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Where’s Your Camera?

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Sunday was a big day in our house. It was Rachel’s 12th Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday, Sweetheart!!

Sunday is a difficult day of the week to celebrate a birthday. There’s no time for breakfast in bed, relaxing and opening presents. Taking the day off from school in honor of your birthday is a bit anti-climatic on a Sunday. :)

Well, this Sunday was busier than most.

Four of the five children were in the Christmas pageant at church. Rachel was one of the narrators (meaning she sat in the front with a mike in hand the entire time) and led a choir of four in a song. Sarah was a beautiful angel, singing a verse with Rachel. David and Daniel were wise men, each with lines to recite.

There were costumes, friends, and precious moments.

Where was my camera???????

Sitting, happily at home being charged up for the big day. Yep, I planned ahead and made sure to plug the camera in Saturday night, ready for a full day of usage on Sunday. I somehow forgot to take the next step and actually bring the camera with me.

Sigh. When I told my friend, Michelle, that I left my camera at home, she GASPED, audibly! “A blogger girl without a camera?” she said with wide eyes. If I hadn’t been feeling so sorry for myself I would have recognized what a satisfying reaction that was – my blogging fame is well noted.

But really, it’s going to take some serious work to restage the entire Christmas pageant for the blog. I’m not sure the children’s director has that kind of time. Of course, while we’re at it, I’ll see if they’ll let us light the Advent candle again – I didn’t get any pictures last week and we were seriously cute in our Christmas colors.

At least four people have told me they got some great pictures of my children. “I’ll send them to you,” they said.

Is that like saying, “I’ll pray for you.” Or “I’ll take care of that right away.” Or “I’ll call you.”

Let’s just say I have about 200 pictures on my computer from summer vacations we took with my brother’s family. He’s been waiting for these pictures for over a year now.

They’re great pictures. I’m going to send them to him for Christmas. Really.

Kathy

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A Collection of Images

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One of the joys of watching your children grow and mature through the years is delighting in their emerging gifts and skills. As a amateur photographer and obsessive blogger, I am thrilled when my children share in my hobbies.

How else would I enjoy such photographic treasures as these?

joshua working

Joshua helped me get the Christmas lights up today.

who is it?

Name this talented photographer .. creative self-portrait!!

Oh yes, and this little gem of a picture:

nice car part

I’m awfully glad they caught that on film. Nothing like looking through the eyes of a six year old boy at the world around you.

Or at least the driveway. Modern art, I guess.

And then there’s this one:

larynda's picture

Oh wait, no one in my family took that picture. I borrowed a WONDERFUL camera from a friend and this is one of her shots.

And this one:

what town is this?

What a gorgeous picture!

Of course, these family shots are much more interesting:

daniel leaps!

Look at Daniel perform stunning feats of athletic prowess! I thought that could only be done through Photoshop.

what happend to david?

Notice David crying in the background of the second picture. An injury occurred and we caught it on film! This is good stuff. It’s right up there with hubcaps and shadows.

I also ended up with 20 pictures of the boys taking apart David’s old bike.

Twenty!!

And you all wonder how I manage to take so many photos in one year.

I overheard my apprentice photographer say, “David, you and Daniel go sit by Joshua while he works so I can take a picture of all three of you. It’ll be perfect – all of the boys together.”

joshua and his pit crew

It brought a tear to my eye. They’ve already learned to stage pictures for the blog. Next time she’ll surely suggest the models run put on matching sweatshirts. One step at a time. Some wisdom is attained only through experience.

So hand your kids your digital cameras (thank goodness for DIGITAL!!!) and see what kind of photographic mysteries and beauty they uncover.

Kathy
Projet 365 – Day 342

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Today is my brother’s birthday. Well, by the time I post this blog entry, it will no longer be his birthday where he is, but who’s counting? It is, as they say, the thought that counts.

Sartorial Magnificence

Mark always was a snappy dresser.

I’m sure I’ve written about him before, but I miss him a lot. He’s stationed in Norway, after only one year living locally; I do wish I’d made better use of that time. We played some games and Laser-Tag together, and celebrated various holidays with him and his family, but it wasn’t quite enough. At the time, we had hoped he might choose to retire here, maybe after a three- or four-year tour at Fort Lewis, and so it didn’t seem so urgent that we see each other right now.

Mark and Jimmy-T at my wedding

Mark sure looks young (and shaggy) in this picture (left), from our wedding.

Mark has been a good brother to me; I frequently encourage my boys to be good brothers ‘like Uncle Mark was to me’. He protected me, encouraged me, taught me things, played with me, went ahead of me into various unknowns (jobs, schools, etc.) and loved me enough to sacrifice his interests on my behalf hundreds of times.

Mark and his Armored Personnel Carrier
He never would share the machine-gun, though.

Happy Birthday, beloved brother.

Tim

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Well, almost.

sarah and the gel paint
Sarah tries out her new Gel Paint.

Project 365 is coming to an end. Wednesday is Day 339. It’s been a long year of many pictures. No wonder I’m having trouble writing our family Christmas newsletter, I’ve already said everything on the blog.

I never thought I could really take a picture every day for an entire year. I guess I should have been more worried about taking only a SINGLE photo each day. :) Maybe the second edition of Project 365 should be: Take a meaningful picture every day. Hmmm.

What do you think?

  • Another round of Project 365 – don’t make it specific, just capture one image each day
  • Scrap the whole thing. Enough is enough, how many pictures of cute kids do we really need?
  • Change the whole focus – give each day a theme.
  • Less rambling/babbling on the blog, more pictures.

Other thoughts…

Kathy

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