On December 12th, I received a text from a friend of mine. She was asking for tips on how to cover a proposal. Her friend would be driving into State College during Christmas break with his girlfriend, and wanted to propose to her while they were in town since they met while they attending school there. My friend passed my information onto her friend and he eventually asked us to cover it. For the next week, I texted Landon. This was one of the few times I actually texted the

No matter what family life you come from, what number in line you were to the dinner table or how loud your house may have been growing up, you came from someone that had to ‘figure this out’ at one point or another. Whether they had a grandparent showing them the ropes, or they YouTube’d how to burp a baby, or read a slew of Parenting 101 books, I’m sure they quickly realized how little they knew exactly what they just signed themselves up for in raising their first child. A

A few weeks ago, Catherine and I got a message from a good family friend of our's, Marc. He and his family grew up with ours, attending school together from elementary school through college! Last summer, I even visited Marc in his Pittsburgh apartment to interview him for The Jared Box Project video. Luckily, now that I am in the Pittsburgh area, he thought of us while figuring out his game plan to propose to his girlfriend! He excitedly told us about his plans to propose to

Happy holiday season! Hallmark is running it's Christmas movies, you're bringing all of your dirty clothes home to do laundry, and mom is texting you about when you will be home. That's right! It's time for you to assemble the family Christmas card! Put simply, Christmas Pictures can be difficult. Why? I've compiled a list of a FEW of the Malizia difficulties throughout the years. Ages 4-10: Mom- "Mauvette gave you bangs?!" Ages 5-11: Kids- "Do we really have to wear matching

A few weeks ago, Evan and our friend Aaron were texting, talking about what would be the best way to thank people for donating to Aaron’s Movember page. The idea of a “manly man” photo shoot came up, and we were rolling. For those of you who don’t know or haven’t heard of it, No Shave November and Movember are month-long efforts where men (and sometimes women- yeah buddy! A few of my female friends and I have also partaken) forgo shaving to raise awareness for a variety of th