I posted this photo exactly 5 years ago and could have never imagined then that I would still be at it today with 3846 posts under my belt. My initial thought was that a daily photo journal would help to improve my photography. It has, in fact, had the opposite effect. The pressure of having to publish a photo every day leaves me often settling for a “snap” shot. What I did not realize, however, was how much I would come to value a daily record of our family life and a means for keeping distant loved ones in touch with us. Occasionally I will take the time to post a really nice photo but my emphasis has shifted more towards writing about what is happening in our world. I hope one day that my children will look back at this blog with fond memories as they show their children what their childhood looked like.