The 700 Club.

We interrupt this series of birthday week posts to spotlight our 700th post on the blog. Yahoo! Back in 2005, we started this blog as a way to share stories and photos with friends and family since many miles separated us from many of them. Today, the Leahy blog is still a great way to keep in touch, but it's been joined by many other blogs of those near and dear to our cyberhearts. So here are some fun facts about blogs (ours and others) and the blogging experience.

• Our blog started because Scott thought Jami would have fun journaling about our lives. Today, the blog is our life journal, avenue for sharing photos & stories, and a creative outlet for writing and design for Jami. 
• We now have 55 blogs that we visit to keep tabs on our favorite folks. Love our blogger friends!
  
• We have found when visiting old friends (particularly with our recent Arizona visit) that the style of conversations change when you both have blogs. Think of the blog like a Cliff's Notes version one's life. Because you've been keeping up with people via the blog (and vice versa), you spend less time catching them up on months' worth of happenings because they know the basic details from the blog. It acts as a conversation starter when you visit face-to-face, so you can talk about more in your conversations with greater depth in topics, too. 

And finally, thanks to all who stop by here every now and then. Hope you enjoy visiting ... we're usually up to something!