Hanging out on/in the Hooch!

Matt and I found an awesome new hang out spot last night. A friend of mine told me a while back that there is a neat park on the Chattahochee River in Suwanee, but we had never went to check it out. Today Matt and Kale decided to brave the FREEZING cold temperatures in the water and try to do a little trout fishing. They were numb and did not catch anything, but we all had a grea time! You all know me....of course I had my camera with me! Here are some of the shots that I snapped.

On a side note....I have been asked to photograph my first wedding tomorrow night. It is just a small family wedding in Marietta. I am SUPER nervous, but excited at the same time! Wish me luck! Hopefully you will see pictures posted later this week....pictures posted = successful shoot!

Family Pictures

When Haley and the boys come to visit, they always get pictures of the 4 kids made, so we had a "photo" shoot in the Dorminy's front yard this morning. The kids were anxious to go swimming, but they were cooperative for the most part! Here are some of my favorite shots from this morning!

Anna, 6 Cate, 3 Cooper, 3 Owen, 6


Cooper and his beautiful eyes! LOVE THEM!

"Snaggle tooth" Owen

Sweet little Cate

I can't believe how old Anna is looking these days! She's really growing up!

Haley and Owen

Sweet brotherly love

Matt & Haley with their mom, Jonnee

Notice that Cate isn't around....she decided she would rather play with the bugs and was finished having her pictures taken.

The kids all ran over to Cate to try for 1 more group picture...not perfect, but it will have to do!

Haley and her boys

Summer Fun!

Matt's sister Haley and her 2 boys, Owen and Copper came to visit from Park City, Utah this week. I love seeing how much the boys have grown each time they come to visit! There is never a dull moment when you get Owen, Cooper, Anna, and Cate together! There is actually never a quiet minute either, but I love seeing them have so much fun together! Those 4 kids could stay in the swimming pool ALL day long!

Wednesday was my 29th birthday too! We celebrated with dinner at Mellow Mushroom (my ABSOLUTE favorite place to eat!) Mom baked me my favorite cake...red velvet and Matt bought me a cookie cake from the Great America Cookie Co! Needless to say, we have been on a MAJOR sugar high around our house the past few days!

Update on Matt

Matt is on the tail end of his EMT training. He started his clinical ride alongs today. He works 2 16 hour and 2 24 hour shifts over the next two weeks. Once he finishes his 2 weeks of ride alongs, he will go back into the classroom for a few weeks of review before he takes his final exam and the National Registry test. He will be entering the Fire Academy some time during July. The hottest time of year and Matt will be spending it inside burning buildings....Awesome!

This is the station that Matt is working at today. He will be a 3 different stations for his remaining shifts.


These are the Rescue Units (aka...ambulances) that Matt is doing his ride alongs in. Aren't they awesome looking? They are HUGE on the inside too!

Summer Time is Back in Gear!!!

My summer has taken off in full swing! I finished up at school on Friday afternoon! It was a bittersweet ending to the school year because our prinicpal was retiring. She was the only principal that I have worked under, so I was sad to see her leave.

On Sunday, Matt planned an early "Surprise" birthday party for me! He arranged to have a group of our friends meet us at Cinco's for dinner on Sunday night. After dinner, we headed back to our house for more fun! Matt had filled up 100 water balloons, bought several boxes of "Snap-Its" and had stuffed a piniata with candy! Serisouly! I am not joking! My 30 year old husband is still truly a child at heart! The boys had the best time pelting each other with the water balloons! They actually did let the kids in on the fun. Our drive way was covered with wrappers from the snap-its, broken water balloons, and pieces of streamers from the piniata. I had a BLAST! My birthday is actualy June 9, so Matt just kicked off the celebration a week or so early! My friend Natasha is in the market for a camera like mine, so she played with my camera during our party. She taught me how to use the video component on the camera. I am very excited to know how to use that!! Here are some of the snaps that she shot during the party!
Handing out the "Snap-It's"

Natasha's husband, Frank and their youngest son, Harrison

Anna and Ava having a blast together!

Part of the crew watching all the action from the deck.

Harrison chowing down on a piece of cake


For Memorial Day, we headed to our annual spot to view the Dacula Memorial Day parade. Every year it seems to get longer and longer with more tractor and "big truck" entries! It was fun like always though!











I took this picture just for mom, she TOTALLY fits the description! Now she has the contact info for this hillbilly!



Kylie insisted that I take some pictures of the horses for her!

Kamden loved getting the candy to stick it in his "Pock." His "pocks" were overflowing after the parade! They were so full that his pants would not stay up!



After the parade, we headed over to Matt's parents house for a lunch and pool time! Anna and Cate are like little fish in the pool! They LOVE it!