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December has gone by in a whirlwind. I had grand dreams of it going by slowly and enjoying every single moment. Going to all our favorite holiday places and really relishing the month.  Then we decided to drive to California to spend Christmas week with our families.  And some dear friends of ours decided to move to Georgia (we hate Georgia now, just FYI)  and we hosted their going away party... and I hosted my annual ladies only cookie decorating party.  And then we finished up school, celebrated a small Christmas here, went to a couple parties, packed and left town.  my friend Katie had me over with her sister and Mom for a cookies and cocktails  party, which was super fun. We baked cookies together, drank cocktails and laughed a lot.  evidence of said annual cookie decorating party.  I bought these leaves at a market in Tacoma and have loved the color  they've brought to our house! And as a bonus... they're still alive!  Feels like Fall hung ar

Merry Christmas!                                                {all photos taken by ivy & tweed photography } 2014 is almost over and while I can't point to anything that made it a bad year, it was a hard year. Lots of changes; some good and some difficult, and it felt long . Most years feel like they flew by, but 2014 has had moments where it feels like its dragging on and on. Our family had good health all year. No terrible sicknesses or hospital visits (woo-hoo!) and we did some traveling which is always fun. Jason had a business trip with Amazon in November and I got to tag along with him, which was awesome. We enjoyed the alone time and enjoyed a few things about Vegas. Its a fun place with weird people :) We took a month long trip to California in June and while the visit went amazingly well, we decided a month is way too long to be away. We were all a hot mess when we got home and it felt like it took us several months to recover and get back to normal life.

We had our annual family Christmas pictures taken a few weeks ago and as per-usual, I mostly love the hilarious outtakes. Miles doesn't like to pose, because, well, he's 2 and a half. He'd rather jump, spin, show 2 fingers or completely turn around and pretend not to see you. Thought I'd share the silliness here with you all :) this one isn't very funny until you see it with the rest.  I told Miles he should stand closer to Kara...  So he did, but he also started jumping, frantically.  and then Mommy said "Stand still, Miles!"  Kara is bouncy too.  and then, of course, we all had to be crazy on purpose :)