Sunshine

So long story short, I didn't read a post that I should have telling everyone that the weekly challenge I had started in the beginning of the year was being moved and someone else was going to run it.  Since I couldn't be bothered to read a long post, I thought the challenge was just cancelled.  I finally read the post and I will do my best to continue following the weekly challenges.  

This week is sunshine, and I loved driving past these farm fields and seeing that - apparently - a field is used for a different crop than last year but a few corn stalks are peeking through this year anyways.  This might be a little bit of a stretch for "sunshine", but sun makes things grow ... like I said, kind of a stretch.  I wanted to take the photo anyways.

Maternity

I decided to try a maternity session.  This is my older sister, Stephanie.  These are my favorites ...

Promontory Point

The other day I was at Promontory Point on the south side of Chicago and I got this photo that I really like right around dusk.  I only wish I were there like 15 minutes later because it would have been a little darker and more of the lights would have been on, but I like it anyway.

Rori's One

I totally fell off the blogging wagon =(  But I am going to do my best to hop back on!  My niece, Rori, turned one not too long ago, and I took some photos of her recently.  These are my favorites

It's safe to say that she enjoyed her cake =)

Things that Grow

It wouldn't have mattered what the theme of this week was, the photo would have been the same.  However, I got lucky and if spun the right way, I think it legitimately fits this week's "things that grow" theme.

I have previously (on more than one occasion), mentioned my wonderful boyfriend.  But that is currently an incorrect statement, as he is now my fiance =D  Our love has "grown" to the point that we are getting married!  We met at our gym, so this is my absolutely gorgeous ring (that he created himself) on a kettlebell.  This kettlebell is from our home gym ... and we thought they'd look cooler if we painted faces on them =) 

Lesson learned??  Diamonds are incredibly hard to photograph.  They pick up and reflect other colors around them and my camera did not want to focus on it.  

Sacrifice

Last weekend was crazy busy and my week nights are always chock-full of things to do.  I did take the photo last week, just didn't get around to posting it.  This photo is kind of the sacrifice of things left outdoors.  It is part of a train station railing.  This steel has clearly seen it's share of different weather.  There's even a little something growing on the metal ...

"Foolin' Around"

Yesterday was my friend Sara's wedding shower.  She and her mother gave all the women involved in throwing the shower little hats, which is apparently a tradition in the UK.  Here, Sara is helping Ashleigh, her niece, get her hat situated.

Ashleigh in her hat.

Later, we split everyone into teams and they had to designate a "bride" and design a wedding gown out of toilet paper.  This is the real bride in her toilet paper dress.