The Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary

Jan 17, 2017 | Random Thoughts, Slider, Travel/Places to Visit

The Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary is a recent discovery for me!  I have lived in Allen for about 13 years now, and I knew of The Heard, and I had actually been there when Zach was very little.  We went to a birthday party there for a friend. We...

My Adventures with a Rented Canon 100-400 Zoom Lens

Jan 13, 2017 | Photography, Random Thoughts

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The Canon 100-400 zoom lens!  Is it worth the money it costs to own one?  I recently discovered this wonderful nature preserve near my house called Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary.  It’s a couple of miles from my house, and it is like being...

Kitchen Science Fun for My Little Scientist in the Making

Jan 9, 2017 | Random Thoughts

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Kitchen science fun!  It’s a necessary thing to learn and be good at in my house.  When you have very curious, inquisitive kids, you have to learn to give up your beautiful island space in your kitchen all for the sake of science!  Science fun in my own kitchen!...

Oh Christmas Tree – Some Little Known Facts About Them

Dec 23, 2016 | Random Thoughts

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Christmas trees are one of my favorite things about Christmas time.  I LOVE Christmas trees.  Real ones, fake ones, white ones, trees with tinsel, decorated house plants pretending to be a Christmas tree, etc…  Basically any kind of Christmas tree (or anything...

The Canon G7X II – The Perfect (and pocketable) Camera to Take with Me Everywhere!

Dec 19, 2016 | Photography, Random Thoughts

I LOVE my new Canon G7X II camera.  She is tiny, but impressively powerful!  As a total YouTube camera review junkie, I often run across camera reviews of cameras that I didn’t even know I needed or wanted for that matter.  The Canon G7X II...

The Gift that Keeps on Giving – the Nixplay Digital Frame

Dec 15, 2016 | Random Thoughts

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The Nixplay Digital Frame is one of my favorite gifts I’ve ever received!  If you are an avid photographer like me, and you take thousands of pictures every month, then this is something you need.  I was having trouble deciding which of my photos to frame and...