I love pictures. It seems obvious to say, but really – I love pictures. And I love the memories associated with pictures. And I love the connections we make with pictures.
I wanted to share this video because I’ve been thinking a lot about how documenting everyday life is something that many of us are trying to be good about these days but I bet as many of us look back – it’s something we’ve been doing – or our parents have been doing – for a long time. Here’s a look at just a few of the connections that I have personally made between pictures from the past and now.
A very special thank-you to our good friend Zachary Baird who wrote this song specifically for the Project Life message I want to share, which is – Cultivate a good life and record it. Document the everyday. Find the blessings in your life and embrace them.
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I do have one more video to share for my 12 Videos of Christmas series, but that will come after Christmas. In the meantime, may we all be able to enjoy a little extra time with those we love the most. May we focus on what really matters and set other stuff aside. Please know that we appreciate you so much for being a part of our life. Everything that we do with Project Life is so much more than a business. It is an amazing experience to connect with so many of you through this love of documenting life. Thank you for being a blessing to us, and more importantly – for being a blessing to your family and friends and communities.
Merry Christmas.
Tags: 12 videos of christmas, everyday photography, Project Life
Merry Christmas and Blessings for 2012 to the Higgins family! Thanks for what you do x
That’s what I love so much about photos, that connection to the past, the same simple things, generations apart. I wonder what my grandkids (not even close to having grandkids yet my boys are still teenagers) will think of the photos they will see from our project life 2011
Merry Christmas to you and your family xx
Thank you for inspiring us all and reminding us of the importance of preserving our memories. I wish you a very Merry Christmas!
amazing video–brought tears to my eyes. Made me want to look back at old photos of me and my brother and do the same thing with my kiddos, now 6 and 8. Happy Holiday to you and your family! Looking forward to seeing the video about starting organization with kids school stuff! Can’t wait for any suggestions!
An amazing life then….an amazing life now. Enjoy your holiday!
Love it!!! Have a Merry Christmas Becky Higgins and family! Thanks for your project life vision and inspiration!!
This is such a sweet video. It brought tears to my eyes. Every moment captured is a treasure. Blessings and Merry Christmas to you and your family.
What a beautiful video and song. I was hoping we’d hear more of Zachary again this year! What a blessing for you to come from a line of life documenters/memory keepers. That is something that unfortunately my parents didn’t do, but hopefully I will be able to pass onto my kids. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Excellent video and what an amazing song. Thanks for sharing and have a very Merry Christmas and a super fantastic New Year!
So beautiful and INSPIRING! Peaceful too. Merry Christmas Becky.
beautiful. Inspirational. family. Thank u.
Wonderful video, Becky! I love the “Wheel of Fortune” game on the old computer! Totally remember that from my childhood too. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
I can only say BEAUTIFUL…simply beautiful! Merry Christmas to you Becky and your family!!!
Lovely video and what a talented lad! Wishing you and your family and wonderful Christmas!
That song is absolutely AMAZING! Please put it on iTunes for purchase. Zachary is a truly gifted musician. Merry Christmas to all.
My first time commenting here but I had to say what a beautiful video and song! I absolutely love your philosophy and I can’t wait to start my own project life (hopefully next week when my order arrives, I’m in Canada) Anyways, have a very Merry Christmas!
What a great video! Loved it…loved the song…perfect! Have a wonder Christmas and all the best in the coming year!
Merry Christmas to the Higgins family! Thank you for all your encouragement throughout the years in getting our family story documented!
Beautiful Becky. Thank you for everything, and a very happy Christmas to you and yours.
Absolutely stunning!
Merry Christmas Becky. I loved the video. Thank you for what you do, you really keep me inspired. My 3 kids are very close in age, and I totally fell off the “scrapbooking bandwagon” several years ago after the 3rd was born. The past year or so I’ve been watching your blog and I’m ready to pick up and get back into documenting more. It probably won’t look the same as it did before, which is a relief for a busy mama – thank you for showing us an easier way
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Lovely video. It made me tear up! Thank you so much for Project Life! I’m looking forward to another year of preserving my families memories. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Merry Christmas to you and your family! Thank you for sharing. Zachary’s song was perfect.
Thanks for sharing this and all you do with us. Tell Zachary that I LOVED his music; so lovely and what TALENT he has. Hope he’s pursuing a music career.
Happy holidays to you and yours!!
Oh that was just lovely! Makes me wanna go grab my camera and fill up the 16 GB memory card I just uploaded and re-formatted! Thanks so much for sharing this…and the music was PERFECT…could have probably listened to that ALL day long. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Merry Christmas from Jeff and I and all of our gang. Blessings for health and joy for you and your beautiful family. We are thankful for you.
Merry Christmas to you and yours this holiday season. May 2012 bring you more blessings and joys. Thank you for all you do.
Ok, that brought tears to my eyes. Well done Becky, Becky’s mom, and Zachary! Love, Love, Love! xoxo. Merry Christmas.
Beautiful.
Such a beautiful video. I am smiling through my tears. Thank you for sharing and prompting me to remember my past and treasure my present at Christmastime. Merry Christmas to you and your family. xo
thank you for showing that. i had tears in my eyes when the “bummers now” happened. my son’s appendix ruptured at 20 months old in september. God saved him. he was in the hospital for 20 days. i am so thankful he is with us and healthy. i got project life for christmas. i am documenting more and more now. this proved to me that i must do it!
I enjoyed the ipad on the Seattle ferry….as it is written “there is nothing new under the sun”. Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas Becky and thank you for helping us realize what is important to cultivate in life…family!!
Inspiring in so many ways! Merry Christmas to Becky’s family and all of Becky’s “fans”! Project Life rocks!
I got a bike and Project Life…woohoo!!!!!
May you be blessed beyond your wildest expectations this CHRISTmas and in the new year!!!
This was beautiful and amazing, just like you!! How fun it is to capture these little moments in our lives now, thank you for that. One of my favorite things to do is look back at past photos and see the growth in our family over the years. Now that mine are teens it really makes those baby years more precious to me.
Looking forward to PL 2012 which is already set up and ready for me!! My mom gave me the sweetest gift of all this year. While cleaning out her attic to move she found boxes an boxes of my old school papers, Congrats cards on my birth, the billing papers from my birth, the receipt from my cradle, notes that I wrote her, all my bday cards up till I was 4 and even more precious things from my past. I was in tears over this and can’t wait to go thru them more and decide on what to do with them. SOOOOO very happy she kept them and their in great condition after 42 years.
Hope you enjoyed Christmas with your family and was filled with magic and love. Thanks again for all you and David and your team does for us, truly a blessing having PL in my life.
That was beautiful. You are so fortunate to have photos from your childhood. I don’t have that many. Maybe that’s why I overcompensate with my kids. Thank you for always inspiring us to remember what matters most.
Wow that is beautiful. Everything about it. Thank you for creating and sharing with us.
I loved that, so beautiful. The music was wonderful!! Zachary is very talented. Hope you and your family had a very Merry Christmas.
What a lovely video…and a really lovely piece of music. Please pass on to the artist how much I enjoyed it.
Beautiful video and composition…it says it all
Thank you for the wonderful reminder of why we do what we do!