I Have Finally Made The Leap

into the photography world that is... I hope you all will help me get the word out there to anyone in the Chicago IL/ Milwaukee WI areas.

My website is here.

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any tips and tricks to getting to know and meet new customers please send your feed back my way~ Muah~Simona

Friends Are Wonderful

Really Really Wonderful...

I hope you are as blessed as I am to have friends who will help you move 1000+ miles across country... I couldn't have asked for more...

We went to the city ...

Drove in the big city without any accidents....

We saw the bones of a T-Rex...

Did lots of window shopping...

Ate famously stuffed pizza at Giordano's Pizza...

Used the CTA system...

Ate at Jimmy Johns...

We learned G is a rather good photographer if needed in a pinch----> I have always been nervous of asking a random stranger to hold my prized possession(talking about my camera guys not my child.. :p)
We also learned she takes about 30+ photos for one sitting...

Walked WAY to far by accident....

Rode the Bus System ....

Ate at Noodles...

Took fabulous photos with crazy girls....

Ventured the metra with a 6 yr old ...

Used our GPS to find non-existent restaurants..

Miss read the maps, which caused us to walk an extra couple of miles...

We stood ashore & looked out over a lake that seemed as large as the Gulf of Mexico...

Did I mention ate good pizza??? :)

Went to many Museums...

Walked everywhere.....

Ate a Chicago Dog.... the one I had tasted just like a regular hotdog---> did I get jipped? was it supposed to be better?

Went shopping and found great deals...

We stood on a see thru ledge overlooking the city 103 stories up(approx 1350 ft), where by I didn't look directly down when standing on the ledge...

Went into the city to see the Sky Deck at Willis Tower to only have it closed due to high winds and window blowouts...

Realized our walking shoes hurt our feet more than our flipflops...We are Fl girls...

Had a wonderful birthday breakfast with the girls...

Dropped my best friends off at the airport....

One Bestie arrived just a little late(oopsie) and missed her flight...

Good thing it was early enough in the day that she could catch the next one....

I didn't cry...not that day....

It Snowed Just For Us!

Chicago Was Wonderful! We had a wonderful flight into the city.You would laugh that immediately after landing we drove through a drive thru and without thinking we ordered *sweet *tea*, What Were We Thinking... The guy said "huh?" We will have to work on that for when we move here over the summer. We were brave and ventured out in the "barely covering the ground snow" and attempted to make a snowman. After having it fall down time and time again, we gave up and just took the photo. (yep it isn't great but we made memories making it)

We were able to venture out into downtown for an evening. We went shopping at the Navy Pier and also window shopped from the comfort of our car. Then we stopped for dinner at Rain Forrest Cafe'.

Doesn't he look Dashing?

Christmas Eve at Our All Packed-up Place

Checking out the crew as everyone was getting here. This is I believe the 4th year we have all gotten together with my moms side of the family here at my house. This is the last year for about 6+ years that I will be throwing the bash. We are now moving to Chicago for about 8 months come next Summer. (original plans see a previous post...)

We all had a go around on Wii bowling before the party started.

Even my mid 80's grandmother had a blast!

Notice our fabulous furniture pieces... We have just about everything packed up, our bed is on the floor, the only pieces we kept out were the leather chairs, the lamps(simply b/c I am not sure how to pack them) and a corner desk that is currently housing our T.V. and game systems.

Just a few wonderful gifts this year included: a portable hard drive, a GSP Tom Tom, a blue ray player, a sewing machine, a laptop, and everyone received a digital photo frame filled with many memories I have collected over the years.

A wonderful way to end our years in this house...(we will be moving out in about 5 days)