2014 Calendar

Cover

Now that Christmas has come and gone, we can unveil the cover to this year’s calendar gift made up of pictures I have taken throughout the year.  This year’s calendar was once again produced by the good folks at Shutterfly, which has allowed for some new creative flourishes.  For each of the kid’s birthday month, they have a current photo surrounded by smaller pictures of them from year’s past.  Time surely moves quickly when you see them grow up in picture form.

This year’s cover is from our trip to Disney World last summer.  On our second day at Hollywood Studios, we were able to get some dry pictures with everybody’s favorite duck character, Ducky Momo, from the Phineas & Ferb cartoon.  As in year’s past, we will unveil each month’s photo on the first of the month throughout 2014.

2013 Calendar

Just as in years past, I had a calendar made for Christmas for my sister, my mom, and my dad of pictures I’ve taken of my niece and nephews throughout the year.  This year’s calendar is a little more creative, thanks to the good folks at Shutterfly.  Not only did it allow for multiple images per month in different designs, it also let you put pictures on particular days, so everyone gets a specialized birthday photo.

Continuing last year’s tradition, I will share the photo (or photos) that I used for each month in the caldendar on the first day of that month along with some background on the picture, starting today with the two pictures that I used on the cover.  The first picture above was taken at the Metra stop on 35th Street following the White Sox home opener where we celebrated Michael’s birthday with a visit from Southpaw.  The second picture below was taken at my sister’s house on Christmas Eve 2011.

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