Happy New Year to everyone. Wow, I can't believe that another year has passed. Where or where has the time gone? It seems like only yesterday we were planning our big family trip for October, and now it has been almost three months since we took that fun trip. All we are left with are the memories and tons and tons of pictures. I am still working my way through all of the pictures and will hopefully get them into my album in the next few weeks. Every trip I am amazed by the large amount of pictures we take. This year was even worse than normal since we had so many people in our party. I not only have the nearly 1000 pictures I took, but also those of my daughter, in-laws, and photo pass to sort through and filter down to a meager 200 total to fit into the photo album. Every year I purchase a dated photo album while I am in Disney to hold all of our treasured photos. I personally like the ones where I can journal on the side of each one and tell who is in the picture and what we were doing. This is not only for me, but for my daughter down the road. Disney is constantly changing and I am sure that by the time she is grown we will have pictures from attractions that are no longer around. I also keep a copy of each park map and put it inside the photo album. I want to be a scrapbooker, and have done it in the past, but with our busy life this is about as much as I can find time for.
Where do I get copies of all my pictures? I usually upload them to Snapfish, or some other online photo site. The prints are usually around .07 each, unless I have some kind of coupon code (which I usually do). I try to upload them as soon as I can after the trip so that I can take my time editing them and so they will be ready whenever a good deal is offered. If snapfish runs a 24 hour special for 100 free prints, they are out there and ready for me to order without a frantic rush on my end to get the pictures uploaded and ordered within that time. This year, I ordered around 250 total for both my photo album and my daughter's autograph book. Plus I made a photo book for my mother-in-law for Christmas with the same photos. It has been a fun way to relive my trip over and over again. Hopefully soon the Disney photo album will be filled, the journaling will be done, and my family will have one more way to treasure the memories of the wonderful trip. I just hope it is before the next trip in a few months! Then the fun begins again :) Happy 2011 to all!
