Jeremy and I had the most amazing, relaxing, and stress-free honeymoon. There was no running to catch our flight to another country, going to cruise ship dinners, ridiculous excursions that were already setup, etc. We spent our honeymoon, (as I’ve already mentioned) in Northern Michigan with no plans, no reservations, just doing whatever we wanted. I’m going to post pictures in installments because we did take a lot (which I’m so happy about!)
So rewind back to us getting on the plane from Orlando, FL to Grand Rapids, MI on July 23rd. I upgraded us to first class seats, because actually with Airtran you get 2 checked bags each, free drinks, etc…and with all of our bags that we were bringing up for the second reception, I just convinced myself it was worth it!

First Class Baby!

Wedding Rings!
We took full advantage of the unlimited open bar/mini boozes! I realized during this whole trip that using the “It’s Our Honeymoon” card really had it’s advantages. We drank whiskey & coke the whole plane ride there, and when they started to get low, the flight attendant gave us a whole stash and sadly told the other passengers that there wasn’t any whiskey left….SCORE! (We did end up running out of coke, so we were drinking the whiskey straight and chasing it with Sour Patch Kids!)

Whiskey & Coke
While we were flying over Jacksonville, we could actually see our apartment in downtown Jax! So we took a picture! And if you’re wondering why we flew out of Orlando instead of Jacksonville…it’s because Jacksonville flights were $200 a person more expensive. So for the price of just one Jacksonville plane ticket we got 2 Orlando flights that were direct!!!

Downtown Jacksonville
We got our use out of Jeremy’s wedding gift on the plane! I got him an IPad for his wedding gift, which he was shocked about. I had him convinced that you aren’t supposed to get each other anything expensive for a gift, it should be a token gift such as cufflinks. haha! I love to spoil him! So we watched Amadeus, sipped whiskey & cokes, and relaxed before the big Michigan Reception started the next day.

Rock me Amadeus
Once we landed, we all headed out to San Chez for dinner. (which is one of our favorite places to eat in downtown Grand Rapids) It was such a nice relaxing dinner, and having my mother, father, and sister there also meant so much! The joining of two families really is such a beautiful thing!
***Stay tuned because I’m posting all of the Michigan Wedding Reception pictures next!!