Angie & Bern's Rehearsal Dinner

We had such a fun time at Bern & Ang's BBQ rehearsal dinner - the whole crew was there, and the weather cooperated really well! Big Bern deep fried halibut and the Courtneys made amazing BBQ pork - to die for!! I got a lot of fun pics of all the kids running around - so these are a little old now, but I had to post a few up for everyone to see - enjoy!

Somehow Emme convinced Chad to squirt the whipped cream straight in to her mouth... Bridgette - you didn't hear that from me ;)

I love this picture of Levi - he is totally loving that angel food cake!

Catching up on posting...

So my college roomate KJ and her husband Brian came to visit a couple weeks ago - and we had a fabulous time hanging out with them! They are great sports, willing to trek off on Alaskan adventures that we setup for them, including a Halibut fishing charter out of Homer. Chris and I went to help our friends Dellany and Joe who are getting married in Homer July 12 (woohoo!) do some work on the house while the fishing went down - but we had a good time, and as always, Alaska offers some incredible scenes...

KJ & Brian on the homer Spit

Joe and Dellany in the Homer boat harbor

This eagle was awesome - click on the images to blow them up, and you can see he's looking right at me!!

Salty is such a beautiful dog, and so great on the water! I love taking her portrait ;)

More to come - I'm still playing catch-up on all the great images I've taken this summer. I have some really nice sea otter shots coming up soon... We caught a couple of them snacking on crabs - and they let us get so close you could hear them crunching away! It was so cool...

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 ;)