Sea-Weathered Series

Had an awesome time Halibut fishing in Homer this past weekend. Tom & Carol came up from Arizona to visit and we had a great time hanging out and visiting with the Christy's.
I didn't take a whole lot of pictures, but thought it would be fun to grab a few detail shots of some of the awesome sea weathered and related stuff around the cabin...

And a little wake shot...

Glen Alps

I had been wanting to check out the new fence up at Glen Alps recently and since Chris has become a shuttle run fiend, he offered to come with and do a quick dog walk before riding his bike back down... Since I was getting ready for a portrait shoot, i brought my camera and made Guinness pose for a few pics. It was quite a trick to get him to stay on the bench... you have no idea... but the fence was super cool and I plan to use it in some future portrait sessions!

Uh, oh yeah... and the fence...

Scottie + Watermelon = True Love

This past weekend we had a BBQ at the house. My sister Cristen was in town and we had a great time grilling and eating... and drinking... ;) I bought a giant watermelon from Costco and kept trying to get people to eat it. I guess Chris decided that since I was trying to push it, he would give Guinness an opportunity to eat some too.

Guinness loved it... needless to say, he didn't get a whole wedge, just a taste of the rind (gross!) but he was all over it. Yeah, we're bad pet owners...

Anniversary & Garden Projects

So for our anniversary this year, Chris got me an awesome gift - a patio set!! I have been wanting one forever, and we never agree on what to get, so he surprised me and got exactly what I wanted!
Note the plywood leaning against the fence below... Guinness has been escaping recently because of the ground heaving and the fence popping up a bit. He found that he could squeeze himself under the gap if he really put his mind to it... So until the fence drops back down, his escape route is covered!

And now on to garden projects! I saw this online or something, about creating a mini-greehouse for your starters to help them get going. It has been working great for these Dahilas!

Guinness said he wanted to help with the yard work, but really, he just wanted to lounge around...

Most of you probably know I'm an ideas person. I'm always finding great ideas that I want to try, like the cute idea I found in a Magazine -but I'm no so good with actually making these ideas happen...

So I was really proud of myself for actually completeing this one! It had to be blogged ;)

First ride of the season

Sunday was our first official ride of the season. It was a BEAUTIFUL day, sunny and with a light breeze (which helps keep you cool!) So we headed north to Sutton, one of my favorite "close by" places to ride...

In the truck on the drive. Guinness isn't a huge fan of getting his picture taken...

Self portraits with helmets... tricky...

Dori with the bikes

After the ride - totally dirty, sweaty and exhausted, but it was awesome!!

Raina

So Sara and Tim finally got their little baby Beagle - Raina. She is a doll - so quiet and sleepy! Guinness loves her, and they seem to get along pretty well. Occasionally Guinness forgets she's still small and runs over her, but overall, they enjoy romping and playing. She is going to the boss of him though - I can tell...



Apparently, Guinness was also working on getting his drivers license this week. He was ready to drive us home from church yesterday - except that his legs are too short to reach the pedals...

Finn & Elli

Yesterday I had a lot of fun doing some portraits of Finn and Elli. They were super cute in their Easter outfits - and Finn especially was a good sport! Elli is so good - she just sits and watches, and Finn sure loves his little sister! I love this first picture, Finn just wanted to be all over Elli, and all over was more like sitting on her, which Elli wasn't a huge fan of ;) But there are adorable, and I had a blast shooting them. So here are a few of my favorites!

Portrait Practice

Had a fun time with Bern and Ang yesterday, checking out his new D90 - we're twins now! Between the two of us we managed to figure out a few of our camera settings, and Angie was a great sport modeling for us, she always looks great!

Bernie having a "bright idea..." yeah, I know, we're dorks

After all that shooting we ran in to Fletchers to warm up and get a bite to eat. It's so pretty in there! Very elegant...

Hatchers Ride Part 2 - a quick vid

Hatchers Ride

Yesterday I took a half day and Chris and I headed with Tim up to Hatchers to get in a little ride. This was my first time out this winter, and as I'm typing this I can't even tell you how sore my arms are! But it was a lot of fun, and I'm so glad we got to go! The weather was perfect, blue skies, and in the mid 30's up in the mountains.

Christian and Tim, taking a break near an old mining building


That's me! Christian encouraged me to try a little jumping. I didn't get real far off the ground, but it was my very first INTENTIONAL jump, so that was exciting ;)

And me again... riding the project sled



Christian doing some real jumping...