Birthday Pictures

This is Preston's first birthday away from home

so I wanted to make sure it was a special one.

I'm sure it was an amazing and depressing day all at once.

There's not much I can do when I'm in a different country and we can't call

each other, but I knew there was one thing that would make him smile.

Pictures.

Duh! Like come on, that's common sense. 

Pictures mean the world to missionaries since they get a little glimpse of what

you're up to. I wanted him to know I was thinking about him on his special day and that I love him more than anything. So I got all dressed up and headed off to take some birthday pictures :)

One thing that is a must is CREATIVITY.

Make this as fun as possible, you can definitely tell in a picture whether you're enjoying yourself or not.

My favorite thing to use is signs. 

It's like combining a letter and a picture in one.

I decided to use cardboard for my signs.

I like the way it looks small town. But that's just me! 

I've seen pictures done with chalkboards, printed words, cut out letters/numbers,

just about anything you can think of!!

What I wanted was something similar to a postcard, so it required 

four different signs.

four different pictures.

Here's the individual pictures...

After I picked the ones I liked best I put them in a collage 

so it was all on one picture...

Of course I wanted to send a couple extra pictures..

I love this boy more than anything. 

Happy birthday Preston!