Photo bookings

I am asking for your help to spread the word.

Do you know a Class of 2016 graduate in the northern Illinois area? I am currently booking senior sessions for the summer and early autumn.

Link here:
My photo blog

I would love to talk to this senior and their parents. Thank you!

Photo on Friday

Happy Friday!!!!

Today I am linking up with Aimee at Wonder + Wild for her These Wild Moments photo link up.

This week's theme is FAVORITE.

These are some of my favorite flowers.

Link up with Aimee.

Go check out her blog and the photos of the other participants.

Featured Reader

Today I am the featured reader over at 

Laura McNeill 

(click her name for the link)

If you haven't read her books yet....you are missing out! They are warm, fun, girly kinds of stories.

Her new book is scheduled to be out in July and it's going to be great! (I've had a chance to preview it...) Follow her on social media to keep up with her happenings.

Thank you for the feature, Laura!

Happy reading, my friends.

WILW

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!!!!

I know I've been MIA on the What I'm Loving Wednesday link-up the past few weeks. So this week I am linking up with Jodi and Rachel

 

This week, I'm loving:

**Today (5/27) is

 #strongerthanMS

I hope you have your orange on.

 

**Library books (I started The Husband's Secret last night)

 

My new dress (thanks to my sister for her cast off) and that it's warm enough to wear skirts and dresses again.

 

**That my Mr. This is his Neon Boneyard shirt that he covered certain letters on to make a "new" message and proceeded to come out of the house that way. The man cracks me up!

 

**This is funny...

 

**We have been without a kitchen sink for 2 days. Here's hoping it's fixed by the time I get home today.

 

**It's scrapbook group night at the library tonight. I am looking forward to a little creative time.

 

**My sock I'm knitting is starting to look like a sock.

 

What are YOU loving this week?

Vacation 2015 - Day 3

Hello again! Welcome to our continuing adventures on our vacation to Las Vegas and several National Parks.

Day 3 - May 4 (it's a picture heavy post!)

We started our day by driving out to Red Rock Canyon State Park.

It is a beautiful park!

 

 

 

 

 

The thing we like about this park is you can climb on and hike to whatever you like.

 

 

This guy was quick and kind of cute...

 

Checking out the scenery:

We decided to head to Red Rock Resort for the buffet lunch (which was very tasty and VERY reasonable!). The boys played the slots for a while; Little Miss went to the "kids center" for a while (and had a blast) and I played a little then just wandered around.  I think I want to stay here sometime...

 

 

We headed back into Vegas for an evening on the Strip.

 

Wynn Hotel:

 

 

Luxor:

and Paris:

 

Eiffel Tower "us-ies"

You can read about Day 1 here and Day 2 here

 

Memorial Day

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your service and sacrifice!

Shout out!

I haven't done this for a while.

PLEASE make sure that you check out all the blogs on my
"Blogs You Should Read"
to the right. They are all fantastic!  If you would like yours included - please leave your link in the comments and I would be happy to include you.

Vacation 2015 - Day 2

And continuing on with our vacation adventures....

(You can read about Day 1 HERE-Day 1)

We got up early and headed to Death Valley National Park. (It was about 2 1/2 hours)  I, myself, went into this stop figuring we were going to see a salt flat, tumbleweeds and maybe a bleached out cow skull. I could not have been more wrong! It was beautiful and I LOVED it!!!  We only got to see about the south 1/3 of the park - it is HUGE!!!!!

Oh - and here's a lesson we learned....go with a FULL tank of gas! There are very few gas stations when you get close to Death Valley and...they are in CALIFORNIA (aka: HIGH gas prices). We had to put a little in before heading back to Vegas - to the tune of $5.04/gallon. (GULP!)

Anyway, I digress....  I give you - Death Valley

 

 

 We drove the "Artist's Palette" drive - WOW! The colors and rocks were amazing! (Pictures do it no justice)

 

 

 

"More pictures?!"

 

We actually had a good picture taken of the two of us.  There is a whole series of pictures that Young Mr. took.... my mom will laugh when she sees them.  (Mom - think my graduation pictures that Phil took.)

 

Yes, that says 103F! It was like a blast furnace...

 

We stopped at Badwaters - the lowest point and a giant salt flat.

 

 

My salt flat selfie

 

Back seat sillies!

Driving back toward Las Vegas there were lots of cactus, Joshua trees, palm trees and this is one of the dust devils we saw.

 

She wasn't tired....

 

We grabbed a quick, late lunch and went back to our hotel to lay down for a while.

We all went to MGM to see KA - a Cirque du Soleil show - it was amazing! Little Miss sat on the edge of her seat through most of it.

 

That was the end of day 2!  Stay tuned...