15 Gift Ideas Teens Can Give Mom for Mother's Day

15 Gift Ideas Teens Can Give Mom for Mother's Day

Moms need to feel loved (I know b/c I am one) and even the smallest of efforts will go a long way. Here are 15 unique ideas for something you can get your mom even on a small budget (the more expensive things you can split with a sibling or help dad out by giving him a nudge in the right direction).

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7 Reasons Why you Need Multi-Generation Extended Family Photos This Year

7 Reasons Why you Need Multi-Generation Extended Family Photos This Year

It is summer time and that means there are lots of family reunions and reasons to travel and visit Grandma and Grandpa. My husband’s side of the family gets all 12 of his siblings and their families together every three years. It is a week long adventure of about 50 people. Every reunion is a little different, but getting a whole group photo is something that happens every single time. It isn’t without hiccups and frustrations and uncooperative children (and adults) but they are always pictures that are cherished by everyone as years pass.

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Getting Mom in the Photo with Self Portraiture: Timers and Remotes

Getting Mom in the Photo with Self Portraiture: Timers and Remotes

Finding someone to take our photos occasionally isn't always an option and for those spur of the moment creations you envision, it for sure isn't going to happen.  Maybe your budget is tight and you don't want to invest in a professional photographer, or maybe you ARE a photographer and can't bring yourself to pay someone else to do what you are perfectly capable of doing. 

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Avoid Guilt and Regret: Mom, Get in the Photo

Avoid Guilt and Regret: Mom, Get in the Photo

Parents die.  Children grow up and leave home.  It is a horrible, depressing and possibly harsh thing to start this post off with, but so often we are self-conscious of our looks or our body and don't want to be in the image.  If you were to pass away suddenly, would your children care one wit about those scowl wrinkles?

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