Playing hookey from work for a couple of hours with a coworker landed me at Brookside Gardens' "Wings of Fancy" Live Butterfly Exhibit for a photo shoot. I was overwhelmed with the beauty of the butterflies as well as the flowers. The display included butterflies from North America, Asia, and Costa Rica. (4 photos)

This year for Thanksgiving, our family cruised the Western Caribbean, leaving from Charleston, South Carolina. (9 photos)

I'd never been to a professional boxing match before, but we went with a friend who treated us to ringside seats . . .... (full story) (6 photos)

Every year our family congregates in Holden Beach, North Carolina for a week of fun in the sun and surf. (8 photos)

My husband and I attended a National Association of Realtors convention in New Orleans, Louisiana. Rebounding from Hurricane Katrina, the city was open for business, and rolled out the red carpet for our group, 25,000 strong. (11 photos)

Two of my daughters and I took a short trip to West Virginia with my parents and my brother's family to see the fall foliage. We stayed in a mountain inn in Seneca Rocks, toured Smoke Hole Caverns, visited the Forest Festival in Elkins, and ended up at Blackwater Falls in Davis before heading back home. (5 photos)