Michelle and Korey!

My Albion roomie, Michelle, married Korey in Grand Rapids on Saturday, and we were delighted to celebrate with them!

It was a beautiful ceremony:


It was great to see lots of Albion folks -- we even did The Io* in the hall before taking a picture, though I am apparently a huge nerd for remembering all the words.

Seems like just yesterday we were putting pretzels in the shape of our initials (MW) on our dorm room door...sigh.

Justin and Andria, our hosts that night, had spent the day at Hope College's Pull , a ridiculously intense tug-of-war that has taken place annually for 110 years. Pretty cool. We hung out on their enomous couch in their new-old house and watched Pull videos from years past.

*The Io (pronounced "Yo.") is Albion's traditional cheer:

Io Triumphe! Io Triumphe!
Haben Swaben Rebecca le animor
Whoop te whoop te sheller de-vere
De-boom de ral de-i de-pa
Hooneka henaka whack a whack
A-hob dob balde bora bolde bara
Con slomade hob dob Rah! Al-bi-on Rah!