Looking Back

I have been taking advantage of the extraordinary photo viewing capabilities on my new iMac by working on one of my recent creative ideas. James and I use Walmart.com for all of our photo printing needs, and every time I'm on there I can't help but notice all of the cool gift and things that you can make with your snapshots. The one that seems to be the most useful is a hardcover photo album that you can design yourself. Some of my friends have made similar things to show off vacations they've taken or their copious baby photos. I think this is a really classy way to put together a photo album, so I decided it might be fun to make one for each base that we are stationed at.

It's been quite a job searching through both James' and my various photo storage places to find 3 years worth of pictures. (We've both got computer folders stashed all throughout our multiple internal and external hard drives, as well as stacks of CD's all over the place. Several of my pictures had to be pulled from internet photo albums since I lost a lot of files both times my computer died). It was worth it though, because we now have a clean and professional looking little book that encapsulates the 3 years that James has lived here in Del Rio. Of course, I left a couple pages blank and won't be ordering it until after we move so that we can include those last precious shots of our life here.

If you ever come visit, you can take a look at our first completely personalized coffee table book and see how far James and I have come since he first arrived in West Texas back in August 2006! (Or, I suppose, it's possible for you to order your own copy since it's all saved on Walmart.com. Let me know if you'd like to see it once it's finished next month!)

Here are some of my favorite shots, looking back...

The guys suiting up in San Antonio

James' T-38 flight (class) right before graduation

Carving pumpkins at Halloween

Being silly at the squadron Christmas party

Hanging out with friends last weekend. : )

(Note how my hair has progressively gotten shorter over time.)