Being April

For the last month and a half I've  been working on making this video. I was only able to finish it yesterday when I got the final piece of information to finish it off in an exciting way. I used to make movies when I was a teenager with the help of siblings and friends, and I really enjoyed that. I've been trying to think of ways that I can capture my old self, my old talents and hobbies and continue to do them now. I am still in essence the same person I used to be, and while I have changed a lot, I do still enjoy a lot of the same things I used to. I had forgotten about that though. I used to love making movies, and even took a video production class in eighth grade. At that point I was seriously considering going on and studying filmography, but that idea quickly faded, and while I still enjoyed making movies, I never did it as much as I would like to have. I loved making this one because it combined something that I loved doing in my youth, with my children who are basi...

Dean took Deano and Andrew to Missouri this weekend. they got up at 4am on friday morning and drove all day long and got to Springfield around 1am Saturday morning. They spent today with Dean's sister and her husband in the hospital, and then they will be leaving extremely early tomorrow morning and driving all the way back home, hoping to be home in time for him to get some sleep before going back to work on Monday. Dean took his dad with him because he hasn't seen Dean's sister in some time, and his Dad just needed to get away for a bit because his wife died two weeks ago. Dean will also be giving his mom a ride back home, since she drove her car out to give to Dean's sister. It has been really good for Dean to be able to spend some time with his family, especially his dad. And the boys are definitely enjoying time with grandpa which they haven't had a ton of in the past. Isaac and I stayed at home. I had forgotten what it was like to just have one small kid. ...