Bruce and Michelle's Self-Portrait Page

Soon after we met, Michelle and I started a tradition of taking a photo of ourselves. In each of these pictures, you can tell that I have my arm stretched out and am concentrating on aiming the camera just right and Michelle is concentrating on looking beautiful.

Unfortunately, we have gotten away from this tradition in the last several years, but maybe this page will inspire us to start again (especially before I completely lose any handsomeness I might still have left.)

Something weird about these photos we never noticed before we got them all together was that we are always on the same side of each other. I don't know if this is because one or both of us wants to present our "good side" to the camera, or if my left arm is just  longer than my right.

As usual, click on the picture to see a larger version.

Self-Portrait when we first met (1986).jpg (64832 bytes)

1986 - Holy Smokes! Michelle looked like a Super-Model! How could I not want to marry her? This was taken very soon after we met.

 

 Self-Portrait soon before we got married (1986).jpg (68745 bytes)

1986 - This one was taken soon before we got married.
Self-Portrait at Irving Apartment (1986).jpg (60889 bytes)

1987 - This was taken in our first apartment after we were married. I was still in college in Irving and Michelle worked at Channel 8 downtown.

 

 Self-Portrait at our house (1988).jpg (74290 bytes)

1988 - Here we are right after we moved into our house. How on earth did we put up with that bamboo wallpaper even for a little while?
Self-Portrait at our house (1989).jpg (55179 bytes)

1989 - A random shot in our house.

 Self-Portrait at our house (1990).jpg (44914 bytes)

1990 - One of the more off-center of our self-portraits. You'd think I'd be getting better at this by now.

 
Self-Portrait While Sunburned in Pensacola (1993).jpg (59141 bytes)

1993 - The worst sunburn of my life! This was taken on our Pensacola trip that we took with Andrew Tauhert and Wayne Pilip.

This was Michelle's first time away from our son Andrew.

What happened to her fabulous hair? My hairdresser told me that chopping off their hair was common among brand-new mothers.

 Self-Portrait at the Washington Monument reflection Pool (1993).jpg (52390 bytes)

1993 - Michelle flew up to join me for the weekend when I was on a business trip to Reston Virginia. We took a little trip to D.C. and this was taken by the reflecting pool at the Washington Monument.

 

 

Hmmn... These might make a cool Morphing video...