Tara Whitney Photo Collage

As is pretty evident on my page, Tara Whitney took photos of my family last summer. She was awesome, she was amazing with the kids and we have some amazing photos in the house. I recently downloaded a free program called shape collage and I thought it would be fun to use Tara's photos to pay a little tribute to her. The Shape Collage program allows you to make any shape you like and save as a jpg, png or even as a photoshop document for further editing. Unfortunately, the photos are really small in the collage above so you can't really appreciate them, but it's still kind if fun (if you click the photo above it opens on a new screen and you can see the individual pics better). Be sure to check out Tara's updated web-site or her blog; she is now offering home videos along with her photo packages which sounds like a lot of fun!

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why blog?

I'm a private kinda girl. If you told any of my friends or family that I am writing a blog, I'm certain their jaws would drop to the floor. I have been reading some great blogs over the past few months and I love reading them, I'd say I'm almost an addict at this point. I'm very new to this blogging thing, I didn't even know what a blog really was until a few months ago, and had no clue why in the world anyone would ever use google reader; now it's the first and last thing I look at everyday.

Anyway, for the past few years I've felt like I'm half-asleep, an observer to my life instead of an active participant. I've considered seeking therapy, but that hasn't worked out yet. So, I will turn to writing to help me boost my life activities. I want to have more fun and maybe if I need to do things to have something to write about, that will help.

I'm a somewhat successful full-time working mom with two little ones; My boy is 6 and my girl is 3. I LOVE my babies. My husband "gets" to stay home and take care of the kids while I work away supporting the family. He doesn't see this as a "get to do" kind of thing; it's a big job. He also cares for our small avocado grove and everything else a Stay at Home parent does that doesn't get fully recognized or appreciated by the working parent or the rest of the working world.

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