Project 365

Moms are the memory keepers of the family. We are the ones who record our family histories in the making, from videoing first steps and writing down funny things that come out of our kids’ mouths to taking pictures and filing away finger paintings.

I saw this idea called Project 365 a few months back on another mom’s blog, and I thought that it was so neat. Basically, you take one picture every day of the year. It can be of anything you want—your family, things that inspire you or even something as mundane as laundry piling up. You make the rules. The point of it all is to capture moments from your everyday life for a year.

I loved it, probably because I am so lacking in the picture-taking department. I always feel like I never take enough pictures. I’ll go months without taking pictures of my kids. I even forget to take pictures on Christmas. Oops! And then I think—“Man, I’m gonna regret not doing so one day.”

I think that part of the reason I take so few pictures is because I don’t want to miss out on the moment by being stuck behind the camera. So that is a good thing. There are countless times when I take mental pictures of my kids and say to myself, “I want to remember this moment forever—how my child looks right here and now.” So I definitely think there is a healthy balance between living the moment and living with a camera in hand.

With that said, my goal is to loosely take one picture a day of my family’s daily life. If I miss a day here or there, which I already have, who cares? I just want to be able to look back and see what we have done over the past year. Because lets face it, most of our days aren’t birthdays or trips to Disney World. I just want to capture what goes on in between.

My plan is to post pictures every couple of weeks. And in letting go of my type A personality, I’m not even going to post the dates, just the memories. And I may even post more than one a day if I really love the pics. Like I said, I make the rules. Hope you enjoy! 

May 1-14

Our two-year-old mess, Dutch, kept coming out of his room after we put him to bed. This is how he fell asleep.

Brother and sister watching TV together on Mom and Dad's bed

Ella at her Groovin' in Kindergarten program

Nana came to visit

My mom and I went to the Trade Days Flea Market in Canton, TX and then on to Ikea in Dallas. We filled up the minivan!

Eating cinnamon toast for breakfast

Dutch found a mud puddle

Gary's sister, Laura, got married over the weekend. She was a beautiful bride!

Our family at the wedding. Gary performed the ceremony. Ella was a junior bridesmaid, and Dutch was ring bearer.

I had to get a shot with my handsome little man.

Here he is again in his suit. He is the sweet, mini version of his daddy.

Ella looked so pretty and even wore her first pair of high-heeled shoes for the wedding.

Dutch's first fishing trip on Daddy's boat

Ella's big catch

Dutch helping Gary drive