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Labor Day marks many things, but many around here it means back-to-school. My classes actually started last week; Sarah has students returning this week.

To mark the seasons, I’ve uploaded a ton of photos, most from this past weekend’s trip to Harsen’s Island. Sarah’s family has a cottage there and we decided to have one last mini-vacation. The Schleicks and the Baats joined us for most of the short stay.

I’ve also uploaded some older pictures, including a couple from a trip to the zoo (see photo above) and another short trip that we made about a month ago to Grand Haven. We stayed in a cottage with my parents for a long weekend.

A couple of week ago we were in San Diego visiting family. My brother and his family have lived out there for 10+ years and recently the mother-in-law has moved out. She runs all of the concessions at Petco Park, so we got a pretty sweet tour of the Padre’s home base while we were there.

Photos over on Flickr.

I finally posted a full set of photos from our vacation at Spider Lake. We had a good time biking, hiking and swimming. Plus, I got to photograph some amazing woodpeckers.

I admit, I was overly nervous about flying with Olivia. I was bracing for a complete meltdown from the moment we entered Detroit Metro Airport to the time we stepped out of Nashville’s airport. She proved me wrong. (more…)

Last weekend we were in San Diego for a wedding and bit of family reunion. It was the first time mom and dad; my brother, his wife and kids; and Sarah and I have all been together.

The wedding was Friday (friend of the family’s kid). It was interesting because the bride is Indian. Her and her family are Christian, and the ceremony proper was Christian, they did infuse it with some Indian traditions. The groom was escorted in by musicians playing some Indian music (of course); the bride arrived in a palanquin; she had henna painting done on her hands; and the bridesmaid’s dresses had an Indianesque pattern on them (the dresses themselves being fairly traditional Western dresses).

Anyway, a couple of photos. 1) Rachel at normal speed. 2) Uncle Tim and the kids.