Dang.  It’s been a heck of a week.  Over 1,700 miles, meeting up with over 40 friends, 1 wedding, a couple second degree sunburns, and a cracked windshield.  I’d call that a success.  Well, except for the windshield.

It’s been a long time since we’ve taken a vacation like this.  In fact, I don’t know if we’ve ever taken a vacation like this, but it was a good one.  We had amazing time in the car, the boys were fantastic, lots of time to talk, listen to music, watch some movies, play some Words With Friends, you know… all the stuff you’re not supposed to do while you’re driving.

Luckily the oil hasn’t made it to any of the beaches we went to, so it was nothing short of perfect water to swim in.

I’m still sorting through all the pictures but here’s a few of my favorites.

What A Week is a post from: Brody Harper

Congratulations to Phil and Mallory.  They were married on Saturday.  Sorry ladies, he’s taken… and by someone who’s perfect for him.

Congratulations Are In Order is a post from: Brody Harper

Tomorrow morning Kristin, Cooper and I are taking off to Grand Rapids.  A friend of mine is getting married and I was asked to take some pictures of the wedding.  It’s a little in intimidating to be the “photographer”, but I’m not calling it that, so it makes me fell better.  Matt used to be the road manager for the David Crowder Band and now is the Technical Director at Rob Bell’s church in Grand Rapids.  Rob’s doing the wedding so that should be a pretty interesting to hear.  It’s going to be a great day for Matt and Hannah and it’s cool we get to be a part of it.  It’s interesting where this photography thing has taken me.  I never planned on being a photographer, but for some reason opportunities keep popping up.  I still love the creativity of it, and don’t know if I could do it for a job.  I wouldn’t want to start not liking it.

We have little to no agenda driving up there and the wedding isn’t until Saturday so we are taking our time getting up there.  One thing we do plan on doing tomorrow is stopping in Chicago for dinner.  This is one of the first times in a really long time that Kristin and I will be able to travel together and have time to actually hang out.  She has never been to Chicago, so we figured it was a perfect time to drop in and at least see a little bit of the city and grab some dinner.  Then on to Grand Rapids.

Today will be a day of making sure everything is packed, the car is cleaned, the new Death Cab record is on the iPod, and the big boys are ready to stay at Kristin’s dad’s house.  The boys are still asleep so I better get started.

*Creative Chaos – Photography*

Road Trip is a post from: Brody Harper

Ouch is a post from: Brody Harper