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Photo Jam

Vera

By Vera, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Iluvharleys    15

Iluvharleys
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Gosh Vera, I sure enjoyed that! Your children are adorable. You honey is cute too. You are a cutie too! Thanks so much for sharing those, it made my day.

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Penni60    45

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WOW!! That was awesome. We should do something like that for the VEgas Bash this weekend. LOL!! How did you do that???

You, your kids, and your hubby are all cute as a bug's ear. LOL!!

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Vera    7

Vera
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Thanks for the compliments!!! You can see I'm busy

Penni, I'm on it, just bought a new camera, we can combine pics and make a Vegas Jam.

For the program: When you first open my link you see Shockwave, click on Music & photo then PhotoJam4 . Billy says you can buy the program for about $30.00.

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sassaay    1

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Vera,

Your family photo album is too cool! I love it!

Thanks for sharing. You have such a beautiful smile, you seem to light up the room. Your children are so cute, it looked like they were having so much fun. You and your husband make a very cute couple.

I might have to purchase this program.

Take care and have fun in Vegas!;)

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Vicki Loichinger    444

Vicki Loichinger
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Vera,

That was great. Looks like your family had a wonderful summer.

Such a good looking family too.

Thanks for sharing.

That program really created a neat slideshow.

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nightingale2u    42

nightingale2u
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Thanks for sharing Vera... looks like you and your beautiful family had a lot of fun this summer!

Darcy

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molynn    0

molynn
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Thanks for sharing Vera. That was cool. Your kids are cuties, just like their parents. Thanks again.

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karen    0

karen
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WOW!

Thanks Vera for sharing your photo album! I don't know you, I don't know your family and friends but I thoroughly enjoyed every second of watching it! That was cool! Makes me want to make one also! I might have to do that!!!!

Look forward to meeting you all in Vegas this weekend (I am a lurker on this board...but will come out for the party!) I will be the "mellow" one who will keep Delarla/Lisa in line <wink> hee hee...okay just kidding Lisa...promise!

See ya all in a few days!

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Vera    7

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I'm glad you all enjoyed my PhotoJam

I, too, evaded the camera as much as possible, which is why I have very few "before" pictures and no "during" pictures. I would like to suggest to those of you who have children that you are not necessarily being fair to them by avoiding the camera at all times. After my parents died, photos of them became very precious to me. I know it would have been even harder to work through my grief if there had been only one or two photos of them. Just one woman's perspective.

Nancy, This brought tears to my eyes. I have no pictures of my parents.

Thanks again for all the compliments

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cadydid    0

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Those were great pics. Your kids are cuties. Are part of them taken at your house at the lake? It is beautiful. Can't wait to see you on Friday.

Carol

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