Check Out Bakerella!!

So I have to share...have you ever read Bakerella's blog? Hmmm? No, well, get thee hence to the blog as soon as possible! Fabulous photos, divine desserts and out of the ordinary observations. Her photos are my favorite style of photography - depth of field and up close. The pictures are beautiful and rich in color. Man! She makes me want to bake and I haven't felt like that is a looong time!

Shared photo book from Cindy

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New Author - Richelle Mead

I recently finished reading Thorn Queen by Richelle Mead, an author I hadn't heard of before. The book is the second in her Dark Swan series. Here is an bit from the first book off of her website www.richellemead.com,

"Eugenie Markham didn't want any of this. Until now, she's been content with her job as a freelance shaman, battling and banishing Otherworldly creatures. When a prophecy makes her the Otherworld's most popular bachelorette, Eugenie finds herself fighting off supernatural suitors, as well as the evils that begin emerging from her past..."

I enjoyed the second book enough to go and get the first one. What surprised me is while purusing the book section at Target, I found she is the author of the YA series, Vampire Academy, so I bought the first book to see if I like it and I'll let you know!

26 Years Together

Today's the day! 26 years of marriage with my sweet baboo!

Love that he puts me first
Love that he does the dishes and picks up the house
Love that he works hard for our family
Love that he serves the Lord
Love that he's ok with all the wild things I do
Love that he loves me!

Wedding Photos

The wedding photos turned out beautiful!

Our photographer, Cesar Anaya, was so easy to work with!

Check out his webpage and more photos at http://www.cesareanaya.com/

Madison wanted some unusual shots and he was able to do it for us.

He was also able to deal with the bright summer sky.

Thank you Cesar!

Vampires & Romans

I've gotten hooked on Lynsay Sands Argeneau series, which is about the Argeneau family who are a race of people that have come from Atlantis. An experiment with nano technology has given them extremely long lives (thousands of years for some), the ability to fight disease and age, read people minds and influence them, but came with a blood price. They must feed the nanos that inhabit their blood stream with fresh blood on a regular basis. This has led the family to own blood banks, so they may fill their needs without eating "off the hoof" as they like to refer to it. Each book follows a member of the Argeneau family finding their "life mate" and the subsequent adventure they have in the process. The first book I read (and you can read the series out of order) was not that appealing to me, but the series has grown on me and I look forward to collecting all of Sands books in the series.

This weekend I finished a book by Rick Riordan called The Lightning Thief, which is a children's book. This book is also I series and I highly recommend it to young and old readers. Set in modern day, it follows Percy Jackson, a unlikely hero as he puzzles his way through Roman mythology and how he happens to be related to one of the gods.

Sister's Moving

So I'm down south at my sister's home this weekend helping her pack for the big move to North Carolina. My sister's home has always been so neat and tidy, well, not today! Boxes galore with all the packing that's taking place. Her new home is beautiful and I can't wait for her to be able to move in and make it her own. 

Check out her new home here.

I'm hoping to get out to NC by next spring. Should be beautiful at that time and I've always wanted to experience the south. Love those southern accents. :D

Tonight we went out to dinner and went to Macy's after and bought big A sister watches. Ya, they're totally blingy and totally rockin'.