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 boyfriend. Usually I stay out of the text messages, but since Landon was stationed in Georgia with the Army, and his girlfriend, Lindsay was living in Connecticut, he told me that I had a solid three days to text and ca
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 baby is a little... well, a lot, different than a hard test or a big game. You can’t really practice being responsible for a little life. Yet, somehow, everyone reading this has made it, and I think we are doing alright
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 his girlfriend, Alexandra via a three-way call. It was no surprise that we were too excited about the proposal to stay on track. As the day got closer, everyone got more and more excited. The weeks leading up to the pro
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 turtle necks again, Mom..." Ages 6-12: "We always take them here, can we take it somewhere else?" "Anthony, smile with your teeth!" Ages 8-14: Mom- "Fine, wear whatever you want, just be ready in 30 minutes." Ages 10-16
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 things including cancer, mental health and suicide prevention. Although Aaron has partaken in these efforts in the past, this year he decided to really speak up about why. He even began a “MoSpace” page to support projects
