Recently I had the privilege to go visit my Grandmother in Great Falls Montana. I learned alot form her through out my life time, but during this trip, I got to reflect on family and the stories that had been told to me through out the years. We sat down and looked through some picture albums together. She shared memories with me, of things that happened in the past, some while I was alive and some before my time. I had heard the stories a million times, but I had not seen all the photos. As I lay in bed one night, I said to Seth, “Do you realize that when we die, our grandchildren will not have the privilege of getting to “discover” who we are by photos and writings they may find in the attic, garage, basement or wherever? Instead if they want to know about us they will have to look on our computer!” To which Seth replied, “or read our facebook status history!” OUCH!!!
Take it from me, a girl who still hurts form her grandfather’s death, it is a real treat to “find” a photo of him, hold it in your hands, and have someone tell you about a part of him you never knew. It is sad to me that so many of my family photos are stored on a hard drive. I want my grandchildren to be able to experience flipping through pages of the photo album of my trip to Scotland (if I ever go that is!), and holding the photos in their hands as they make discoveries about their history. I am going to try to make it a point to print more photos of Elijah as he grows up. Part of my childhood is in a closet somewhere in my parents house, because I was born before the age of digital cameras, but eman…digital is all he will know! (though I do shoot film occasionally, It is dying out more and more.)
For any of you thinking of booking with me, let me encourage you to order the prints! The digital copy of the photos is great, but dont live your life behind a screen! Enjoy the prints while you can, decorate your house, and then when you have grandchildren, you will have something to show them besides just a hard drive!!!!!
And because all posts are better with a photo, here is a picture I took of Montana mountains, while we were driving. I rolled the window down to avoid dog nose window smears (anyone who lets there dog ride in the car knows what I am talking about!) Thats right folks, the car was still moving, because if we stopped to take a photo of everything I thought was interesting, we would never have made it home!!! 
