Silver Lake Sand Dunes

In the beginning of June, we made our annual trip to Silver Lake to camp with friends for the weekend. As tradition would have it, we got rained on each time we tried to sit by the fire. It was FREEZING cold, we all laughed about the many layers we had to wear. All in all it was a good weekend with lots of memories made!

DJ and I on top of Test Hill

Me, Leesh, Nicole, and Katie

Brian, DJ, Shawn, and Mike
Alycia and I FREEZING in the truck on top of Test. What you can't see is the seven (not kidding!) layers under our sweatshirts!
We didn't let the rain ruin our fun! Instead, we all went and got umbrellas at the General Store!

NO MORE GREEN!

DJ and I have always joked that our house looked like a bowl of mint chocolate chip icecream! The uglyest color green! After 2 year we finally painted it! We also competely redid the landscaping.

Before

After

And Molly makes three...

DJ and I brought home a Chocolate Lab puppy in late April. Her name is Molly, and rates high on the most spoiled puppies list! She is a lot of fun, and we are quite attached to her.

Molly at 6 weeks, the day we got her.

Molly at 10 weeks.

Molly's 1st trip to Silver Lake.

Honeymoon-Sanibel Island, FL

DJ and I went to Sanibel Island, Florida for our Honeymoon. While it was a blizzard back home we had beautiful 80 degree sunny days! We spend our days laying out at Sanibel and Ft. Myers beaches. We also went on a dolphin tour in jet skis and on a gambling cruise boat. Although we didn't win any money, we did break even. We visited the Chapel By The Sea on Captiva and ate at all my favorite Florida restaurants. Including the Lazy Flamingo!

DJ and I at Alger's Beach on Sanibel Island

Dinner at The Mucky Duck. Doesn't the Christmas Tree look out of place?

On the Big M Casino Boat

For one of my shower gifts I got flip flops for DJ and I to wear. They said "Bride" and "Groom" and made "Just Married" imprints in the sand. DJ was a good sport and wore them all week.

We came back to more snow than we had ever seen! Luckily we had someone snowplow our driveway!

December 13, 2008

DJ and I got married on December 13, 2008. It was undoubtedly my dream wedding day. The weather was beautiful and everything went as planned.

The Friday before our wedding Jess, Katie, Leesh, Kaitlyn, Amy, my mom and I went to LT Nails to get our nails done.

After our nails we headed to the church to decorate the sanctuary.


The morning of our wedding day the limo picked us up bright an early! It took us around town to pick up the bridesmaids and flower girls. After a stop at Panera we went to get our hair done.

Our Wedding


Wedding Party

Poor Seren fell asleep in the pew before the pictures of the whole wedding party.

Lamb Family

Smedley Family

Our reception was at The University Club in downtown Grand Rapids. It was absolutly perfect!