Photographs

     Anyone that knows me, knows that I love pictures. I love to take pictures, I love to look at pictures, I love the memories behind pictures and I especially love wedding pictures. I have 1,500+ pictures on my phone that I look at all the time and I have probably 20x more than that on my laptop and in storage. I know, it's crazy, but I totally love pictures!
     Here are a few reasons why they mean so much to me:
1. My Grandma had Alzheimer's Disease for over 9 years and it was so heartbreaking to watch. I remember my Mom telling me that she was going to do everything she can to avoid getting this disease and forgetting the things that matter most to her. She is extremely active and keeps herself on the go hoping to beat it. My thought was that, if I had tons of pictures of memories and drill them in my head, I would never be able to forget the ones I love no matter what.
2. When I am missing my kids, friends and family, I can look through my pictures and remember the better times when we were all together. Also, a lot of my memories of childhood are sparked by the pictures in my childhood photo albums.
3. I love LOVE!!!! I should have been a wedding planner! I have put on and helped with many weddings over the years. I have decorated, made food, made the cake, made the guest book, etc. but never taken pictures of a wedding. The reason is that it means so much and I would not want to be responsible if the pictures didn't turn out. I truly love to look at wedding pictures and often ask people to see their pictures. If they are posted on FB, chances are I've seen them!
     I know I drive my family crazy sometimes because I do go a little overboard about taking pictures of them, getting family pictures often (I am going to talk about this more in a minute) and having them send me pictures of themselves and the things they are doing when they are away. I really want to stay connected to the people I care about the most! I really love Snapchat, but I like to screenshot because I tend to want to keep the pictures I get! P.S. My mom does it too!
     Family pictures. They are so wonderful to have and to look back at, but why are they so incredibly difficult to get? I have tons of pictures of the family where someone isn't looking, someone is mad and won't smile, or they are getting wild and won't focus! Here are a few examples from our latest family photo session with a professional photographer and they couldn't even be serious for that! I love how they turned out, but the photographer had to work very hard! I sure love my family!

“What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.”   ―Karl Lagerfeld