Michigan Trips (June, July & August)

This summer the hubby and I have been quite the Michigan travelers. We've been on three trips so far and have two more in store before the summer is out. First, in June we went to the Irish Hills with some of our friends and celebrated our close friends' youngest baby's first birthday. Happy Birthday Cain!!!


In July, my cousin Andy got married and we took a day trip to Lindon, Michigan to celebrate with a backyard reception at my other cousin, Anna's new home.

Next, my mom and step-father treated us to a vacation in Port Austin (thumb area). The vacation was a short weekend but we enjoyed ourselves. We saw some beautiful sunsets, enjoyed a local farmers market and flea market, rode down a huge slide, dined on Lake Huron and just relaxed.


Then, a few weeks ago we took our annual trip to East Tawas, Michigan to visit Fred's "up north" family. We spent three nights there- camping, boating and enjoying our favorite body of water, the Au Sable. Our dream is to one day buy property in this area...


Next up- a four day weekend with my close friend in Chicago where I will meet my newest baby cousin and we will surely get some shopping and partying in... then the Renaissance festival with family and friends and one last camping trip with Fred's siblings to end the summer. This summer has been a lot of fun, but it has gone by super fast!

We have already started back on our home improvements and I am sure this fall, like this spring, will be all about house-work. Oh the joy! LOL!

Beautiful Cali Bouquets

Back in 2007 when I was married, my mother, my maid-of-honor and I put together all of the bouquets and boutonnieres for my wedding. Since then I have been asked by a couple people to do bouquets for their weddings.

One of these people was my friend Emily who I graduated from Graduate school with. Emily's wedding was in May of this year and I was so busy putting the bouquets together and getting ready for our housewarming that I forgot to post pictures!

Emily also used the same wedding photographer I did, Amanda Williams from Amanda Williams Photography (photos displayed). Amanda is not only a great photographer, but a super cool person and Emily loved her photos, as I did.

Below are a few pictures of the bouquets I created for Emily and Dax's Big Day! I think they turned out great and were super easy to do.