calendar

calendar
Originally uploaded by bluepupae.

who would have guessed that my photos would make people cry? not me. parents, especially ours, are really difficult to shop for since they don't need anything, so i thought giving our parents something personal and maybe handmade would be best appreciated but really underestimated the response.

i put together two separate calendars, one for my mom and one for mike's parents. when we gave mike's parents theirs, they really enjoyed going through the photos, which included various ones of all of us as a group and individually over the last year. each month had photos of us taken during that month. mike's sister amy teared up when she asked me if she could get one too. i suppose she just had a baby, so the hormones were making her especially emotional, but appreciated the interest nonetheless.

then, when i gave my mom one, my grandfather kept looking at it, and asked for one. he, too got teary-eyed. i think he is going through a lot right now, and was feeling very nostalgic. i'm glad i can give them something special. i used to think that i had to make something elaborate for it to be special, but these calendars are easy with iphoto. it's staying on my list for next year.