The Past Catches Up.

Pete loaned me a device that takes in composite feeds and allows for recording, so I broke out the old Hi-8 and played a few of the old tapes. I'm planning on converting more, but below is my first run. I tried to keep them around 2 minutes a piece. The time frame is around 1998. What a great stroll down memory lane.
2 things struck me right away, 1. the video quality is superb. All the recent fuss about trying to achieve HD , and the HI-8 stuff looks super!. 2. I need to shoot more. Capturing the kiddos in their regular play state is great and I need to capture more. It's like a virtual time capsule for the girls to come and see down the road or show their kiddos if they decide to have them later in life. I've chosen vimeo for now, quality is superb.

Thank you Pete for helping our family re-discover these fantastic memories of an earlier time in our lives.

December in ur Town Christmas Concert

Thanksgiving Vacation

Made the trip down to Texas over the Thanksgiving weekend. I am very glad we made time for the trip. Early on when Corrie and I were dating, we had several road trips back and forth between Kansas and Texas. I find the road very relaxing and helps me to reflect. The girls had a great time at the Thanksgiving brunch at the Gaylord Resort in Grapevine. Knowing we wouldn't be at home for the holidays, we wanted to make sure we had some good grub for dinner. It was great, afterwards we checked out the ICE exhibit in the hotel. Bbbbbrrrr!! But it was fun too.

Got to see friends and family we hadn't seen in a while (almost a year). We will try to be sure and see them in the next couple of months. A year is just way to long.

ICE November 2009 from aaron meis on Vimeo.

Music Concert

Jessica had her music concert last night. Her class did great. She's playing the flute and really enjoying it. I did not bring the HD video camera, but used the VadoHD. It worked great and even the microphone did well. Pretty impressed by such a small device.

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Happy Halloween 2009

The girls had a fun time tonight. It was a little chilly but the wind stopped later in the evening so it wasn't quite as cold as earlier. We decorated up a little more than usual this year. The girls are getting older and have really great ideas. So we set the mood a little this year. We added haunting music in the bushes (more of ambient screams and low bass oOOoooooo, we added spiders web all over the bushes (we will look for a big spider over the next few days for next year, I was instructed by the girls :)), added a strobe light, and finally some fog. Overall it was spookyish. :) Happy Halloween.

Happy Halloween 2009 from aaron meis on Vimeo.