{FaMilY HiStoRY}

Since I found this site (I don't remember how I found it)--- a process that "slurps" a blog into a book which can be edited and formatted in many ways , I have become very excited about chronicling our family's lives. I want to go back a bit more and record important times. Then I can print out a book each year! Also, I can buy extra books for each child! (There is even an option to leave your book in the "bookstore" on the site, to buy more copies later) I think it is the very best way of "scrapbooking" that I have ever found. So much flexibility. Because Blogger uses labels, it would be a snap to make a book about a vacation, a little 8x8" book about a graduation, a family cookbook, a book for Father's Day--- a book for and about anything! Also, it is so easy with Blogger to go back and reorganize posts into chronological order (so it is easy to catch up by posting past and current photos/stories randomly) I really love the format of the books--- just simple and clean---preventing them from looking dated, and allowing the pictures & words to speak for themselves. (Remember the scrapbooks of the 80's, filled with stickers and die cuts?) Regardless of the background of a blog, just the photos and journal will be printed. I have finally found what I have been searching for--- an "easy" way to keep the history of our family!