Blurb photo book + a discount for you!

blurb photo book

A few weeks ago, I was offered an early bird trial of Blurb’s new Designer Photo Book Templates and I of course said, Yes! Now that I have my finished product in front of me, I’d like to share how fun and easy it was to create this beautiful looking photo album! I had 6 wonderful designs to choose from. I fell in love with the simplicity of the Catalina theme and so I chose that. Any guesses as to [...]

Sailing in Key West

sailing in Key West

While on vacation we like to experience new things. One was the the time we went sailing in Key West. The other thing we really enjoyed was snorkeling but I could share photos of that. Sooo, we went sailing. Not once, or even twice, but three times!  Admittedly there was a “frequent sail” program that make the second trip cheaper and the third one free, but still, we really enjoyed it. Enough that I am designating a whole post to [...]

Vacation in the Florida Keys

Vacation in the Florida Keys

Ok, who’s ready for a photo overload? So excited to finally share a few photos from our vacation in the Florida Keys!  Want to know the best way to get to know your spouse a little better? Spend a couple days in the car together! So, a vacation in the Florida Keys in January is great, you get to leave behind freezing cold weather and lounge in the sun, play in the sand and swim in the surf. Err water, [...]

5 Great Ways to Save on Vacation

ways to save on vacation

For a week or so in January we left the cold winter weather of Ohio and drove to the Florida Keys. So today I want to share with you a few ways to save on vacation. 5 Great Ways to Save on Vacation: 1. Determine your priorities. Is it really important to stay in a 4 star hotel with all the amenities, or can you be happy in a smaller, slightly outdated but clean room?  We found a 2 star [...]

Weekend in Holmes County

Steam Engine and Caboose at Warther Musium

I’m not usually one to just dump a ton of photos on my readers. However, in this case I am going to do just that. We went to Holmes County on Saturday with hubby’s grandparents and youngest brother. Now for those of you who don’t know, Holmes county Ohio is Amish country. Lots to do and see up there. We started out by going to Warther Musium in Dover Ohio. Basically this Ernest Warther was an excellent carver who was [...]

Welcome to August!

engagement 08

I can hardly believe August is here already! I’m not ready for August to be here, no, not at all. But since August is here, I’ll just have to go with the flow. August is hubby and I’s anniversary, we will be celebrating 4 yrs together. In honor of that, I have a few fun things planned. On the 29th I plan on hosting a link up where you can share your love stories. I can’t wait to read them [...]

Wordless Wednesday

The Good Shepherd

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd… A special thanks to hubby, who so gallantly posed for this photo.

Wordless Wednesday

Red-Orange Hibiscus

 Wordless Wednesday