The Tech Grandma

northern michigan wedding - wedding day!

Finally the big day arrives after much preparation and work - but it was worth it. It was a beautiful wedding.

The wedding party - (from left to right) Jessica, Holly, Jackie, Rachael, Lena, Jenny, Matthew, Bobby, Bobby, Wes, Jason, and William

Big brother and little brother, the Best Man and Ring Bearer.

Chairs down by the lake.

The balloon archway that busted apart from the wind. Remnants by the pier.

Vases lined the walkway.

The wedding march.

Jessica in the tent.

Jackie and Mel.

The flower girl - Lena

Preparing the bride.

GG and Lena

Preparing to meet his bride.

Father and the bride.

Lake ceremony

Exchange of rings.

The kiss.

The wedding party

The girls

And boys

Napoleon Dynamite

Bob, Bob, Bob, Matthew and Jenny

Jenny and D.O.G.

Me, Burke and the newly weds

The beach cake.

Grandma and Jenny

Bobby and Rachael (sister). Acting goofy.

The day was windy and by the end of the night, very cool. Dinner was ribs, chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, cupcakes, chocolate pudding cups, and peach cobbler.

northern michigan wedding - sunset on lake michigan

It seriously can't get any more beautiful than this. It was a blustery day and we grabbed our hoodies and headed over to Frankfort, MI to watch the sunset on Lake Michigan.

The waves were spectacular.

The kids on the beach in front of the lighthouse.

While Bobby was wrestling with the baby to keep him from eating the sand.

Burke and Holly practicing Tae Kwon Do on the beach.

Mom relaxing on the swing. She's never seen Lake Michigan before.

I finally got some decent shots of Jason in the lake grass. I love this one.

Got my grandson William to do the same. Isn't he handsome?

The waves were breaking around the pier near the lighthouse. Amazing.

In the distance off the shoreline. I used my blue filter to get even deeper blues.

Then I put on my tea color filter to really bring out the grays.

And now the orange. I love the orange filter on the already orange sunset.

The waves were strong and the reflection of the sun hit the beach.

The people gathered earlier to all watch the sunset together. My mom saw her first one and was speechless. If you haven't seen a Lake Michigan sunset - I would highly recommend it. A sight to behold.

northern michigan wedding - sleeping bear dunes

The day after we arrived, we found the Sleeping Bear Dunes.

And decided to climb the sand dune.

Burke, Mom and I started up.

It was super hard climbing the dunes and I had to stop and gasp for breath every few feet.

The view from half way up is cool - overlooking Lake Michigan.

I stopped cause I was tired and I figured the picture taking would be just a good right where I was. My 70 year old mother battled on.

That's her little dot there.

She was heading up to where Burke had made it - near the tree. She really shouldn't have climbed it at her age - but no one was gonna tell her not to. She'll never let me live it down now.

Heading back down the dune was much easier. Here's the very tip of the large tree in the last photo. The dune was so steep you couldn't see that there was yet another climb. It was a good workout though.

Saw this coming down and at first I thought it was a baby bird buried in the sand. Turns out it was just some sand clumps. Weird.

Once I finally got all the way down, I noticed my shoes had filled up with sand. I have some room between my toes and the tip of my shoes. They were completely filled.

What a site to see, wish I had one near my house - seriously good workout.

northern michigan wedding - the cabin

I booked a vacation house in Honor, MI for the whole family this year - back in February. My daughter Jennifer has been with her boyfriend going on 17 years now. I said to her ... why don't you get married on the beach at the house? We can have family come up, have the wedding and a bonfire afterwards. That's what we did ...