Thursday, July 24, 2008

Summer Fun




We spent the weekend of July 4th at my parents' cottage in Coldwater. The weather was beautiful and we were outside enjoying it all weekend. The girls took a day trip to Shippshawana, IN to check out all the little Amish shops and bake goods and then stopped at a local winery, Satek Winery, on the way home for some tasting and purchasing! We were able to see the grapes on the vines right in the front yard! All of my wonderful aunts bought me a bottle of wine for my birthday...alcohol is always a great gift :)


We also spent lots of time on the boat boat...this was the first run with the new tube for it on the lake. Nate and I both had fun tubing, as well as my cousin Brad (who was getting more and more adventurous on it). It was so relaxing to just chill out and enjoy the sun. It was a great weekend and birthday!
Here's view of the back of the cottage from the boat as we were heading out to the lake

Road trip to Illinois



We headed to Peru, Illinois for our friends' Kevin and Alison's wedding on June 21, 2008. There was a huge group of us friends from all over (Grand Rapids, Bay City, Novi, Chicago, etc) who all made the trip for the big day. We all had a ton of fun and their wedding was beautiful!