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I stumbled upon a great dog silhouette art company on Etsy, and I had to have an Australian Shepherd for my office.  It's from Mod-Dog.com, and I LOVE it!  

It fits in perfectly with my loves on my wall by my computer desk. 

The loves are not to scale regarding importance, I assure you.

Grad Girls Weekend 2011

The second annual Grad Girls Weekend was held this year in Manhattan as Momma Bailey is due with baby #2 any day!  Sarah was a wonderful hostess for all of us out-of-towners.  Mandy came up from Fort Worth late Friday night and met me in Wichita to carpool the rest of the way.  Dana drove from Topeka and joined us the following morning, and Stacey (the Momma-to-be) joined us for Saturday evening fun.  The entire weekend was filled with relaxation, eating, lots of shopping (see the pic below), and tons of catching up!  There was also wine tasting (followed by a bottle of wine), which is becoming tradition.  I love these ladies, and I enjoy our time together so much!  There was some shop talk (we all are in student affairs, so it was fun to compare notes of our different positions), and we joked we were solving all of higher ed's problems.  :) 

I'm already looking forward to next year's get-together!  Place TBA, but it will always fall on MLK weekend!

Christmas Overview

We had many celebrations for Christmas this year.  On Christmas Eve, Kevin and I went to church to sing in choir, and then we headed home to have our Christmas Eve dinner for the two of us.  We made duck and champagne risotto, with a delicious homemade apple torte. 

 

 On Christmas morning, we woke up and opened presents from one another.  My favorite Christmas present - a HUGE canvas of my favorite wedding picture from Kevin.  We then headed to Council Grove and stayed until Sunday morning to spend time with my family.

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Kevin's family came to visit the following week, and we had the Reynolds' Family Christmas Celebration on Thursday evening.  Our final Christmas celebration was on New Year's Day with the Sherwood family (Kevin's extended family: my Mother-in-Law's parents, siblings, etc.).  We are blessed to have as many family members as we do with which to celebrate!