Monday, October 20, 2025

South Dakota Road Trip

As i posted back in September, I flew to Denver and met my granddaughter (Bella) for a road trip to South Dakota.  Visiting Mount Rushmore was on the bucket list that my husband and I were going to visit once he retired. Unfortunately, Alan passed away 3 months before his retirement date.  

I had previously booked a trip on three separate occasions, but had to cancel my plans for various reasons.  Bella and her fiancee visited me in March and one evening on the patio we were discussing my travels, past and future.  I mentioned South Dakota and my hope to schedule a trip in the summer.  Bella said it was on her bucket list also and wanted to go with me. I jumped on the opportunity, I was so excited to be able to spend time with her, a rare opportunity. She is always so crazy busy.  

We had such a wonderful trip!!  Lots of laughs, long discussions on almost every subject you could think about, especially her upcoming wedding in 2026.  The trip was especially memorable since we stopped at my daughter's house in Colorado as part of our road trip.

When I returned home, I left a couple days later to meet all my crafty friends for a Paper Wizard weekend in New Braunfels. I completed the album during the weekend class and was able to add my pictures the following weekend.  I cleaned up my craft room after finishing the album, decided since I was going to be home for 3 weeks (another rarity) since 2020, I would work on the South Dakota trip while it was fresh in my mind. Once I got started, I finished the album pretty quickly. Hope you enjoy the pics as much as I enjoyed my trip.

Now, back to scrapbooking my 2023 six week trip to Greece and Italy.  















Monday, September 29, 2025

Paper Wizard Roadshow 2025

Crafting the weekend away in New Braunfels with my crafty friends at the Paper Wizard Roadshow. Saturday morning was dress-up for the 25 year anniversary of Disney.






  


Monday, September 22, 2025

South Dakota Trip

I met my granddaughter in Denver and we drove to South Dakota for a long weekend.  We had a really great time.  Lots of conversation, laughs, photos and learning about our national Monuments.

True statement - I was in 5 states within 8 hours!  

Texas, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota











Now the challenge is to get all the pictures we took in a scrapbook!!!

Friday, August 29, 2025

Back to Back Cruises in the Caribbean

Cynthia and I decided to book a back to back cruise on Royal Caribbean.  

We visited the following islands: Puerto Rico, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, St. Lucia and Barbados.  




















Sunday, July 20, 2025

San Antonio - Birthday Celebration

Dinner with my son in San Antonio Friday night celebrating our birthdays.  Can't wait to watch the Madison Scouts competition on Saturday.








Walking on the River Walk.


A little warm up before the competition.  Logan is so serious/focused!!!


After the competition - watching the results.