Mother's Day

So I try to make Mother's Day kind of special around here. I do my best to give Steph a break in her motherly duties, which usually consists of making some omelettes in the morning, trying to get the kids ready for church, and then taking the family to Olive Garden for dinner. I know, I know – Olive Garden. It's a sort of tradition that developed about four years ago, and frankly I'm as confused as you are. Anyway, my best isn't usually good enough and Steph still ends up doing the lion's share of work, so overall it's a pretty weak Mother's Day.

This year I worked a little harder and made the first Nibley family music video, which you can see below. It all started from the simple thought of putting together some sort of Mother's Day performance with the girls for Steph, and it grew from there. One Friday morning about three months ago, I told Steph I had to take the girls "somewhere" to do "something". And their hair needed to be cute. Steph was leery, but complied. I smuggled some nice formal-ish dresses and shoes out to the back of the car the night before. We showed up at the studio and shot for about an hour and a half. The girls were real troupers – especially Andie, who was sick. And I couldn't have done it without Alex – she really helped wrangle the younger ones.

So over the next few weeks I worked on editing all that footage down to a three-minute video whenever I had some spare time. Finally finished at about 3:30 am last night. Whew! But we had a blast, and I think the results were worth it. I'm biased, though. ;-)

I have to thank John Farr and Howard Little at Creative Media Group in Orem for providing the studio, camera, and expert camera operation. These guys are old friends of mine, and they should know that the desired effect was achieved. Steph absolutely loved it! Thanks, guys. And thanks to my "good friend" Michael Bublé for the music.

I guess the point of the whole thing was to let Steph know how much we love her, appreciate her, and how essential she is to our lives. I can't imagine living this life without her, and I know our girls are a direct product of her love, caring, and complete dedication as a mother, and they love her with every molecule of their little bodies. We love you Mom/Steph! Happy Mother's Day!

Dave

BTW, if you want to see a bigger, higher-quality version of this video, click here.