Krista and Ben meet at the Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine, so it was fitting to bring them back to the place where the spark was first ignited. You’ll be seeing these two again this fall!

This session was so much fun because Lauren and Jon are such an amazing couple. When the session was over Lauren said to me, “My top 3 moments of the night were 1.) When you (Dan) and Jon held hands, 2.) thinking you (Dan) were going to show Jon how to pose by posing with me and 3.) trying not to get my dress wet. I can’t tell you how happy I am that I will be with them during their wedding next month.

Ever since I started to talk to Brittany on the phone about her and John’s Traverse City wedding next August, I’ve been super excited to meet these two. One thing is for sure, Brittany and John love to laugh. Seriously these two are perfect for each other. I can’t wait for next year! Be sure to check out the animation at the bottom of the post.

As many of you know, Liz is 20 weeks pregnant, so we planned a little vacation to Hawaii. Around the same time, my brother and sister-in-law became debt free, so a little celebratory vacation was in order, don’t cha think!?

To simply put it, Hawaii was amazing.The weather was great, the scenery was spectacular, the food… Don’t even get be started on how great it was. We spent five nights on The Big Island in Kona, then two nights on Maui. The first couple of days in Kona were spent laying on the beach, snorkeling, shopping downtown and paddle boarding. We then hopped in the rental Jeep and went to Waipio Valley to concur a crazy, steep, windy and narrow road. At the bottom, a two track the led across streams and to black sand beaches along the Pacific Ocean. I will say the views were pretty spectacular and it was cool seeing all the wildlife. Then we went to the most southern point in the continental US on our way to the Hawaii Volcano National Park. At the park, we hiked through volcanic craters, rainforests, old lava tube and saw two active volcanoes, (no running lava though).

Then we were off to the island of Maui where we spent a few nights at a nice resort. While Jay and Britt stayed at the resort for a beach day, Liz and I took our minivan on the road to Hana. The trip is about 52 miles, which can take about 2.5 hours to drive when you don’t stop. Well we did stop at the waterfalls, overlooks, roadside stands and beaches so our trip ended up being about 9 hours long. We passed over 59 bridges, 46 of which are only one lane wide. There are approximately 620 curves, most are hairpin turns and blind corners. It was a bit scary at times but we made it back.

I’m looking forward to the day we go back with our little family.

“Are you spontaneous? Do you like the shore rocks along the beach? Are you willing to deviate from plan for an adventure? If so, you are the man for us!” I pulled this line from the the first email I had received from Max and Michelle. From that point on, I knew that my time with them was going to ROCK! I can’t wait to see this two again in June.