Our original plan for Saturday was to go hiking and enjoy the crisp Autumn air and colorful trees. However, it looked like rain on the other side of the state, so we hung around near home...which led us to explore one of the most fun Grand Rapids events we've seen yet: ArtPrize!

Our main purpose in going downtown was to register to vote for this piece by one of our friends:

He made his wife's face out of over 6,000 unaltered wine corks. Impressive.

But we also saw the Grand River Monster...


...a big red ball...
...a bunch of people...
...a praying mantis (good work, God!)...
...a balloon that dwarfed the Caulder...
...Rolland's first attempts at stairs (When did he learn to do that?)...

...our new dining room set...
...a rhino made out of tires...
...faces made out of pushpins...

...an awesome bike rack (not part of the competition)...
...the cutest little bum in the world...
...and, perhaps, 2 of the most unsuspecting wedding parties ever (both groups are in this pic).