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Hi!

My name is Katie Reed and I’m a twenty six-year old Special Education teacher in Michigan. Teaching is very serious, fun and powerful work and is such a fulfilling career- I come from a long line of teachers including my parents, older brother, several aunts and uncles, a few grandparents, you get the point. The only thing that matters more to me than my job as a teacher is the wonderful family that I seem to have inherited my passion for teaching from. While my Monday through Friday life is full of students, IEP’s and paper grading, my evenings, weekends (and most of my summers!) are always spent with my family and friends, eating, laughing and often throwing parties for no “good” reason.

I started watching the Food Network when I was about ten, got my first KitchenAid mixer for Christmas when I was twelve and have followed in the footsteps of my fabulous mom and grandmothers as I develop a bit of a flair for entertaining, decorating, and dressing up. My dear Granny, (who gave me the mixer!) married William Carry many years ago, had my wonderful mom and bestowed upon me not only a mixer and lots of great secrets to entertaining, but my middle name. My full name is Kathleen Carry Reed- Carry being my Granny’s married name, my mom’s maiden name and now my middle name. Over twenty six years I have inherited my name, the joy I get from cooking and entertaining for the ones I love and my tendency to get just a little bit carried away when presented with any excuse to celebrate. These stories, people and celebrations fill my life with so much happiness and fun, it seems a shame not to document and share them! So here is where I do just that. Take a look at my pictures, recipes, ideas and stories- maybe they will make you even just a bit as happy as they make me!

Sincerely,

-Katie Reed