december.

"December is the toughest month of the year.
Others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, October, August, and February."

— Mark Twain

 yes. my eyes are absolutely closed, 

but I can't help but love that big blue sky and mountains too much not to post it...

but I do get credit for the fact that it was exactly 1 degree outside when that picture was taken.

two turkey's, snowmobiling, laughing kids, loads of SNOW, hot chocolate with friends, 

gigantic red balloons swaying in the light of firecrackers, a football game won in the last second 

and a mild case of an insane sore throat and a following drug allergy on the plane ride home...

and today I'm finally back to my normal routine. 

well...plus several prescriptions and tons of benadryl.

And now its December. The most exciting December of all.