Tuesday night after the majority of our snowfall I decided to go outside and try to capture what I could. I also wanted to experiment with different shutter speeds. I haven't done much night photography and figured this was a perfect time to get in some practice.
One of the silly things I did was I forgot that since I had the camera on manual that I had to focus the picture myself. I caught this well before I was halfway done, but if any on here are blurry that is why.

Overall I am pleased with how they turned out. I am excited to take more night pictures and experiment. I am also excited for more snow. Maybe Christmas morning. A girl can hope.

I like this one a lot.

Can anyone guess what this one makes me think of?

Junction City was my home away from home for the weekend. I went to stay with my Dad, step Mom and step Grandma. They are a fun crew. I definitely had my fill of Lifetime and Hallmark channel Christmas movies. (extremely cheesy santa characters who had even more ridiculous ho-ho-ho's. I enjoyed spending time with them though.

Saturday morning I met with my uncle Ronnie who is amazing. My whole life I have looked up to him and have learned so much from him. We spent three wonderful hours talking about work, life, the L-rd, and so much more. I cherish every second I get to spend with him, and I hope for many more years of intelligent, loving, real life conversation.

After my hang out time with Ronnie I decided to drive around Junction to find a place to take pictures. I decided to drive out to Milford Lake-Grandma Jan told me it is the largest lake in Kansas. I was there once before a couple of years ago. I didn't where I was going. It was fun to wing it. The place I found probably wasn't a very popular spot. There was a little dock and a cool rocky point that I walked out on. Other than the wind the day was beautiful. The sun was shining bright and the sky was dotted with clouds. I took a lot of pictures out there. I am excited to go back to other locations at the lake to take more pictures. Freezing temperatures + water = icy rocks on the point. While I was taking pictures on the point I noticed a large white area over on the little beach. I figured it was something covered in ice. Was I correct? Yes I was.

It was actually pretty cool. This was the only spot like this in the whole area.

I finally uploaded pictures of the macaroons that I made a few weeks ago.

I also did some baking for Thanksgiving.

I used my Great Grandma's recipe for the dough. It was a lot of fun to make it from scratch. I made this cherry pie and a pumpkin pie.