You Will Peruse This Photo Book...AND YOU WILL LIKE IT

I don't scrapbook. I hate crafts, I can barely sew on a button, and don't get me started on quilting/crocheting/knitting/etc. But I do attempt to document things, albeit very sporadically, through this blog...and dude, I love photos. Know what I love even MORE than photos? Putting together my family's yearly photo books.

In the past, just about the only person who witnessed my photo book handiwork was my poor husband, who is typically forced every year to view approximately 22 different drafts and then attempt to tell me which version he likes best without letting on to his hyper-sensitive wife that, in reality, he can't tell any of them apart. (My husband is a master at emotional tightrope walking. He has been studying for over 16 years, and at this point he has at least six different graduate degrees in ETW from the Jenny-Math Institute for People Who Love Emotional Time Bombs.)

But this year, I can share my photo book with THE WORLD! (And by THE WORLD, I mean the 16 people who read this blog faithfully.) And since all 16 of you know how much I love phoning in rounding out blog posts with photos, you know I'm not gonna turn down the opportunity to shove my family's gorgeous photogenic genes down everyone's throats.

So without further delay, I present the Mathews Family's Year In Review: 2011. Check it out below or click here if you want to see a larger version. Either way - enjoy! (Oh - and if you aren't in the book, it's probably because we didn't see you that year and/or simply have no photos of you from 2011. It's not because we don't like you or you pissed us off or we fear your ugliness will muck up our beautiful photo book, I PROMISE.)