To Wellness and the Creative mind

Mom, Artist, Health Coach, daughter, sister and a wife.We all wear many hats during the day. How do we maintain balance? How do we not lose sight of what is important and real? We can help each other answer these questions by sharing what we have learned along the way.
Here I am going to share my thoughts and experiences with how we treat our bodies and the effects it has on how we think and feel.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Searching for the Christmas card.

There is a project that is forever in the back of my mind. It starts under the Christmas tree and ends around Thanksgiving when the kids are clean and pressed...will this be the day I get the Christmas picture? I took over 4000 pictures last year alone, many times hoping for that one good shot. I only need one. One image that shows my friends and family that we are still here, still happy, the kids are still growing up too fast. The search begins, scrolling, editing, enhancing, and cropping. Where oh where will it be? We didn't go Skiing this past year but we did go to California to visit my parent, Did we get that picture then?


Almost. Did we get it at the parade?
There were many opportunities over the summer at the lake, picking blueberries or in the water. Many of the pictures did include family and friend visitors. That cute little girl is cousin Emma. She is the only one cooperating.

Now we are more then half way through the year, how about the first day of school? It is an exciting day all the kids are starting at a new school. 7th, 4th and 2nd grades already.

OK, now I am getting close to the end of the year...how about that hike we took. There is one with all three kids and the dogs. I remember taking it.

OR NOT!
So I search again. I go back to the beginning. I didn't notice any of me with the kids, but I am usually taking the pictures. I did find a few...



I think I look pretty much the same as last year. Was I on the card last year?
The best ones of me, I am not with my kids, I wonder?

I love this man and he is a blessing.
Can I include his kids on the card? They are a big part of life now.
The end result is I am going with the favorites. Ballet, football, fishing...it was a great year and I did not find that perfect photo but somehow the many wonderful moments were captured.
DeCordova sculpture garden with friends
Blocking boys at Aquarium
Extra day in CA
My Fisherman
never enough S'mores
Trip to Maine-love tubing!
Ballerina
Quarterback
Happy Halloween
Pure joy!

Merry Christmas Everyone!
Love Wendy, Skylar, Ellis and Quinn.


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1 comment:

john & Faye Wollaeger said...

Awesome. I went through a similar sorting process and ended up punting - 4 separate pictures on the card to show 5 smiling faces.
Your kids are adorable, don't stop taking photos. And if I had to pick just one it would be "extra day in CA"

John

December 15, 2011 at 7:58 PM

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