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There’s nothing like watching video clips back from a particular month and realizing just how STRONGLY certain themes run. And in the month of March, it’s OBVIOUS that our family was running very strongly on two recurring themes: Legos and Star Wars. (We’ve been riding the Lego-theme for quite a while – and good news,...

Gotta love a month that starts out with snow and ends with sunshine and temps that are warm enough to go for walks and ride bikes and scooters around the block! Our family currently has two very heavy themes and if you watch this video, it’s fairly obvious what they are (they even collide at...

I was talking to a fellow wedding vendor earlier this week and he was apologizing for not getting back to me sooner, to which I responded: “No worries! I feel like the month of January was a black hole that ate all of time in it’s path – I can’t believe it’s February already!” January...

I’ve made so many of these monthly videos that I can create them pretty quickly. I usually sit down and pull an entire video together in one sitting (maybe 2 hours of work). But the December video is ALWAYS an entirely different story. During a typical month, I take about 45-50 total minutes of video...

November was a big month for a certain member of our family – because Braelynn officially said, “Goodbye” to her braces this month!(So many people have asked us, so to clarify: these were just “Phase One” braces, meant to correct the placement of one of her rogue adult teeth that came in in the wrong...