When we finally arrived in Michigan (a total of 4 days driving) - we stayed a few nights with Renee's family on the East side. One of the nights there was a really strangely orange sky.
Being outside seemed like you were wearing glasses with orange lenses. It was really surreal.
When got to the West side on Thursday. We got the keys to the cottage we rented to hoast our wedding (sight unseen) on Friday. We had about 4 days to figure out how to perform a wedding and decorate a space we had never seen before! We kept telling people it was a cottage on the lake - as you can see from the above photo it was larger than the typical cottage!
Here is a view from the main living room that looks out to a huge porch that overlooks the lake.
Fortunately we didn't have to do all the work alone! Renee's sister, Carla and her Husband, Mike (our best buds) came to give us a hand.
The first job for Mike and Brian was to clear the main room of all the furniture. The owner of the cottage had no idea that we were hosting a wedding, so we made sure to take pictures of everything so we would be careful to put everything back in exactly the right spot. Since there was no other place to move the furniture TO, one of the rooms was christened "The Couch Room" - and was filled with about 8 couches/loveseats.
Of course being on lake Michigan made for some pretty beautiful "breaks"
We spent one mornign climbing up a very high sand dune.
After the climb it seemed like a good idea to cool off.
This photo was snapped just as Mike was innocently trying to help Carla "cool off"
As punishment for his actions he had to carry Carla back to shore.
NEXT...THE WEDDING!
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The "cottage" was spectacular. It could not have been more perfect.
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