I am a wife, mother of 4 grown children, and a grandmother to 7 (when I started this project and now it is 8) beautiful little ones; 4 (now 5) girls and 3 boys. I am a financial professional working in banking and a former volunteer for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the Victim Advocate for the state of Illinois for families of missing persons for the Department of Justice NAMUS program.

I'm a mid-westerner - now living in a far southern suburb of Chicago in the midst of the cornfields and working in downtown Chicago. I'm thinking I should find lots to photograph this year.

My goal for 2011 is to learn how to use it, improve my photos, capture my grandchildren and have a little fun.