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I hope everyone had a fabulous 4th of July!!! Book: I am almost halfway finished with “Alexander Hamilton” by Ron Chernow. I highly recommend it! One of the best comprehensive works on Alexander Hamilton to date as there really wasn’t much written on him until the last hundred years. His early childhood in the Caribbean …
BOOK REVIEW: The following book I highly recommend to ANY TEACHER OR PARENT: Ron Fournier writes a deeply honest and poignant story about his son Tyler who has Asperger’s. However, this is not a book about one child and one disability. Fournier ties together research from psychology, education, popular culture and …
Hello everyone! I hope the dads had a fabulous Father’s Day yesterday! Book Update: Our book club is reading “An Uncomplicated Life” by Paul Daugherty. It is a biography of his daughter who was born with Down’s Syndrome and her life up through college. I would give it 4 out of 5 stars. The author …
Woo hoo!! The studio smells like fresh new babies again! 🙂 This is Baby Bryce – sweetest little guy who loves to lay on his side. I think I smelled like new baby all day – sigh. The official day of summer is almost here! Next Monday – but you can make this yummy dessert …
Happy Summer Everyone! I have been busy painting the house from top to bottom and hope to have photos very soon!! My children and I were at Costco and tried a sample of Kozy Shack rice pudding. We all LOVED it! And since rice pudding is one of those staples, I had to try and …
Good morning! This weekend we attended the 2016 St. Louis Air Show. It was quite a show!!! Wow! All the planes, helicopters and jets you could want. Here are some of my favorite photographs I took at the show. I shot these with a Nikon D7100 55-200mm lens. Why use that camera? It isn’t …
Nom nom nom…. But first… here is what has been going on for TEN weeks!!! I was Babette in this year’s production of “Beauty and the Beast” and had SOOOOO much fun!!!!! As my friend said, being in a play (or musical) is like having a baby. At first, you’re all excited. Then, you …
I am super excited to show you this DIY canvas wall!!! The possibilities are endless and the result is SO much fun. Photo canvases are cool… and very expensive. Even a small 12″ photo canvas can run around $40 each. This canvas wall cost about $50 for EVERYTHING. They are so much fun to …
Good morning fellow Star Wars fans! Book Update: I finished “Three Weeks with My Brother” by Nicholas and Micah Sparks. It was our book club book for this month. It was really good! It is the story of Nicholas growing up while woven with his present day story of his trip around the world with …
Smoothie time! But before we get to smoothie time, here is a quick pic of the beautiful senior I had the pleasure of photographing last week. The next day I learned that the park had mowed the grass — so we got there right on schedule! Back to smoothie time! I am a huge fan …
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