Family Pictures

Yes, we seriously had family portraits taken with our dogs!! Kerri sent me a coupon for a free picture package at The Picture People, so we got the crazy idea to take the dogs! Everyone else has a blog to post pictures of their kids, we post pictures of our pups! Maybe one day the focus of the blog will turn to babies, but for now we are content with focusing on the dogs! We had to take them into The Mall of GA through the service entrance. If you have ever been around our dogs, they are not always the most well behaved, so I was a little nervous about taking them. They actually did great and we had a lot of fun with it! If you would have told me four years ago, that I would be taking dogs into The Mall of GA to have family portraits taken, I would have laughed....guess you never say never!

Everyone had to clean up before we went to get the pictures made. Harley is not normal, he actually likes getting a bath. He will just stand under the faucet and let the water run all over him. Tiger is the exact opposite, he will cower down and try to get under the bed when he hears the bath water running!

Waiting patiently in the car for our appointment time! I love taking pictures of our dogs in the car!

We had to wait for someone to unlock the service entrace door for us.

The "behind the scence" tour of The Mall of GA. Who knew that this even existed??

The dogs first elevator ride! Harley is just a go with the flow kind of dog. Tiger was a little more skeptical about getting into the elevator!

Just playing with the props while waiting on the photographer!

Tuckered out from all the excitement!


The final products!

These are just 2 of the ones that we got. I will add more later!


They actually asked us to sign a model release form so they can put our pictures out on display. Next time you walk past The Picture People at The Mall of GA, take a look to see if Harley and Tiger are on display!

We're heading out camping tomorrow, so (all 2 of you that actully read our blog) check back soon for a new post!

Painting Pottery

Aaron was very sweet and planned a surprise girls evening out for Kerri in celebration of their 4th little one! We went to a paint your own pottery place at Hamilton Mill, then ate some delicious Mexican food (you can NEVER go wrong with Mexican food!) Here are some pictures of our fun afternoon!


SURPRISE!



Kylie worked so hard painting her flying pony! She was so careful painting it!

My Master Piece! I can't wait to go pick it up this weekend after it has been glazed!

We've had a lot going on!

This past week was my last week of summer school! Now it is officially time to be sad about summer coming to an end! Only 2 weeks left until we go back to work! Matt and I have been really busy these past 2 weeks! Here's just a little of what we have been up to!

NO BOAT = NO LAKE PICTURES! In case you haven't noticed, we haven't had any pictures of our exciting adventures on the lake this summer....that's because we don't have our boat to create these exciting adventures with anymore! SAD TIMES!!! We have really missed having the boat and have had to find new ways to entertain ourselves. The past 2 summers, we have practically lived on Lake Lanier! We would go out early in the morning and stay out until after dark!

Oh Lake Lanier, how we miss you! I hope out little "Bay Bay" (the Bayliner) forgives us for getting rid of her! Ever heard the country song "Redneck Yacht Club"? That was our summer anthem the past 2 summers, so that song also makes us really sad when we hear it on the radio now!

Okay, enough being depressed about not having a boat!

Here we are, taking the dogs to watch the water release from Buford Dam. It wasn't really as exciting to watch as I had hoped! You just hear a horn blast really loud, then all the sudden the water starts to rise. I guess I was hoping for a waterfall or for water to start gushing violently out of the dam. Yeah, that doesn't happen!




Check out the Dorminy's family pet! This deer hangs out around Matt's parents house in Dunwoody all the time! She is not afraid of people and will just walk right up while everyone is out in the yard!

Random, I know! I just had to take a picture when I saw this on back of a car the other day! I am not sharing my opinion on homeschooling, I just thought that it was funny!

Matt's sister, Haley, and her boys Owen and Cooper flew in town from Park City, Utah this past week. We haven't seen them since Christmas, so it was so good to see them again! The boys are getting so big!! We also celebrated Cooper's 3rd birthday while they were here!


Little Owen is getting so big!

I love seeing the kids together! They had so much fun having water gun wars!




Cooper enjoying his birthday cupcakes!

"Way to go Cooper!" Look at him jumping off the big rock!

Who ever thought you could have a garden growing in a townhome community? We're giving it a shot this summer. We have tomatoes, parsley, cilantro, bananna peppers, and bell peppers growing now!

Our first hot pepper!


I planted this rose back in May from a clipping someone at work brought me. I had no idea that you could grow roses simply by planting a twig from another rose, but this one has taken off!

Just another shot from our flower garden! I love summer flowers!

What an action shot!

Look at how long Tiger is!

A good old fashioned game of "Tug-of-War." For the record, Tiger was the winner!


Hopefully we will have some more excitement in the next 2 weeks to share before school starts back!

4th of July!

I love the 4th of July!!! Ever since Matt and I started dating, we have always spent the morning of the 4th at the Dunwoody Parade. It is always so much fun watching the kids get so excited by all the floats, fire trucks, police cars, and candy!! This year, 2 military helicopters flew over the parade. That was by far, the coolest part of the parade to me! After the parade, we headed to Matt's parents house for some absolutely delicious sub sandwiches!







After we left Dunwoody, he hit the road to my aunt and uncle's house on Lake Burton for a 4th of July cookout/50th wedding anniversary party!! We had an awesome time up there and got to watch the fireworks on the lake! It is always so beautiful and so relaxing at their house! I LOVE IT!








Yes, we do have a fleece blanket out in July! Believe it or not, it actually got cool in the mountains while we were waiting on the fireworks!

This was truly a perfect 4th of July!!