At the start of this year, we were talking about things to do as a family that we could stick to. We thought it would be fun to take family pictures every month. This is the last photo of us together for the year 2017. I am not sure if we will keep what we have started but I thought would be a fun thing to look back to after the year has passed.
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| December 2017 |
In November, we decided to go to Sugarcreek Ohio to see how it looks like in the Fall. On our way home, we dropped by at Tappan Lake totake our family picture. I came prepared, I took our tripod on our trip. I love the birds on the background.
October was fun, we attended my son's Football Banquet over at William Golf and Country Club in Marland Heights. I will miss this event next year if my son does not play. He said he will take a break so we will see what he decide. We don't want to force him to play if he does not want to play.
September was full of school activities so I was always out of the house and attending their events in school. I am so blessed to be able to witnessed every event that my kids have. Being a work at home mom, I can say that it has so many advantages. I can't thank my husband enough for letting me
August was my favorite. We went on a vacation in Las Vegas and also had a road trip from Vegas to Arizona and saw Grand Canyon. It was the most exciting wedding anniversary we had, great way to celebrate our 14th year!
We also had an upset moment on this month as we lost a dear friend to a cancer.
Our daughter turned 12 in July. This month was full of outdoor activities for us all. We normally celebrate her birthday on a vacation but this was different because of conflict in schedule. Nevertheless, we had fun during her birthday at home.
June is my birth month, I turned 44. Although my mind still thinks I am in my younger 20s but my body says otherwise lol. Oh the fun of getting old!
May is special, celebrating mother's day always makes me appreciate the sacrifices my Mom did for us growing up. So even if I have tough time with my own motherhood experience sometimes, I always remember that my Mom had it worse than what I have. If I would compare my experience to her, I can totally say I am super blessed!
April was the first Easter that we realized, my FIL was no longer with us. We normally visit him but this time, he was gone.
March was a tough month for us, we lost my husband's Dad. He was a great father-in-law, he treated me like his own daughter so it was so tough for me and my kids. But as hard as it was losing him, we were relieved that he finally rest in peace. He lived a great life and left us great memories.
Hubby turned 48 on this month. He said, he has a couple of years to enjoy his 40s before he turn golden lol. I am so proud of this guy, he never gave up on continuing his education. He is now on his last two subjects for his master's degree. He will graduating next Spring.
This was the conceptualization of our goal of taking monthly family picture. It was a fun experience. The kids are not up to it all the time but I am sure, when they are all grown, they would appreciate these photos that they can look back to. Speaking of which, I have yet to print some of the highlights of our year. I have been slacking of printing photos, hopefully I can do it before the end of the year. I have two more weeks to do it, we will see.
Anyway, I wish you all a Merry Christmas. May the new year brings you all so much happiness, good luck and prosperity, and great slate of health. God bless us all and thank you for being part of my online adventure.
What a great idea! Taking a monthly photo of the family not only preserves precious memories but you can look back and see how much the kids have grown.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pics of you and your family. Wishing you a season full of happiness and joy as well.
ReplyDeleteIt is very important to document our family. We look back with fond memories and stories looking at all the different photos over the years.
ReplyDeleteHow great to look back and see your family over the last year. I hear you on your body not agreeing that you are young...
ReplyDeleteI love to look back over the year to see where we cam from! It looks like you all had a great year, but I am sorry for your loss of your friend. It does make it hard to look back over the year when that happens!
ReplyDeleteThese are some great family photos! We really need to do this more often. It's been a while since we got a family photo.
ReplyDeleteIt is such a great idea to have family photos every year. You see how your kids grown up each year. It's always a pleasure to see happy family traveling together.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea to do monthly family photos. Especially with the kids constantly growing.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are such a photogenic family! Merry Christmas from my family to yours. I can't wait to check out the Grand Canyon too!
ReplyDeleteI love that you all took monthly family pictures. What a good way to track your lives, tastes, and looks.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you made a lot of memories throughout the past year. I've always wanted to see the Grand Canyon.
ReplyDeleteI think it is a fantastic idea to take a monthly family photo. Kids grow up so fast it would be nice to be able to look back and see the changes.
ReplyDeleteSo sweet to capture these memories regularly. As time flies you will look back at these and be swept by nostalgil. Have a Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteYour family is beautiful! I think it's so awesome that you stuck to the picture a month idea, now you have a whole collection to look back on!
ReplyDeleteYou have a beautiful family! My family and I seldom have pictures taken together, but we definitely need to start doing this. :)
ReplyDeleteI have made this a resolution for years and I always forget! I need to make sure I do it in 2018!
ReplyDeleteYou do such a good job of taking family photos. And it's so important! Looks like you guys had a great year filled with adventures.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea. We are terrible about taking family photos!
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