Thank you!

It is both an honor and an extreme privilege for me to announce that A Day in May was voted as The Best Wedding Planner in the Traverse City Area via Up North Live and is now a member of Traverse City's A-List Vendors!

Voting began about two months ago and ADIM was nominated! (Thank you for whomever nominated us!) There were over 14,000 votes cast for the A-List and we'd like to thank everyone who left us encouraging and heartfelt comments as well as those who showed their support in voting!

Having officially broken onto the stage over two years ago we are still in awe of the incredible people and clients that come our way. I truly have the greatest job... yes days can be long and weekends working can be difficult but the reward is so sweet. There is nothing that brings me more satisfaction than the happiness on my clients' faces!!

Cheers to all our phenomenal colleges who were also nominated and big thanks to those of you whom we work with regularly. There is no "I" in team and sometimes it takes an Army to execute a wedding!

Thank you again to all of you who believe in pursuing your dreams. Mine has just begun and I cannot wait to see where it takes me!!

The Doctors- Post Graduation Part 2

Where were we... oh yes, Bar Louie!

With some food in the tummy and some drinks to toast we finished the rounds at Bar Louie and headed to Barton Hills Country Club for a fabulous dinner treated by Rick and Ron.

Here are the Doctors' :)


This isn't a great picture of the parents of the graduates but I didn't have any others to show! Good thing it is very expressive!


What a great watch Christina got from her grandparents :)


After a lovely, lovely dinner we headed to Ricks... Without posting any pictures that could be incriminating or just inappropriate I will take it upon myself to narrate a little paragraph for you about the evening...



Linds, Katie, Erin, Christina and myself on the dance floor!


It was Katie's 25th birthday and she received a fabulous gift that everyone at the bar wanted to use! The joys of graduation filled the room and commradery was abundant. From shark bowl races to dancing queens the night was full of celebration... then we went to Pancheros. The end!

The Doctors- Post Graduation Part 1

Like I said, we had a lovely time at the UM Dental Graduation and an even more thrilling time at the after party(s). With the new doctors leading the way the Wurtzel's, Hatch's, Mazzola's, Dreves' and the rest of us one-namers, headed to Bar Louie near campus for some cocktails before cocktails at dinner! (I told you... merrymen!)

Doctor Sandwich!


Carrie, Matt and Doctor!



Aron, Scott & Andrew- they came to help celebrate like I did!


Tina (not sure what she is looking at since she had two cocktails), Megan and Ryan (who will be Doctor next year)!


Nick and Lindsey- the soon-to-be-newlyweds!


Thanks to Ron and Perla for the drinks and yummy pretzel sticks and nachos! It was the perfect way to start the evening... now off to Barton!

The Doctors

Last weekend I had the pleasure of watching three very dear people to my heart receive their Doctorate Degrees... yep, the Doctors. No I am not talking about the stupid show on before Dr. Phil and Oprah, I'm talking about the University of Michigan Dental School Graduation. Perhaps a new "Hail" rendition should go something like this, "Hail to the Doctors Valiant, Hail to the Comp Care Classes, Hail, Hail to Michigan the Cleaners of Best! Hail to the Dentists Valiant, Hail to the Mountain Dont's oh Hail, Hail to Michigan they are heading West!"

It's with pride that I introduce Dr. Christopher Mazzola and Dr. Christina Mazzola...


And what an honor to have Dr. Don Wurtzel hood Dr. Lindsey Wurtzel!


The graduation took place in Hill Auditorium on campus after it's beautiful restoration and the Class President was phenomenal- what a great speech!


Way to go Chris, Christina and Lindsey- we are all so proud of you and your accomplishments! Also congrats to Christian, Roa, Salam and Piper!! Does this mean I get dental school pricing for life?!?! Stay tuned for a post graduation update... we started with sophistication and ended like a band of merrymen!

The Great Bo

I just got this email this morning from Michigan Today: What I learned from Bo by John Bacon. If you enjoy great sports commentary read this... Why Bo Never Got a Speeding Ticket!

It's worth watching... especially if you're a Michigan fan!!

BO VIDEO click here

Kristin & Phil

Hey everyone, Kristin and Phil had their engagement photos taken a few weeks back and here is a sneak preview of them!

Visit James' blog for some of his favorites :)



Aren't they awesome... and what a great looking couple!! Cheers you two!