Railstation in Amotsfors

Amotfors Sweden

This is the rail station in Amotfors, Sweden... near where my grandfather, Carl J. Olson, grew up.

The first picture is one I downloaded from the net. The 2nd picture has been photoshopped to remove the lines and the ladder on the ground, leaning up against the building.

Kate Wright & Leah Olson

One of my favorite high school graduation pics for Kate.

Kate Wright

And beautiful Leah...

Leah and 2010 Easter Photos

Max The Cat

Here is a short movie I made from 6 still photographs and Windows Movie Maker.

It took about 10 minutes of goofing around just to show various fades and other effects.

Leah's Nice Dress

Example Picture Editing

The video fades between 2 pictures. The original which has a guy walking, dog water bowl and faucet. The girls exposure is also dark. When it fades to the 'fixed' picture, these items are all corrected.

Leah's Volleyball Career

Leah's High School Volleyball team made it to the top 4 in the state of Texas this year (2007). Her team got to go to the state playoff tournament in San Marcos, competing in Class 5A, representing Region 3. We played the Amarillo Sandies who ended up the winners in the State Tournament (5A) this year.

Leah had a good run with volleyball, ever since 4th grade (Margie and Dave, thanks for a great beginning), but now she has hung up her knee pads. During this last year of her 'VB career' she was on Club and Varsity teams that came in 3rd at Junior Olympics (National division) and 3rd in the state of Texas. They were also ranked 9th nationally (the team that beat them was ranked 3rd in the nation).

Leah received great accolades this year... picking up many honors. One of them being Houston's area female athlete of the week (this in an area that has the 4th largest population in the US). She was also described by many Texas Volleyball sports writers/ commentators as one of the best defensive specialist / libero in the state of Texas.

She worked hard.... played hard and loved it. For now, she has had enough. She is going to miss it, but she'll do what her sister Kate did. Play sand volleyball and intramurals to satisfy the urge to play and compete.

Way to go Leah!!!

Josh's Proposal to Melissa

Josh and his family are good friends with our family.

A classic surprise proposal made by a great guy to a great girl.