you @flanaganfilm for letting us share in your birthday celebrations 🥳
Thank you @theyearofelan for falling in love with me as hard as I fell in love with you 🐢
James! You’ve been a constant friend and inspiration. I am so grateful that we met and became friends. I’m looking forward to more adventures to come with @theyearofelan @jenniferlholland
Happy birthday!!
