Cover Girl

Today was the day our story came out in the Independence Examiner's Jackie magazine. I had no idea what to expect and honestly, I had no idea what direction it would go. To quote Trace: "Not to be rude Mom, but why would they want to do a story on you?" Good question, indeed. Why would they want to do a story on me?

I can understand people's interest in my blog. My kids are characters and I usually put a funny spin on their shenanigans. So it's entertaining and amusing, hopefully, well in my own mind anyway. But to take that part away, what in the world was left?

I couldn't find a link to the article so after much effort and multiple tries I got it scanned and cropped. Below is the article in chunks, if you care to read it. Unfortunately to really read it, you'll have to click on the "photo" to enlarge it, unless you have a magnifying glass handy, in which case never mind. I personally don't have one, although come to think if of it I could have pulled out those drug store reading glasses my optometrist suggested I buy a couple of years ago. Where did those things go...?

So without further ado...

{Edited 4/3/09: I now have a link to this story: http://www.examiner.net/lifestyle/x180624470/Denise-Swank}

The Cover

After an hour of photography attempts, this was the best they could come up with. I think Emma was screaming here. Uncooperative baby models!

This is one half of the first page. It was square. My scanner is rectangular. I didn't do so well in geometry, but well enough to realize this wasn't going to work out so well.

Second half of first page. Makin' ya work for it, huh?

Yep, just a typical day in the life. I like how Ryan and Jenna are blurred in motion. Sometimes, they really look like that!

Second page under the photo.

Last section.

A little side blurb they do on all the cover story people. They use the same questions, I thought I better come up with my own answers.

A big thanks to Adrianne Deweese (adrianne.deweese@examiner.net) for writing such a wonderful article! It was an awesome experience.