a birthday, a holiday and everything in between

This past month has been a doozy. I am very thankful for the friends and family I have.

Here are some fun pictures from the past week

                                                   We cut our christmas tree down

Then decorated it

(most of the ornaments are my husbands, his parents had an ornament for him every year 

and they are labeled...how cool is that!)

Ice skating for Rick's birthday!

Hot dogs and Angel food cake

my mom in law carefully lit the cake

it snowed

Blazers vs. Hornets game

Books

I spend most nights curled up in our cozy bed reading until I fall asleep. It is my way of giving my brain a little break.

I recently joined goodreads and really love it. I love being able to see what my friends and family (who have joined) are reading and have also been able to do a bit of book sharing through the site as well.

                                         Here are some of my favorites from the past year.

Harry Potter series (my husbands gift from last christmas) (J.K. Rowling)

True Blood series (Charlaine Harris)

Nursery Crimes (Jasper Fforde)

Shit my dad says (Justin Halpern)

Salt A World History (Mark Kurlansky)

                                                            I'm open to recommendations!

5 things that make me happy

this photographer

color me katie

scaring myself so silly that high pitch yeeks come out

funny photography moments

My family 

yep....all of you!

this silly man