The girls need to stick together

Apparently, Dude and I are friends now. I spent the weekend making jewelry while Dude supervised. She has good taste.

My December

Thanksgiving has passed and now we're on to all of the holidays that December brings. Looking at the month ahead I see...

*two weeks of nothing-ness

*presents

*lots of winter walks with friends

*snowshoeing

*wrapping paper

*peppermint mochas

*holiday food

*dinner parties with friends

*Christmas lights

*shopping

*photograph opportunities

*winter sweaters

What do you see in your December?

Ketchikan Trip

We arrived in Ketchikan yesterday afternoon. We were welcomed by a rare site-SUNSHINE, AHHHH! Adam's mom prepared a wonderful turkey dinner and we lounged for the rest of the evening.

Instead of waking up early and fighting with the crowds on Black Friday we slept in and Farrel made us a yummy breakfast of waffles and sausage. I love having other people cook for me! The food always tastes so much better! Later this afternoon I met up with my friend, Amber and we went to my favorite walking place-Ward Lake.

After that Adam and I met up with his brother and Zach and we drove out to Buggies Beach for some beach combing. I found a few good rocks that I might try to make into necklaces.

Here's the view from the in-law's house. It looks right out over the channel and there were also some deer eating in the back yard. Unfortunately, I didn't bring my zoom lens with me so you'll have to look hard to find them.

Big news!

Dude let me hold her tonight! Don't we make a cute couple?

Oh winter...I heart you...

winter = snowshoeing, hats, hot chocolate, peppermint mocha coffee creamer, sledding, electric blankets, candy canes, christmas trees, mittens, presents, family, turkey dinners, ics, puffy coats, family pictures, headlamps, YakTrak's, ice skating, long nights curled up with a good book, cookies, fudge, snowy walks with friends, scarves, christmas parties, egg nog, wrapping paper, christmas music, cider, shopping, snow, and beautiful new scenery to photograph.

Oh Winter....I Heart You...

Ahhhh, LoVe

Last summer Adam & I took a trip to Seldovia, Ak for Matt & Danielle's wedding that was to be performed by yours truely. It was an amazing (and sometimes scary) adventure of car, boat & plane rides.
The wedding was on the beach with about 15 family members in attendance. We've never felt more welcomed by other people's families than we did that weekend with Matt & Danielle's.
Heath, their photographer, has posted pictures of the wedding to his blog http://www.focusunbound.com/wordpress/ if you want a small glimps of a quaint town, a gracious family and two head-head-over-heels-in-love science nerds.

Our attempt at a family portrait..

It's not quite perfect but at least we got Linus in here!