January

There were many items we needed to replace or update once we moved, but of all the items, I'm so appreciative of my new phone, not for it's abilities to be used as an actual phone, of course, but for its camera. 

I downloaded this little project 365 calendar this morning, and without even knowing I'd want them, I had a picture for all but 6 days, and KJ's phone filled in two of the days I was missing.  I love that this template had a place to write down what you're looking at because all of these little things can so easily slip from our minds. 

A friend in our church invited me to join some other ladies for dinner a couple of weeks ago, one of whom was celebrating an 80-something birthday.  She was sharing about how her mother had always kept a journal with her and jotted down the things they did each day and how special that was to her, and she was musing that no one did that anymore.  If the Internet and my external harddrives can hold out, maybe Ella will enjoy these records one day.

That's mine?

I've wondered about photo-sharing on the internet in the past and was talking to my sister-in-law a couple of days about its safety.  She sent me a link last night from a blog she reads where someone had stolen pictures of a dog from this girl's blog and made this whole page on a site about how it was her dog and gave him a new name and everything.  Weird.  Anyway, I'm just looking into different ways to make my pictures safe on the internet, so you might see some different things.  Here's my 20-minute-before the children get up effort this morning.

That looks sort of official, but I guess someone could black it out?  I hate to write across her face.  Now, this is not my child.  This is my niece.  She is FUN.