I constantly find myself asking, “how are we already here?” How the heck are all of my kids as big as they are right now? They are aging too damn fast, and my mind cannot keep up with it. When my oldest was first born I remember thinking kindergarten was lightyears away, and suddenly here he is, almost a second grader. These years are short, they are hard, they are fast, but they are THE MOST precious gift in life that we have been given. I know we wade through some really hard things with our kids, I know this to be very real. But, oh my God, are they wonderful? YES! I’m quickly seeing that these days are slipping away, and I just want to hold on to every bit that I have. But life gets busy and distracting, and I can’t always be present at every moment, and in reality my kids are going to grown up. But what if there was a way to hold on to some of those magical days we have with our kids? That’s where family films come in!

I have thousands of photographs of my kids. I love each one of them. But when I see my kids in film, in sound and motion, I am pulled back into that moment, that time of life. Hearing their laughter, their tiny voices, seeing their little legs run across the lawn, I get to keep that forever. I get to revisit it as many times as I want. I started shooting video two years ago and even just the two years that have passed, so much has changed. My toddler was a little baby, my boys were both in preschool, their limbs not as long and lean as they are now, their cheeks still chubby. It’s really hard to describe the feelings have when I watch those older videos. My heart aches when I see how much has changed. But now with family film, I don’t have say goodbye to all of it. It’s like someone pulled out the memories of my heart and made a visual representation. And family films can do the same for you, no matter what stage your family is in, you can capture this time of life to keep and revisit anytime you want.

What do you want to remember? What do you want to revisit?