week 5

week 4

leap perfection

week 3

god bless the usa!

week 2

For week 2 I bring you "hands at work".

Week 1

Last year I participated in a 52 week challenge where you take one photo a week for the whole year.  I didn't share the photos here.  :(

I've decided to participate again this year and plan to share the photos here!

For Christmas I got a deck of cards that gives you ideas of what to photograph for the week.  I asked my friend's son to draw a card for me for this week and it just so happened to be the "self-portrait" card.

So, for week 1, I present to you "self-portrait" (which also happens to be my first attempt at flash photography).

guzzy roadtrip south - the end

If you were following along with our roadtrip you're probably wondering what happened to us.  No reason for worry, we're all safe and sound back in Texas.  Sean and I both ended up getting a nasty bug and spent the rest of the trip sick while still trying to enjoy the last few days.  This weekend we finally are back among the living and trying to catch up on everything!

So anyway...here's the lowdown on the end of our trip.

Thursday we woke up and tried to go back to the BBQ joint for a hearty breakfast but they weren't opened yet.  I guess I will cut them some slack as it was Thanksgiving! :)

The drive took us right by the Gateway Arch, prep for the St Louis Thanksgiving Day Parade and Royals Stadium.  We ended up at my Mom's in Kansas and enjoyed a tasty Thanksgiving dinner.  The only pictures I took in the last few days (which should tell you how ill I was feeling) were these few drive-bys.

Friday we stayed at Mom's and celebrated my brother's birthday (which was actually on Thanksgiving).

Saturday we got up early and hit the road so we could get home and get everything unloaded in the daylight.  Sean was so sweet and even drove the entire way and let me sleep.

Thanks a wrap on the 2017 trek south!

guzzy roadtrip south - day 5

Yesterday was a fairly low-key day.  We just drove straight to our next campground and were in bed super early.  We stayed at Cahokia RV Parque in Cahokia, IL.  What we didn't realize when we picked the place is that it's pretty much a suburb of St Louis.  The campground offered a shuttle to downtown but we were both too worn out - plus I've already done all the St Louis sightseeing from past visits and Sean was just there last week for a work day trip.  The area was a little sketchy and the campground wasn't anything to write home about but the people were super nice.  It did have a cute BBQ joint right on the premises which we hit up for dinner.  Not too bad!

Unfortunately, we haven't hit any warmth yet and still had to run the furnace and even broke out the electric blanket!