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December Reads // 2016

* Modified  by Caitlin Shetterly - This was a book I read a lengthy review about in  Taproot  magazine, and I thought it sounded really interesting. It's about GMOs, written from a journalistic and memoir point-of-view. The author developed an allergy from a protein sequence that is found in GMO plants, and went on a 5 year research journey that became this book. I also found it really fun to read because the entire first section (out of three) because a lot of it takes place in Nebraska, and Iowa. At one point, she is interviewing a scientist from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (my Alma mater!) at a diary store that is literally yards away from the arboretum where Stefan and I were married! This book is heavy with science terminology, controversy, and philosophy, which not only makes me love it, but hesitant to recommend to just anyone. A lot of people may not find the topic interesting enough, or the writing too heavy to get through. * Upstream by Mary Oliver -Upstream

DPP 2016 // Day 22-24 + bonus

Day 22 - Kid library haul Day 23 - Knitting like a madman to finish Christmas slippers Day 24- Christmas jammies Day 24 - Silent Night hymn at church's candlelight service Day 25 - bonus-a boy and his dog, in his self-made cave

DPP 2016 // Days 15-21

Day 15 - morning reading Day 16 - the babies cuddling after a morning hike in the snow Day 17 - Copper pulling the kids on the snowboard Day 18- Watching A Christmas Story Day 19 - snow fort Bonus shot (Days 20-21) Lu in the snow 

DPP 2016 // Days 8-14

Day 1: Giving love to the giant farm dog Day 2: our first peek of snow! Day 3: Ani playing catch with snowballs + Copper Day 4: potentially the only picture in 2016 of just us Day 5/6: fort-building on Christmas break  Day 7: cozy Christmas in the basement suite

DPP days 1-7

 Day 1 - playing in Blaine after some errands Day 2 - knitting for my grandma Day 3 - the paperwork for our  sponsored Compassion child  Day 4 - Ani decorating the tree  Day 5 - quiet hours while my kids are at co-op (!) Day 6 - a gorgeous and chilly day for a walk, after nearly 2 months solid of rain and overcast Day 7 - the goofball posing for me