Five Months into Forever

Have no fear dear friends, I did not fall off the edge of the earth upon getting married as my lack of blogging may lead you to believe. I have just been enjoying and adjusting to life as a married woman with my oh so sweet husband. 

Our wedding was so absolutely perfect. Although the weather was sweltering and I'm pretty sure that I sweat more than any bride should be allowed to on her wedding day. We were surrounded by our friends and family and everything went more perfectly than we could have planned it. The chapel was beautiful, the ceremony went smoothly, our reception was an absolute blast, and we even managed to pull of the pie baking marathon of the century the night before. Getting married at camp where we met was the best decision we could have made and I am so glad that we were able to start our married life right where we first met. 

View from one of the docks at the cabin

After our wedding, we got to spend some much needed vacation time up north. (For those of you not from Michigan, apparently all you need to say to describe any place in the northern part of the state is Up North and everyone seems to know exactly what you are talking about. Oh, Michigan, you are a funny place.) We had a cabin that was right next to a beautiful river that we got to canoe in and a pond that we attempted to fish in without success. There also was a really cool old mill pond up the river from us which I was fascinated by. We adventured out to Alpina for a couple nights to have fancy dinners and discovered according to Kevin the most amazing mozzarella sticks he has ever tasted, which he would know since he's kind of a connoisseur of them. 

We were quickly jolted back to reality on our ride home from Up North when I got a call from the mechanic that my car which we had dropped off previously was going to need about 1800 dollars worth of repairs. Yowza. Poor Milo (yes, my car has a name) is getting up there in years and has developed a host of problems including a sometimes leaky roof, a rusted out exhaust system, a broken AC system, and a cracked windshield. I love him, but not 1800 dollars worth so we decided to just fix the necessity of new brakes and leave the exhaust system alone as my car can still run with the way it is. So now I sound like I am driving a hot rod all the time, and during the summer I may have lost several pounds just through driving my car in the heat. However, its still getting me from Point A to Point B so I'm not complaining. 

 Today marks five months of marriage for us and I cannot even begin to sum up all the highs and lows of the past months in this one post so I'm going to end here with the promise of more frequent updates on life in Michigan, including our rambunctious kitten and my many crafting adventures. 

Newest member of the family - Tucker