Weekend Wedding

Last weekend, Mark and I drove up to Grand Rapids, MI to attend his cousin's wedding. We visited this part of the family over fall break last year, and it was really nice to get back up there. This time we stayed with Mark's cousin (not the one getting married), so we got to spend a little more time with him and his wife (and another cousin and her husband who also stayed there). We were only gone Friday-Sunday, but it was nice to have somewhere to go together and to see some family! Besides hanging out and attending the wedding, we helped a little with setting up the food for the rehearsal dinner and decorating for the reception, and we went out for a great breakfast at the Real Food Cafe. I didn't do a good job of taking pictures, but here are a few.

The first three were taken at breakfast--the food was really good, and we're hoping to go back to that place next time we visit.

Here's the room for the reception after we finished decorating. The favors were little cups that had the bride and groom's names with the wedding date and said "Eat, Drink, and Be Married." Too cute!

And here we are after the ceremony. As you can tell, the sun was really bright! 

In other news, I've just picked up a copy of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day from the library, so I'm hoping to try it out this week. I'll let you know how it goes. I've also recently tried two new recipes from my favorite food blog, Our Best Bites. The Chipotle Pork Tacos and Almond Poppy Seed Bread are both keepers! (We like more chipotle in the first and less glaze on the second :-).