Every year when it comes time to take the photo for the Christmas card, I sort of dread it. Whether I take the photo myself or hire someone to do photos of the entire family, I know that it will be frustrating for me. I don’t know why it has to be so difficult to…
In honor of the 13th anniversary of September 11, 2001, I thought I would share some of the photos I took when The Maestro and I visited the memorial in New York City in May. The museum didn’t open until the end of May, so we missed that, but the memorial itself was absolutely stunning….
Having a late Thanksgiving means December really sneaks up on a person. It also stresses me out a bit. I usually feel like I have the week after Thanksgiving to get the Christmas photos taken, to get the Christmas card designed and ordered, and to get The Maestro to start writing the Christmas letter. …
Yesterday (well, since it’s now past midnight, two days ago), Bria turned the big one three. Thirteen. What has my life come to? I am not old enough to have my own teenager! I feel like I just finished teenage-hood myself! But this post isn’t about me and the way I like to freak out…
So the girls wanted to do a big Halloween theme again this year and they chose Harry Potter. Bria was going to be Hermione, Chloe was going to be Harry, Sophia was going to be Hedwig, Daddy was going to be Dumbledore and Mommy was going to be Professor Trelawney. But then, Mommy actually turned…
The Art Institute of Chicago. My favorite painting of all time (on which one of my favorite Broadway musicals is based). My beautiful little family. Fun with photography. Who could ask for anything more?
Around here, that’s what PMS stands for. Once a month, I am relentless about getting things done. And I slave-drive my poor family. They must be used to it, because if I raise my voice during normal days, the girls get their feelings so hurt that I never hear the end of it. But during…
Thursday was our touristy, see the sites of NYC, kind of day. After breakfast we went down to 34th Street where we did not have any miracles happen, but we did wait in a very long line to go to the top of the Empire State Building. After that we went down to Pier 83…
This post is dedicated to my mom for allowing it to even exist. Thanks mom, for a wonderful 33rd birthday spent with you in the Big Apple! (Picture taken in the Chicago airport during our unexpectedly long layover.) Although we arrived on Tuesday, we were nearly 4 hours later than we had planned, so we…
We started Day 3 just like all of the others: with a scrumptious breakfast of whatever the heck we wanted to eat. Then we headed out to the BART station where we caught a bus to visit the Legion of Honor art museum. It’s at the top of a hill in the middle of a…
We spent most of our second day in San Francisco with Hilary and Drew. After eating our omelets and leisurely getting ourselves showered and ready, we took the CalTrain down to Santa Clara where Hilary picked us up and took us to her house. We hung out together for awhile, listening to our husbands talk…
Quite possibly my favorite picture from the entire vacation. The Golden Gate Bridge: Me and the Golden Gate Bridge, taken by Joel from the boat: Joel and a shoe eating cable car: Picture of Alcatraz I took from the boat on our fancy cruise around the bay: A visit to Ghirardelli Square: My luscious caramel…