Little River Canyon- Photo Shoot Weekend

I wanted to post just a few of our favorites from our photo shoot this weekend at Little River Canyon. We took a class in photography on Friday night and then our group met at 8 am the following Saturday morning to practice some techniques we had learned. We even made a trip to the new JSU Canyon Center Field School and took a tour of the building. Zach did a great job with his nice camera, and I was really surprised by the good pics my little Cybershot made. We had a great day just enjoying the beautiful aspects of nature that God created for us to enjoy.

I'm also including a link to my album on Facebook of Zach's pictures that he took on his fishing trip back in June:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2006744&id=192800032&l=6622c94aca

July 4th Weekend

We had a great 4th of July weekend! Being off from work was good enough, but we got to spend a lot of time with friends and family too! On Thursday night after work, we got together with a big group of friends and ate dinner at Don Chico's, one of our favorites. The first picture is of our group...poor Zach was on the end, and there were so many of us that he was unfortunately cut off in the picture. After that, we all met up for the FP fireworks show. It was really good this year, and Zach was excited to try out his camera on the fireworks. The next two pictures are two of the best ones that he took. The third one is the finale and his shot turned out beautifully! The last picture is Zach fishing off his dad's dock on the 4th. He was using his niece, Ella's, Disney Princess fishing pole. He didn't catch anything that day...Ella caught many! :) We spent the entire day at his dad's on the lake. We rode in the boat and Zach rode on the intertube for a while. We had two great meals that day and enjoyed an awesome fireworks show that night over the lake, courtesy of Zach and Gordon.

The Falls

Two Saturdays ago, Zach and I went to DeSoto Falls for the afternoon. He took his camera along and got some really great pics. The last picture is the sunset we enjoyed on our way back home that day. We're so blessed to have this beautiful place so close to us.

Daisy & Cosmo

Zach took some really good photos of the dogs yesterday while they were out on the deck. I couldn't believe how still they were in their poses. Daisy and Cosmo both need to be groomed and Cosmo just happened to be soaking wet from more fun with the water hose, but they're still cute!

Fun with the Water Hose

Saturday was so hot! After Zach and I made our trip to Desoto Falls that afternoon, we came home and played outside with our dogs. Cosmo has always loved playing in the water. Daisy has always been really good with her baths, but she apparently hates the water hose. Zach started it up and Cosmo was right in the middle of the fun. He snapped at the water and was soaking wet after a few minutes. Daisy, on the other hand, stayed in one spot the entire time-- right behind me. She stayed right at my feet the whole time Zach had the water hose out. I guess she enjoyed watching Cosmo have all the fun.

This was also Father's Day weekend. We had a great time on Friday night taking Gordon (Zach's dad) and Grandma out to eat in Rome. On Sunday, we went to Gadsden with my family and ate and shopped a little. I hope everyone had a great Father's Day!!

New Mattress

For those of you that know or have heard me talk about it, Zach and I have been waiting to get a new mattress for a while now. Even after we ordered it, we had to wait a few weeks before it came in. It finally came in a couple of weeks ago and we love it!! We were used to sleeping in a full bed together, so our new king Tempur-Pedic has been an AWESOME change! I wanted to include a picture of our bed after it has been made. I actually bought the comforter and throw pillows months ago and have kept them in the corner of our bedroom. We had also bought our sheets for the bed right after we got married with our Bed Bath & Beyond gift cards, so we've had them waiting for a while too. Now we finally have the mattress to put them on!

"Up"

I'm not big on posting links to articles on here, but I just had to post this one. It really tugs at your heart. Zach had told me about it last night and then I saw the article online today. My homepage, which is MSN (only because I am constantly checking my hotmail account), showed a picture of the little girl and she is such a beautiful child! Her dying wish was to see the movie "Up." She had cancer and it was so advanced that she was not even able to go to a theatre to see the movie. After being contacted by a friend of her family, an employee of Pixar hand-delivered a DVD copy of the movie to the little girl and her parents for her to watch. She was able to hear it, but had to keep her eyes closed for the most part. Her mother would describe to her everything that was going on in the movie. So sadly, she died later that night.

The ironic and meaningful part of the story is that the movie's basis is to live life to the fullest, with the story being centered around a little girl's "Adventure Book." The article I posted the link to below gives more detail to the meaning, so check it out when you have time...and Kleenex nearby.

Zach and I watched this movie a few weeks ago and it really meant a lot to us, especially as a young couple starting our lives together. Who knows, maybe we'll start our own "Adventure Book." I hope that for us, our adventure has just begun! :)

http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=415257&GT1=28101