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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...

Happy new year & happy beginning of my FOURTH year creating these “daily life” family films. I absolutely love this little habit I’ve created and adore having video evidence of our family doing life together. The theme of January seems to be SNOW! We got THREE separate snow “storms” that blew in and then just...

Why must December be equal parts the FASTEST month of the year, while also being the FULLEST month of the year? I make a motion for “December” to overtake “January”, so we can spread some of these things out and enjoy the holiday season for longer. I promise, I’m not complaining! December is naturally a...

For a split second, I panicked while going through my November family videos – because WHERE WERE THEY ALL? Traditionally, I have about 40-50 minutes of raw footage each month – and when I loaded all of November into Final Cut Pro, I only had about 20 minutes! And that’s when it dawned on me:...

October is always one of my favorite months – fall is at peak color, the weather is typically beautiful, it’s my birthday month – but this particular October we’ll look back at as a roller coaster.The month had it’s highs and it’s very lowly lows. Let’s start with the highs: Derrick threw me a wonderful...