Eric and Katie's Wedding

The end of June brought us our second wedding for the year. I know we've been to a lot since then, but I wanted to put some pictures up of Eric and Katie's wedding so no one got left out! It was a gorgeous day at the end of June for an outdoor wedding at Spring Grove Park in Jamestown and a great reception at the Bluff complete with the amazing pasta bar! Brian and I were both immediately excited when we discovered that the pasta bar was part of the menu. We had a great time with our friends and wish the best for Eric and Katie since they now live in Florida.

The bride and groom

The bride and groom with their getaway car!Our tablemates, the Feyen family - Jon, Suzy, & JuliannaWe needed a picture with the gorgeous Julianna!
(Don't get any ideas though!)The whole gang minus one - Katie & Eric, Brian and I, Jon & Suzy with Julianna, Joel, & Nick minus Kelly.

Botanical Gardens

Just before the 4th of July, my parents came for a visit. They came on a Tuesday night to watch Brian play softball. Wednesday morning we made a trip to IKEA to buy my sister and her now husband, Kyle, a bed and a few other things. In the afternoon we went to the U of M Botanical Gardens. That evening we were supposed to watch the Detroit Symphony Orchestra play at Greenfield Village, but it rained pretty good and we decided to leave and dry off at our apartment with a movie.

The botanical gardens were quite interesting. We showed up during their free hours (which was an extra bonus!) and saw their three greenhouses - tropical, temperate, and arid. We then walked outside where they had different types of gardens and a solar house. It was a gorgeous afternoon and I hope to go back again someday and check out their walking trails. My dad's favorite pastime is taking pictures of flowers, so I've included a slide show of pictures that he took at the botanical gardens. My favorites are the venus flytrap and the pitcher plant.

Church Softball

This summer Brian has been playing softball for the church that we attend, Dearborn Christian Fellowship. The regular season just ended this past Tuesday and tournaments start next week. It's been a fun season to watch even though they haven't won every game. My parents came to one game and below are some pictures that my dad took of Brian batting and playing catcher. Enjoy!

Gone Fishin'

Last weekend Brian and I decided to take advantage of a weekend that we were actually in Belleville and went north to the Kensington Metropark to do some fishing. We rented a rowboat for 3 hours and went fishing on Kent Lake. The first couple hours only brought us seaweed monsters to catch, but eventually we found some fish...even if they were only the size of my hand. :) Enjoy the pictures!

My first catch!My second catch!A close-up of my second catch. Rather small, but still rewarding!This is Brian's first catch. Notice that my hand is the one holding the fish. It's also the hand that took the fish off the hook since Brian doesn't like doing it. ;)Here is Brian's second catch. He's actually holding this one, but I still took it off the hook. He did put his own worm on for a change though!

Brian's third catch was a squirmy one and Brian wasn't holding on well enough to hold it long enough to get a picture. He did take it off the hook by himself, but the hook was barely stuck on the fish.

His second two catches came from just dropping his worm over the side of the boat and yanking up the fish that were swimming around our boat. Not real fishing in my opinion!

We had a great time and our fishing licenses have been put to good use!