I'm just finishing up a project that has taken more hours than I want to count. I am helping a family digitize their family photos with some which go back to the early 1900's. Some of the family members are looking at the pictures and trying to identify and label the people. Time is of the essence because there are only 1 or 2 people surviving who might be able to identify some of the older pictures. Some pictures were labeled with names, dates and locations; but many were only labeled with the date or not labeled at all. I am hoping that we can identify the people in the pictures so we can recreate the portions of their life captured on film.

This project has made me think about my own family pictures and the importance of continuing to document my family history. Over the weekend, we celebrated our son's birthday and I made sure I got a picture of him with his grandparents. I'm trying to make sure I do that with each of the kids now because I don't know how many more opportunities I will have to take those family pictures. As I was going through old pictures with my mom, I found a couple of 4 generation pictures from when I was a child. I plan on restoring them and then printing them and hanging them in my home. What a treasure it is to be able to capture those precious memories. We need to take advantage of those chances when we can.Don't let the moments pass you by.