We left on Wednesday night at 7 and booked it to Michigan. We only stopped for gas... and one Starbucks stop in Iowa. Driving through the night wasn't as bad as we thought it would be. And driving with 5 people in my CR-V wasn't as bad as we expected, either. We laughed a lot, rocked out to Dan's awesome iPod playlist (including Michael Jackson and Seal), played 'get to know you' games and tried to sleep as we could. Not much sleeping happened that night and so Thursday night in Holland was brutal.
While in Holland, we visited with my grandparents and also hung out with another camp friend named Jess. She got a kick out of playing hostess for the weekend -- we went kayaking and boogie boarding (yep - in Lake Michigan - the waves were huge!), out for dinner, played games, and walked around the Holland farmer's market.
The wedding was on Saturday afternoon. It was a great wedding! Both the wedding and reception were at Sarah's grandparents' house in Grand Haven. They live on a hill right next to the lake, so the views from where the ceremony was held were breathtaking. It had rained all day in Grand Haven, but as the bridesmaids started walking down the aisle, the sun came out and it ended up being perfect weather for a party.
Bill and Dana Darrough, the founders and owners of Camp Timberline, also came to the wedding. They were fun wedding guests and it was great to share a table with them! The reception was under a tent in the front yard. Dinner was amazing... tapas! It was a fun night.
I'm glad we went. I know it meant a lot to Aaron and Sarah and the trip was a nice little vacation to end the summer well.
I took a ton of pictures. Most of them are on facebook. Click this link if you'd like to see all of them. Here are some of my favorites*...
and we're off!
a little picnic before kayaking
the kayaking crew! 4 boats... 5 people... can you guess who flipped? 
farmers market flowers for my grandma. dahlias may be my new favorites!
dan brass. great guy!
my friend jess... we were in the same small group all summer last year at camp!
all set for the festivities. thanks for having us over, grandpa & grandma!
all the kids
dan, dana and bill before the ceremony
amazing setting for a wedding!
aaron and sarah making their vows
the crawfords - i love that they took pictures with their lucy dog!
camp timberline love in michigan. how fun!
i didn't actually do it. thought about it, though...
glad i was there!
dana and bill... a great couple!
sarah: "we don't know what we're doing"aaron: "keep touching!"
the men of camp timberline
best. picture. ever.
the wedding was up under the white tent
what a sweet friend!
oh how excited we were to see that sign... the trip home was tooooo long!*I'm terrible at narrowing them down... I should've just made a slideshow... :)
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