Day 4 - afternoon

This afternoon we went to Hetch Hetchy and the O'Shaughnessy Dam. More beautiful scenery. You can't believe the number of pictures I've taken already on this trip - I do believe it will turn out to be a record number!!! (well, some of you will believe it!)

When we returned to the Yosemite valley we got a cleaned up and Tracy and Jeff took me to a wonderful birthday dinner at the Ahwahnee. The Ahwahnee is the hotel that Tracy works at and the dining room is very upscale. (not my usual kind of dining experience)

All in all a wonderful day - and a fabulous birthday! Thank you Tracy and Jeff for making it so special!

Day 4 - morning

What a great birthday this has been!
We started the day with the Ansel Adams photography walk. The photographer gave photo tips and led us to some great scenic spots for photos.

Day 3

I can't think of just the right words to describe this place. Awesome just doesn't even begin to do it justice.

We are having a marvelous time. Wish you were here!!!!

This first picture was taken at Tuolumne Meadows - a beautiful area.

The second next 2 pictures were taken at the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias. It is difficult to get good pictures of the trees - they are so big they won't fit in the picture. And this tree is one of the small ones.

Hello from Yosemite National Park. We arrived here around noon today. The scenery changed dramatically once we crossed the state line into California. The remainder of the drive was beautiful.

This is an awesome place. This is a picture of Yosemite Falls which is right across the road from our hotel. Pretty amazing!

More to come....................

Hope you had a wonderful day!

A simple guy card today since it's Father's Day. I think I copied this from the SU catalog.

I'm setting this to post on Sunday so we'll see if it works! I will be on the road - somewhere in Nevada. We should reach Yosemite sometime today!

Have a lovely day!

Day 1 -This is probably the most exciting thing we saw all day. Driving across Utah and Nevada on Hiway 50 is not the most scenic route to anywhere. The road is very, very straight, and very, very boring. It was exciting just to see another car - and really fun to read the road signs. Forget rest areas - there wasn't any. We're in the swinging town of Tonopah, Nevada. I lost my $20 on the slot machines - should have quit when I was $10 ahead!
Tracy says internet access is very limited at the park, so you may hear from me again and you may not! Stay tuned!

Hope everyone is having a great day!

This is a card I did last month for our Shoebox club. I thought the colors were interesting and I liked the simple layout.

Another birthday dinner last night - wow - am I lucky or what. Sherry & Emily treated me to a great dinner at Dos last night (plus a Starbuck's GC that I can use on my trip!!!) Then we came back to crop - ha! Well, Deb, Sherry and Emily cropped, I sat and talked. Too wound up to concentrate. Thanks guys, it was a wonderful evening even if I didn't get anything done!

So, we're off on our trip to Yosemite today. As soon as I take a shower, pack a few last minute items and load the car. Well, probably wake Jeff up and have him load the car! This is going to be so fun!

I set a post for tomorrow since I will be traveling - we'll see if works! After tomorrow I'm hoping to be able to post some awesome scenery pictures!

Hope you're haivng a wonderful weekend.

I was really into "simple" cards last Friday. A little of the swiss dots, a roller and a greeting - what could be easier?

I'm almost ready to leave on vacation. Tomorrow is the day! A couple of errands this morning (have to get money from the bank, ya know), pack this afternoon and then I will be ready to go.

I will try to post while I am gone - Jeff is taking his laptop, so hopefully you will be seeing some pictures from Yosemite National Park in the coming week.

Happy stampin'

A fairly simple card - but I really liked the layout.

We went to a new Chinese place last night for dinner - oh yummy - it was great! Bamboo City - the food was fresh, hot and very good!

Card class was a hoot last night - those girls do know how to have a good time.

I seem to be pretty much on schedule this week - isn't that amazing? Today I will get my house cleaned up and the laundry done - all I will have to do tomorrow is a couple of errands and pack. That leaves me free to have play time tomorrow night with Deb, Sherry and Emily. Yea!

Have a wonderful, fun day!

Tired of seeing these "swiss dots" yet? I just can't get enough of them - could you tell? I just really like how it adds a little "oomph" to what would otherwise be a very plain card.

