Category Archives: Abbey Archives

I’m convinced that weddings are the most magical, amazing, incredible milestones a family can gather to celebrate. And when it’s MY little brother getting married – well, it’s a day heaped with the most excessive delight. My brother has been pursuing Kennedy with a single-minded passion for 5 years. He’s proven his love and devotion...

The month of May was a doozy (and I do mean, A DOOZY!) A daily baby bird watch,Lots of sewing,Lots of time outside,Mother’s Day,A lost tooth,Kennywood,Deep Creek Lake – and that doesn’t even hit the BIGGEST EVENT OF ALL (my brother got married on May 31st!) Normally, I have about 40-50 minutes of video footage...

Earlier this week, my kids had pulled up our catalog of “daily life” videos and were watching them.Needless to say: we ALL got shamelessly sucked in to what “daily life” looked like for the Abbeys 3 years ago. Braelynn and Leander were SO tiny!Braelynn was missing a whole slew of teeth and Leander was barely...

I didn’t want to create our March family film.I’ve actually been dreading it for weeks now. Because in the month of March, we said goodbye to our sweet dog, who’s been part of our family for 13 years. (I wrote at length about it HERE.) We miss her so very much and we find ourselves...

February is always a wildcard in south-western Pennsylvania. As you will see – we had snow and snowmen and we had bare-foot-backyard weather. Valentine’s Day was the highlight of our February – I was determined to keep it low-key this year, but my children had other plans in mind. They kept reminding Derrick and I...