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life update // Sat 2/20

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So I’ve been a little sporadic on here lately — but there’s so much to be done! We’re preparing for a March 11 move. That means a lot of video editing (me), packing (all Annette up to this point), wrapping up details, and planning our farewell tour of Ohio. We’ll be heading up to Columbus [...]

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God is amazing! The Tates are moving to NC!

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God is amazing! The Tates are moving to NC!

At the beginning of November 2009, we made a huge decision for our family. We decided to step away from our wedding video business to pursue a calling. For most, I’m sure it seemed like a crazy decision. I won’t lie — there were days when we felt the same way! “What have we done?” [...]

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10 big years!

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10 big years!

Back on July 10, 2009, Annette and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary! Pretty huge. Actually, we didn’t really “celebrate” it so much that day — we had a wedding to film! But we asked our friend and photographer for this wedding, Daniel Michael, to snap a shot of us “for the record.” So here [...]

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betrayal, 24, and God

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Do you ever have times when strange themes pop up in your life, multiple times, over a short period of time? For me, it’s betrayal. Strange, I know. It started last night as Annette and I were finishing the first season of 24. If you haven’t seen it — spoiler alert! In the final episode – the [...]

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using an hourglass to get our kid to eat

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using an hourglass to get our kid to eat

Yet another great use for my iPhone!
Our 6-yr old, Isaiah, has trouble “staying on task” sometimes. Especially when it comes to eating. We know he can put a meal down with no problem — we’ve seen him eat pizza! But sometimes he just talks so much and gets so distracted that it takes him F-O-R-E-V-E-R! [...]

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cinci museum center

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cinci museum center

so we took the kids to the cincinnati museum center on saturday. can you say crazy? one of the last days of christmas break, and it was packed. but we had a good time nonetheless. i do need to tell you about this sweet deal i scored about a month ago. i got a half-price [...]

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on initiations

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we spent the last couple days camping with our boys before isaiah started his first day of school. first grade. wow! full days away at school. this will take some getting used to.
there were a couple reasons for our camping trip. 1 – like i said, to get away one last time before school began. [...]

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soapbox guy

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took the family down to GABP tonight (great american ballpark) to catch a reds game. reds lost. aidan and ridge didn’t like sitting for so long. isaiah had fun. i tried to explain the game more to him. all in all, we had a fun time!
the thing that irritated me the most about our night? [...]

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family over money

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i made a big decision today. well, maybe not a BIG decision, but an important one.
i chose family over money.
that’s not a very hard decision, you say! well no, but in the context of how it was presented to me today, it was a bit harder than it sounds.
i got a voicemail this morning. it [...]

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