Great Moments of 2011

Some of my favorite times this year.  (only the ones I had pictures for!)

 Spa Day!

Legos at the Library

 Almond Croissants and Eastern Market

 Snowshoeing and Oakwoods

 Crosswinds Marsh

 Fourth of July at Marty's...

 ...With my friends

 Celtic Fest

 Celtic Fest

 Street Fair

 Greenfield Village

 Winery Day

 Renaissance Fest

 Tough Knight at Ren Fest

Mackinaw

There are also so many moments not pictured, and exist as memories.

My Top Ten Reads of 2011

This was a difficult decision, but these are the best books I read in 2011, in no particular order:

 The Wilder Life by Wendy McClure

  Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman

 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

 Summer in the South by Cathy Holton

 The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

 The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

Moloka'i by Alan Brennert

 Sarah's Key by Tatiana De Rosnay

 The Bucolic Plague by Josh Kilmer-Purcell

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Honorable Mentions:

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
Farm City by Novella Carpenter