Pictures - Take Them All The Time

If there is anything that I have learned after the death of my father-in-law last year, it is that you should take lots of pictures. We struggled with finding any pictures of my father-in-law that did not include other family members. Mainly we found tons of them with him and his first grandchild Lauren (as you can see). You will want the memories. I often see new parents take picture after picture of their first child but when the second one comes along they forget the camera even existed. In my family it was a little different, cameras were big and bulky so there are not lots of pictures of me and my brother but let me tell you when that sister of mine came along 9 years later we had albums dedicated to her posing in her new clothes. There was not a pose we did not get of that child and she is still not camera shy today at the ripe old age of 23. (Love ya, Jen!) Anyway, my point is take pictures and lots of them of everyone you love and are close to whether friends or family. Some day you will want to look back on the memories!