Complete!

First off: my poor neglected Blog! Iv's gots lots of splanin to do!

My last post was November 28th! Wowzers!

There are a few reasons for my MIA status.

1) I spent ALOT of time on my photography over the "christmas card" season...I had 2 sometimes 3 photosessions every weekend since October 24th...thats alot of time editing, etc. But I made some nice side cash and feel like I made some great progess on my portrait photography.

2) With some of my side cash: I bought a kindle. I have since become a kindle ADDICT. And I have no shame in saying so.

(side note) - I LOVE THE KINDLE!!!!!!!!! I wasn't sure I would like the feel of laying in bed with a kindle, but seriously, its better than a book for a number of reasons:

1) it automatically keeps your spot, so if you have to put the book down suddenly because of something your kids are doing, you dont have to worry about losing your place.

2) Text to Speech, prob my favorite aspect. I can switch back and forth between reading a book and then listening to it as an audio book. For example: I read the book in bed at night, but if I am running around the house cleaning or whatever, I can listen to it as an audio book and swetch back and forth.

so because of said kindle, I have been reading like a maniac a few books I have read recently, and recomend them ALL!

- Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

- The Vampire Academy Series by Richelle Mead (I read all 4 books in the series in 4 days...I didn't sleep, didn't eat, didn't talk to my husband...brought be back to my twilight days...looking forward to the next in the series)

- I am currently reading a love story book.

So thats 6 books in about a 2 week time period!

Lets not forget Christmas shopping, decorating, oh yeah, my full time job, and my kids!

That is my reasons for being MIA!!!

and now, after my lengthy explanation...a quick update!

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My Grandma has cross-stitched stockings for everyone in the family, and this year we got Audreys stocking! I hung up Audreys stocking with the rest of our stockings and our wall looks so full and our home feels complete!