2007 REVIEW

December 31, 2007 By Leave a Comment

Holy Cow! I’m totally blown away when I stop to think back of all the wonderful things that have happened this year. Of course, the biggest thing was our wedding in February in Puerto Vallarta with all our friends and family.

We continued the party in Mexico with our Honeymoon in Cabo.

Probably the other single biggest thing that happened this years was discovering the world of real photography. As much as I loved photos with my other camera, I realized there was just so much more I could do with a SLR. I took a few classes and spent a bunch of money and I know I can’t be without my digital baby. I’ve had so much fun photographing my married life, Zoe, nature and the crazy construction (or destruction) of the world around me.

I found a new passion in my life in July as I joined the addictive world of blogging July 23rd, just after your long weekend trip to Colorado. Plus it was a perfect place for me to put all my new photos. Stephanie and Ginger came out to Texas for a visit, we hung out with the kidz in Galveston and toured downtown Houston.

I spent quite a bit of time this year recording a little bit of my history, about the stories I remember growing up and the places where I spent my early years. I’ve enjoyed all these flashbacks and I think they are an alternative way to keep a family journal or make a big album.

I’ve done quite a bit of travel for work, taking some fun photos from the airplane on my way to investigate car crashes around the country. I also spent 1 evening a week this fall volunteering to tutor GED students. Making a difference even closer to home, we were able to help out some very special boys with their Christmas.
Due to H’s job, we made lots of concerts and games. I had the chance to read many books this year and we’ve even made an effort to watch more good movies. Plus I’ve posted a few movie clips- mostly Zoe on the blog from my other camera.

We spent our Thanksgiving in Alabama, exploring the deep south and all it’s history. Christmas- all 4 parts were just awesome, including spending 40 days before celebrating the birth of Christ to reflect upon his life. Not to mention the new lenses and the Wii.

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: A special thanks to my blog-world friends who leave lots of loving- Christy, Amanda, Katie, Rhonda, Liza and Courtney!
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My Small World

September 14, 2007 By 2 Comments

Funny how my life has gone in many a circle. As I sit here and take inventory of my life, I find it very ironic that I ended up in my current condition. The Disney theme, It’s a Small World After All is a great theme song for me these days. Thanks to the wonders of Google Earth, I can give you all a tour of MY small world. See (well, you probably can’t b/c the type is so small!) on the photo above, the lower left pin is my house- which you’ve seen before. Directly above it- about 0.5 mile away is my Dad’s house and 1 mile away to the Northeast, is my mom’s house. You can also see the retention pond, which the jogging trail circles.

Here is mom’s house- check out her pool (lower), where Zoe has had many escapades and hours of swimming. You can also see the jogging trail I frequent with my running buddies be ind her house. The retention pond behind her house is a nice buffer, a good dog play place and contains a baseball field and a soccer field.
Above, you can see that I don’t have to go far from my home to Volunteer, to the gym or to visit my grandpa at his nursing home. Church is just a few miles away too! Included in that photo are a Wal-Mart, Kroger, Target, Home Depot, Kohl’s, DOZENS of fast-food restaurants, my favorite BBQ restaurant, a funeral home, my bank, a few car-washes, several donut stores & Mexican food restaurants, an elementary and Sr. High school, a school stadium, several ice-cream stores and SO MUCH MORE!
Unfortunately, H has a much longer drive to work than me! It’s all freeway, and really only 10 miles- but can take 45-60 minutes most mornings! It’s not quite downtown, so I guess it could be worse. You can also see that Gram lives only a few miles, but all the back roads take more than 20 minutes to get to our house! I keep trying to get her to move closer to us.

So, that’s my SMALL WORLD!

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: Not driving far saves $ and save the environment.
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