Michigan Trip Part 5: Sarah and Josh's Wedding

By far the best part of our week in Michigan was Sarah and Josh's wedding. All of the family and friends that had gathered in Holland from all over the country and the world (Switzerland and Canada were also represented) were just so full of happiness for the two of them.

As usual, the night before was the rehearsal and the rehearsal dinner, which was held at Via Maria. The food was so great and a handful of family and friends offered very nice toasts to either the bride or groom, or both.

Sarah and me at the rehearsal dinner.

The wedding ceremony was so beautiful. Sarah and Josh decided to devote a significant portion of the service to worship through music. My dad gave the message which was just awesome and very personal to the two of them. My very talented Aunt Wendy wrote a song for them which she played during the lighting of the unity candle, as she had done for Becky and I when we got married. Becky and I both had the honor of standing up for them and we had such a great time being a part of the wedding party.

The new Loomis family (Grandma, Dad, Mom, Sarah, Josh, Wendy, Bryant, Becky).
After the ceremony the wedding party boarded a limo bus where we celebrated with champagne as the bus took us to the park where the pictures were taken.

As expected the reception was awesome. As I'm sure most of you are aware I love to dance, as does my sister and her many friends from Hope that were also dance majors. Needless to say the dance floor was bumpin'/rockin'/and any other silly word you can think of to insert.

In the end it was just such a great day, and everyone was just so happy for Sarah and Josh as they started their life together. Becky and I hope that someday we don't live so far apart because we really like them a lot and are very excited that Josh is now a part of the family.