Sept, part IV

After our wedding we spent a wonderful relaxing week in Cabo San Lucas.

Our room was amazing and had a perfect view of the Sea of Cortez.

We swam with the dolphins, went snorkeling, raced American Cup boats and spent a day on the zip lines.

Ofcourse, every afternoon we were in the pool making good use of the swim up bar!

There were activities every night. We happend to be there for the Mexican Independence day and they had a huge fiesta with live entertainment and great food.

We had some amazing dinners and tried all five of the restaraunt at some point during the week.

We were able to have some professional photos taken while we were on the resort. He did a great job and was really able to capture just how beautiful it was there.

We are totally looking forward to an anniversary trip!!

Sept, part III

Sept 12 started off by the girls in Coldwater getting our hair done. Then on to Elder Beerman's for make up. We ended up having some time to spare, so we went to lunch at Northwoods.

All the bridesmaids looked amazing. I loved their dresses! It was a lot of fun getting all dressed up with my best friends.

My sister Caitlin was the Maid of Honor. She looked soooo pretty all dressed up! She was great MOH. She fluffed and fixed and did everything perfectly during the ceremony :)

Tricia , who was my Matron of Honor and her husband, Jason. It was great having my college roomie with me. She kept me calm and collected during those busy days before the big day!

Kari was beautiful as always. We had such a great time at the bachelorette party, I think she was still recovering...two days later! haha

Becky had just gotten married a few months before us, so it was a lot of fun for us to celebrate eachothers day together!

My cousins Brea and Kelly were also part of our wedding party. I had a great time out on the town with them at the bachelorette party and getting all prettied up with them for the wedding. The both looked AMAZING in the blue dresses....lucky girls have blue eyes to match!

And finally, at 5pm we got married! We had a beatiful day and were surrounded by people that love us. What more could you ask for?? Everything went as planned (well, except for the bees and the cows mooooing! haha) everyone looked great and had a great time!

A girl Nick and I graduated high school with owns a bakery in Coldwater and did our cakes for us! They turned out perfect! They looked great and were delicious!!

Lauren Sterling did our wedding pictures and they are all up for viewing at l5sterling.zenfolio.com

Sept, part II

After our early morning rehearsal, most of the wedding party came out to my grandparents lake house for some snacks and just relaxing and hanging out on a beautiful day! During some modified games of bacci ball, my grandpa came rushing out of the house....and we realized his boad was just floating away! It was quit a scene!

Luckily, Nick's best man and brother Mike jumped in to chase the boat down and saved the day! My dad drove everyone around the lake for a relaxing ride.The trees were already starting to change and the colors were beautiful! It ended up being a graet way to spend the day with friends.That night we all got ready to go out for dinner at Bill's Steakhouse in Bronson. It was a great steak dinner had all around! Nick presented me with some beautiful pearl earrings that I wore on our wedding day. I gave him a book that I had made starting with the day we met 20 years ago!! We had a great dinner and really enjoyed having all our wedding party able to be there and just hanging out with everyone!

Here are all my girls!! I don't have a picture of all the guys online yet....but hope to soon!

Catch up for Sept

The thursday before the wedding Nick and I had our Bachelor/bachelorette parties (separate, ofcourse!) Nick, with his 'game over' t-shirt and the guys went to Indiana for some go-carting fun. They were just covered in black soot from the exhaust...but had a great time! Then they went to dinner and had a taco eating contest. Nick had a great time hanging out with all his groomsmen and our dads.

Us girls, on the other hand, rented a party bus that drove us up to Kalamazoo. My mom provided us with wine and snacks for the drive up! Trish gave me a list of 20 'tasks' I had to do. It proved to be the entertainment of the night! We went out to dinner at Old Peninsula and then dancing nearby at the piano bar.
We all had a great time, dancing all night long (well, except for Kelly. She enjoyed the wine a little too much :) haha)

I was provided with some fun jewelry and candy to get us all in the mood for the evening!