Trophies and medals, originally uploaded by Behold How Free.

Since Abby and I are living together now, it was time to go through a lot of my stuff and try to consolidate my life a bit. One of the hardest things to deal with is mementos - old pictures, awards, special gifts, etc. I have so many medals, trophies, and other awards from my childhood that really don’t mean anything to me anymore, so Abby suggested we do a photo shoot! The medals are from church talent competitions, field day in elementary school, music honor societies, all-state chorus, and who knows what else.  Abby was taking pictures of me and said, “Ok, let’s see those medals, Michael Phelps!”

We had a lot of fun…