Only 2 more days until I leave on vacation - I am getting so excited. I still have a lot to get done - I hope I don't foget to do something important.

My birthday celebration started a little early (my birthday is not until next week) Deb & Pat treated me to dinner last night at Famous Dave's - oh yummy! Celisa brought carrot cake and presents to card class last night - plus one of her husband Jerry's homemade pizzas for me to have today. Oh yum! I love Jerry's pizza. Anyway, it was great fun. I just love birthdays! (well, not the number of them, but the celebration part!) Thanks guys - it was a great night!

Have a fun day!

Another sunset. I took this from my front step last week.

Class this morning and again tonight - errands in between. Lots to get done before leaving Saturday!

Got a lot of yard work done yesterday and then had a great time at Stamp Club with Deb last night. She did some awesome cards - thanks Deb!

Enjoy your day.

Another card I did on Friday night. I really thought this one was fun. Sorry the picture is a little out of focus - but you get the idea.

I am doing the "happy dance" today! For those of you who have followed my vacation lodging saga - Tracy called last night and said we now have a room for all 5 nights! (this is a definite improvement over only having a room for the first 3 nights) And.........this room is inside the park - and close to where Tracy is!!!! Oh yea!

Today is a yard work day. (as soon as it warms up a little, anyway) What's up with this "cold" stuff in June? It's down right chilly this morning.

Have a great day!

This is one of the cards I made Friday night - kind of fun and funky.

Today will be spent getting card kits done for classes this week. Lots of cutting and bagging. I am on a mission this week to get everything caught up, organized, and all the yard work done before I go on vacation!

Have a wonderful Sunday!

This is another layout we did in Scrap Class in May and I just added the pictures.

Deb came over last night and we stamped for about 7 hours - well, there was a little break in there for a yummy Chinese dinner. But we both accomplished a lot - I got 8 cards done! Yipee!

Hope your weekend is off to a great start!

Just a simple card today. I didn't add a greeting on this one - I've found I needed a couple of cards lately that weren't "birthday" so decided I would add a greeting to it later if needed.

I worked hard yesterday and managed to get most of the cards done for classes that start next week. Yipee! Well, I still have one more to make and then the cutting and bagging, but still.........

Have a great day!

Another card with those lovely "swiss dots". I'm trying to use up some scraps of printed paper and this card is the perfect thing for that.

A cold and drizzling day. I'm thinking it's a perfect day to stay indoors and stamp. (I'm not too upset that I can't do yard work today) Or I probably need to start working on cards for classes next week. Hum....... decisions, decisions. As soon as I warm up I'll figure out which direction my day is going.

Have a happy day!

This is for Bretina. She keeps saying I post too many cards and not enough scrapbook pages. I keep telling her it's a matter of time - cards are just so much faster to make! This is one of the layouts we did last month in scrap class - I just added the pictures the other day. Thank goodness for scrap class!

Today is errand day - haircut, bank, and other fun stuff. Class again tonight. Another full day.

Enjoy your day!

This is one of the cards I did on Sunday. I have decided I need to dig out some of my older stamps - I saw this card online and decided to give it a try. Something a little different.

I have a lot of cutting to do today for a class project tomorrow night. Didn't get nearly as much done yesterday as I had planned.

Happy stampin'

This is the layout I did last Friday. Very simple - not sure why it took me all night to do it! I think I take way too many pictures - it takes me longer to figure out which pictures to use than to put the page together.

I had a very productive day yesterday - got the class projects together for tonight and tomorrow night's classes - put pictures on the two layouts from last month's scrapbook class - got three cards done - and went out to dinner with friends! Yea! Wish every day was as productive. Today I have to get Wednesday night's class project finished. Busy, busy, busy!

Have wonderful day!

Here is another card I did in my flurry of card making a while back. I realized this morning that I'm running out of new things to share - I guess that means I had better get some new things made, huh? I have spent most of my time this week getting projects ready for classes and I haven't taken time to just play. Oh no! Maybe later today after I get the kits ready for tomorrow night's class.

Hope your weekend is going well.