Friday, December 12, 2008

Documenting Life

Posted by Abby Marie at 2:17 PM

Lately I have been thinking a lot about how little I take pictures. I decided, what if I die tomorrow and the most recent picture I have of myself is 6 months old? If I were to die soon I would want my loved ones to know what I did the week before; I'd want them to know the people who are part of my life right now, and the way they inspire me. Taking pictures of what I do in life (the big things and the little things) is a good way to ensure that there will be enough documentation of the life of Abby Porter if I were to die tomorrow...which I don't plan to, but it's kind of like food storage. Here is documentation of some of the people I love, and some of the things I've done in the past 2 weeks:


Stefanie Tanner and I at the Beehive Bazaar (a craft fair in Provo)


Me mailing my letter to Santa


Some of the ward friends at game night. This is the ladies man Romain from Jamaica.


My roommate Liz mailing her letter to Santa.

My friend Abe standing alone under the mistletoe.


Lauren and celebrating at the Gallery Stroll.


My good friends Brett and Peter and me at our ward FHE last Monday. We were supposed to dress up in Christmas clothes for a big family picture. They didn't dress up so I brought them some reindeer ears.


My visiting teacher Heather biting Peter's antlers.


My favorite picture ever.


This is what I wore for our FHE family Christmas picture...let's just say I was pretty much the best dressed person there.


2 comments:

Andy Porter said...

I love the Geek shirt!! I want one!

December 12, 2008 at 11:18 PM
Kathy said...

Caleb wants the geek shirt too

December 14, 2008 at 8:58 PM

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