Sunday, August 30, 2009

Life Lessons from Children's Movies


We spent our Saturday evening having breakfast for dinner at IHOP and then raced over to the dollar cinema to catch UP on the big screen. It is no secret that we are big Disney fans and I think I enjoyed the movie even more the second time around. The first time we saw UP it was in 3-d and I think the amazing visual effects distracted me from the story.

I left the theater thinking about the adventure our family is on and how I am marking the journey. While I love to photograph my kids, I am not very good at capturing the little moments. I am too concerned with technique and beautiful images. I am also not good at being photographed... So I left with a burden to capture moments and allow others to capture me in those moments.

As I was cleaning out my inbox I came across this moment captured by a friend with her camera phone. Even though our lives are tightly intertwined , I think this is the only picture that exists of the four of us. This was a sweet night, under the stars at a concert, celebrating Steve's birthday. These are friends that belong in our adventure book.

We love you, we pray for you , we celebrate with you, and hurt for you. Thanks for being our dinner-for-breakfast friends, talk-everyday friends, piled-on-the-couch-for-a-movie friends, dinner-at-the-beach friends, and our sharing-the-adventure -friends.

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