Kale Wedding

I know that I'm way behind on picture posting - I still haven't posted any from my 'bama wedding in May! But Bern and Ang were so kind in trusting me to do their wedding photography, I had to post up a few of my faves right away! I literally took over 1,000 pictures, so I've got my work cut out for me sorting through them all. But here's your sneek peak...

Visiting Bama

Apologies to Katie - I know i have been slow to get some new pictures up, and there are still so many to sort through!
After the lovely wedding (pictures to come on that one shortly) in Mobile, we headed out Gulf Shores for a little beach time. Uncle Dave arranged a wonderful boat ride for all of us, and we had a really nice time just relaxing. There was a huge thunderstorm inland just before the ride, so we were all very thankful it cleared up on the coast and we were able to head out.

Cristen and Megan pose on the boat

Poppi, with his Bud Light in hand...

Barbara Ann and Katie, lounging on the deck

Megan picks up the essentials - beer!

Caught mom trying to take my picture - no way lady!

Aunt Bebe and Katie giving the camera a smile

I even caught Michael smiling too...

Hanging out in Dallas

Traveling from Seattle to Birmingham we had a stopover in Dallas for a bit. Traveling takes it out of you, but we managed to find some fun...

Michael said I don't have permission to publish his photo on my blog. i told him to sue me...

Megan is totally enthralled in her magazine...

Too bad she's reading about The Hills!! Busted looking at L.C.

Wait a second, is that Michael reading the same mag now? He's a big fan of Audrina...

John's Senior Pics

Took John out yesterday morning to try and get some "senior" pics. Yes, I know, we're running a little behind the curve... The weather was beautiful - but a bit too sunny... poor John kept saying "my eyes are burning!" and I kept saying - "you have to stop squinting!!" It was hard ;) But we a got a couple of fun shots, even though the shadows are pretty intense.

Snow Day!

Friday, April 26, we had a huge snow storm! The weather had been so nice - warm, the snow was almost gone, and in a matter of 12 hours we had 16 inches of snow on our back porch. I'm not kidding. I got stuck in the parking lot at work...

But Guinness was really not happy about it. Here he is trying to come back in after going out - but we stopped him at the door. He went straight in to the tub to melt all the snow balls off...

Can't you just hear him, "please let me in guys..."

Whittier - Buckner Building

Last weekend Sara and I took the new Suby down to Whittier to photograph the old Buckner Building Army barracks. We had a great time exploring the old building - it was a little icy getting in there, as the snow berms were over our heads! But once we got in, the views were amazing!

10 random facts

Ok, Bridgette and Bern both tasked me with this, so here it is... 10 random facts about Dori:

1. I love scones. Any flavor, I love them all. I make them, buy them, gift them... They're the best invention with a cup of tea ever.

2. Building on number 1, I love tea. Forget the coffee. Give me a strong cup of black tea any day. No sugar, just a little half & half. And maybe a good scone...

3. I can't buy things that aren't on sale. I don't know what the problem is. If I find something I want, and it's not on sale, I go to ebay.

4. I hate talking on the phone. I won't even order a pizza on the phone. I make Chris do it. Someone told me once that she thought the reason I hated it was because I sound like a 10 year old on the phone. Awesome...

5. I'm terrified of needles. Well, any thing that involves blood, needles, etc. I pass out everytime I have to get a shot, even a TB test. Needless to say, I don't have any piercings or tattoos.

6. I love dogs. I think they're awesome. The fluffier the better - but I am allergic, so I have to wash my hands alot when I play with them...

7. I'm not very good at finishing things. I get really excited about new ideas and projects, and get about 1/2 way through things before I get distracted by the next cool new idea... My house if full of unfinished "great ideas". Chris just rolls his eyes when he finds out I'm going to JoAnn's.

8. I love Brittish period books (and movies made from the books). Jane Austen, Dickens, any of the Brontes, etc. I have to sneak them onto the netflix queue...

9. I would like to be a detective. I am always watching TRU (used to be Court) TV - for "the Real Detectives" and shows where they use forensics to catch criminals. Sometimes when I see fishy behavior I will try to memorize facts about the "scene" in case I need to testify later. I know, I'm a dork... But I'm also totally phobic of real blood, so I don't think it would have worked out.

10. I'm all out of random facts... So 9 will have to do!

Spencer Glacier

We spent Saturday afternoon grilling out at Spencer Glacier, just south of Portage. We rode up with Joe and Dellany, and Cory and his wife Sara. We had perfect weather - and a great time just relaxing in the Alaskan outdoors...

The glacier was incredibly blue. Lots of glaciers just look blue from a distance, but up close, this cave was like walking in to giant saphires! It was amazing...

Spring Riding

Chris went riding yesterday and had this cool shot that he did a little photoshop work too. It looks great, so I thought I'd share ;)

Skookum Glacier

This past week, Dori had to opportunity to go on a team building snow machine trip with coworkers. It was a 3 hour trip to skookum glacier (not to far from Girdwood) and it was beautiful! The weather was perfect, 3 feet of fresh snow the night before, and about 35 degrees out in the sun. plus - an incredible glacier! This is Alaska...

North Slope trip

Got the opportunity to head up north to Prudhoe Bay this week. While it's still very much winter there, it was beautiful weather, and I had a great trip. These are pics from my phone camera, so the quality is not so great, but it still made some pretty decent pics...

This is the STP (Seawater Treatment Plant) facility. It's awesome. It's a big barge that was shipped over from Korea, and then sunk on the coast of the artic ocean. It's enormous - as you can see by the ladder there. The bottom of the ladder has a big cage around it - to prevent polar bears from getting in there.

Sunset from the BOC (Base Operations Camp) - on the west side of the field. This is taken through a window, so it's a bit fuzzy...

The Artic Ocean... really. it's just covered with snow, so it looks like just another flat snow field...

Sun rise from the East side of operations. Everyone just leaves their trucks running all the time...

View from STP back towards the West Dock - where apparently, there is lots of activity in the summer months...

Finn's First Birthday

Gretchen and Phil had a cowboy themed party for Finn's first birthday - and he had a great time eating cake, chili, and opening his presents...

Carsten in his coyboy hat


Finn LOVES cake

Bern notices that his t-shirt matches the plates...


Finn got his very own cell phone

Ang and Bern pose for someone elses camera...

Finn shreds his wrapping paper

Update on the best Scottie in the world...

Since we haven't posted in awhile, here is an update on our little pups. Christian said we should just call this "Scottie blog" ...

Like most dogs, Guinness finds great pleasure not just in chewing on his toys, but destroying them. And lucky for us, his favorite toys are things like olds socks and gloves. Here he is last week, having a grand time pulling the stuffing out of an old pair of snow gloves...

And also as usual, he tends to get the stuffing caught in his beard and walks around like that for awhile, until we grab it.

And here he is pouting after I took the demolished glove and threw it away